Remember the first week of this season when the Rockets were the buzz team? When “oh man, James Harden is a legit superstar” dominated the headlines over even “um, guys, should we be worried about the Lakers?” [Read more…]
It’s been a long nine months for Ricky Rubio, his fantasy owners and my fellow Wolves fans. Limited to 19 minutes, he scored 8 PTS, handed out 9 AST — some of them dazzling — and made 3 STL. [Read more…]
During the pregame of Knicks-Heat on TNT, Marv Albert wasted no time targeting the biggest concern of the evening for Knicks fans. Would New York, minus Carmelo Anthony, be able to put the ball in the hoop? [Read more…]
OK, I’ll play. Doug Smith of the Toronto Star is speculating about a trade of Andrea Bargnani for Pau Gasol. Full disclosure #1: 30 years ago, Smitty was the sports editor in a small Ontario town and hired me as a columnist. He’s the best. Full disclosure #2: I live ten minutes from the Air Canada Centre (there you go, Sheridan, a ‘legit’ Canadian spelling) and am so sick of Bargnani’s frequent disappearing acts, I will eat any pasta but
Are the Knicks really this good? Good enough to blow out the Miami Heat, on their undefeated home floor, without Carmelo Anthony, Iman Shumpert and Amare Stoudemire? That is precisely what happened Thursday night on TNT, where Raymond Felton absolutely went off with 27 points and seven assists and the Knicks hit an impressive 18-of-44 of their 3-point attempts to dismantle the Heat 112-92. It marked the second time the Knicks beat the team that knocked them out of the first round last
Was the chance to play with Pau Gasol one of the primary reasons for Nash’s decision to become a Laker in the offseason? According to Ric Bucher’s source (more on that below), that appears to be the case and if so, the rumors of the Lakers having a desire to acquire Ryan Anderson becomes a moot point. The question is, does Nash still feel the same way after seeing how much Gasol has struggled up to this point of the season? Before sitting
Here’s something you may not have expected to hear after the first 17 games of the NBA season: the Lakers are 8-9, two games back from the Golden State Warriors in the standings. Why do the Warriors keep winning games, despite missing their main defensive weapons in Andrew Bogut and Brandon Rush? David Lee spoke with us to explain his team’s success on Sheridan Hoops Radio on Monday. What does it mean for the Lakers, who many expected would dominate and even
The New York Knicks continued their impressive play with a 106 – 99 win against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon. The victory marks a 12-4 start (7-0 at Madison Square Garden) for the Knicks this season. While the win marks their third straight after dropping four of their previous seven games following their impressive 6-0 start, it was not without its pitfalls. Knicks point guard Raymond Felton injured his left thumb in the victory and is now listed as day-to-day. Monday afternoon Knicks