There have been exactly a dozen NBA trades made this season, from small to significant. Some teams wanted to clear up money, some teams wanted to continue rebuilding, while others took bold steps in ensuring present and future success on the court. But in our society of instant gratification and unceasing competition, we almost have an unquenchable thirst for deciding winners and losers. [Read more…]
How The Memphis Grizzlies Improved After Trading Rudy Gay
Trading a star core player from a contending team is not usually a popular move with a team’s fan base, but we’ve seen two such moves this season improve a pair of Western Conference contenders. The Oklahoma City Thunder have actually benefited from dealing James Harden to Houston, and the Memphis Grizzlies are 16-6 since trading forward Rudy Gay to Toronto in a three-team, six-player deal on Jan. 30, the latest victory coming on Marc Gasol’s tip-in at the end of
Fantasy Spin: Regular Programming Will Resume Shortly
Things are almost back to normal in the NBA and fantasy hoops leagues. There are nine games tonight between extremely well-rested teams. [Read more…]
Grizzlies suddenly struggling — and not happy post-trades
ATLANTA — At the outset, they were saying all the right things in the post-game interviews. However, once the cameras and microphones were turned off, shouted expletives and sighs of frustration persisted throughout the Grizzlies’ locker room following their 103-92 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. [Read more…]
Lawrence Frank; SH Radio – Feb. 4 Show
Today on SheridanHoopsRadio, hosts Chris Sheridan and Brian Geltzeiler will be joined by Detroit Pistons head coach Lawrence Frank to talk about their season and the recent three team trade that involved Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye, and Jose Calderon. SheridanHoops’ own Moke Hamilton will join in after that to talk about the possibility of Will Bynum getting moved before the deadline. [Read more…]
Fantasy Spin: David West (30) Leads Pacers Over Heat; Rudy Gay Makes Raptors Debut
Before we start the recaps of last night’s 12 NBA games and preview the nine on tonight’s schedule, congratulations to the aptly-named “Lootmeister” for defeating 902 opponents in the Sheridan Hoops Freeroll at DraftStreet to win the $100 first prize. [Read more…]
Fantasy Spin: Grizzlies Declawed in OKC; $300 Freeroll on Tonight’s 12 Games
The trade fallout is still settling for the three teams involved. Jose Calderon is the most likely to appear in his new uniform this evening; media reports in Toronto suggest that Rudy Gay won’t arrive until late afternoon and will definitely not make his Raptors debut until Sunday. [Read more…]
Five Fast Facts From NBA Games 1.31.13
Many noteworthy events occur nightly in the NBA, and many NBA fans value sleep. Sometimes, the latter must take precedence over the former, which is why we have added this new daily feature presenting five interesting items from the previous night. A very quiet Thursday in the NBA saw just four teams in action. Oklahoma City survived a Russell Westbrook meltdown to defeat the shorthanded Grizzlies, while the Mavericks fell to the Warriors. To quote Fred Flintstone, whose image was tattooed on