First of all, because the season is not over. Second of all, because as good as he has been over the past five games, he hasn’t been as good over as long of a haul as Kevin Durant, who retained the No. 1 position in the latest edition of the SheridanHoops MVP rankings. Yes, LeBron has gone for 30 in five straight games, shooting over 60 percent. That gives him 19 games of 30 points or more — three fewer than Durant,
Courtesy NBA.com and Getty Images One week from today I’ll be filing these rankings from Houston, and next Sunday night we’ll see if LeBron takes the biggest shot of the game … or instead chooses to inbound it. “You’re inbounding?” Kobe Bryant asked LeBron incredulously as the East had the ball for the final shot and the win in last year’s game in Orlando … back when The Haters ruled the LeBron James universe and a majority of
Today’s art comes from a buddy in France. My question is: Do they serve the Royale with Cheese? Cuz I damn sure ain’t putting no bleu cheese on no burger, you hear me? [Read more…]
If you missed yesterday’s MVP rankings on this site, you missed the preface in which I made the case that Kyrie Irving could lead the Cleveland Cavaliers into playoff contention. It doesn’t look likely, but the kid is that good. [Read more…]
Before the season began, I chose Kyrie Irving as my MVP pick. Not many were with me, and when Kyrie went down for more than a month with an injury, he was toast. Or was he? What transpired over the past week has me thinking this kid could made a second-half run that gets him into the Top 5 — or maybe even higher. [Read more…]
I could start by telling you a very interesting story about someone trying to register my domain name in a bunch of foreign countries, but that is not why you are here. It is, however, the reason the time stamp does not say 12:00 as it does every other Sunday. [Read more…]
We’re a month away from the All-Star break, and we can write certain teams off, right. Such as the Orlando Magic — except for the fact that they just went into Staples Center and snapped their 10-game skid against a Los Angeles Clippers team that has the NBA’s best record. Or the Philadelphia 76ers, who just got done playing 12 of 13 on the road and followed a 10-6 start by losing 16 of their next 22 as they played 12 of
At the end of the year, each MVP voter has to ask themselves one crucial question: What is going to be the overriding factor that determines who gets my first-place vote? [Read more…]