What defines a year? … Is the answer not the events that occurred? And wow! … 2012 was loaded with events. Thankfully, Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Meyers Leonard managed to sum up all of its parts in one compact tweet.
Question: Of the 10 NBA teams we watched on Christmas Day, how likely was it that the two teams that will eventually meet in the NBA Finals were among them? [Read more…]
There wasn’t a 50-point showing – heck, there wasn’t even a 40-point outing! – on Christmas this year, but the NBA provided a quintuplet of matchups that helped to put things in perspective through nearly two months of the season. SheridanHoops had an eye on the tube at all times. Below is an observation regarding the 10 teams who participated in the holiday’s hoops festivities: Boston Celtics: They might be hovering around the .500 mark through the first quarter of the season, but this
Kevin Durant’s season-high in points is 37, accomplished twice. He is going to break it tonight if he is defended by Stephen Jackson, and here is why. [Read more…]
LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who finished 1-2 in MVP voting and 1-2 in the NBA Finals last season, are the first two Players of the Month. In November, James led the Heat to an Eastern Conference-best 11-3 (.786) mark, averaging 25.0 points, 8.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists while shooting 53 percent. James tallied at least 20 points in all 14 games, marking the first time in his career he opened the season with
Uh, Memphis, anyone? With the Clippers nosediving out of the No. 1 slot like an anvil falling out of an airplane, we’re auditioning our fourth team in four weeks for No. 1. [Read more…]
PHILADELPHIA – Attention K-Mart Shoppers. The 30-day warranty on your recent purchase is about to run out. Despite a couple of mechanical failures over the weekend, the buyer has no plans to return the merchandise for the foreseeable future. In fact, the buyer is convinced it won’t be too long until the public is just as enamored with the new product as the old one. Translated, that means the Oklahoma City Thunder is thrilled having nine-year veteran and career 18.3 point scorer Kevin
Personally, I never got all that caught up in Linsanity. I appreciate his game, I love the reckless abandon he shows going to the hoop, I admire his knowledge and his devotion to his faith, and I called him “Time Magazine cover material” a week before he was on the cover of Time Magazine. I’m glad he got papered (NBA parlance for getting paid). [Read more…]
