From Romy Aquino, Hip Hoop Junkies: What significant moves were made during the offseason? Well, the offseason has pretty much been a bust for the Toronto Raptors. First off, Chris Bosh decided to “take his talents to South Beach” and join forces with Dwyane Wade and one, Mr. Lebron James. To make matters worse, Bryan […]
Archives for September 2010
What’s Your Favorite Championship Team?
The Lakers have been a blessed franchise. From Minneapolis to Los Angeles the Lakers organization has fielded championship teams 16 times over and delivered fantastic memories for fans spanning several generations. Being able to root for the teams led by the likes Mikan to West to Magic to Shaq to Kobe I think we can all agree that […]
Around the World (Wide Web): New Jersey Nets Previews
Today, the team previews continue with the New Jersey Nets whose troubles to win last season were nearly historical. Check these next few links to see why things should be a little better next season for Jordan Farmar’s new squad. From Sebastian Pruiti, Nets Are Scorching: What are the team’s biggest strengths? The Nets’ biggest […]
Fast Break Thoughts: The Knicks and A Kobe Jumper
Today we continue to look at season previews from teams around the league and make a stop in New York. We have a few bloggers with some interesting takes on what the Knicks will lock like next season: From Mike Kurylo, Knickerblogger: New York has been a bad rebounding team for D’Antoni’s tenure, and this […]
In Praise Of Team USA
Yesterday, Team USA did what many thought they could or would not do – they won the FIBA World Championships Tournament and cemented their status as the best basketball playing nation on the planet. The American team defeated host nation Turkey 81-64 and cruised to the title by playing the type of pressure team defense and […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Celtics Edition
This morning, we have a special edition of our morning links. Jeff Clark from Celtics Blog has organized 76 different NBA blogs to participate in an NBA preview. Today, the Celtics are being previewed, and we’ll continue with the rest of the Atlantic Division for the rest of this week. This is a great idea […]
Around the World (Wide Web)
[picappgallerysingle id=”9633682″] From Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com: I’ve picked the Americans to win, and I’m rooting for my pick. But I also hope this one comes down to the final seconds just like the second semifinal did, because witnessing one of these one-and-done games, on the road in a country where the home team and the […]
Team USA Live Blog
Team USA tips off against Lithuania at 9:00 a.m. PT. Lamar Odom, Kevin Durant and co. need one more win to play in the title game. I’ll be updating the blog as the game unfolds. Feel free to add comments of your own during the course of the game. — (8:30 1st Q) Team USA […]
Fast Break Thoughts
A variety of topics to cover today, so let’s get to it. *Everyone should already know that Matt Barnes was arrested this week on suspicion of domestic violence. I’ve been largely silent on the Matt Barnes arrest for a couple of reasons. First is because I typically try to focus on issues that play out […]
The (other) Season Begins Tonight
Tonight marks the beginning of the NFL season. I know all of us are huge hoops fans, but I like to delve into the other sports as well and I’ve been waiting for the football season to begin for an awfully long time. The Saints joined the Lakers in the immortal champion fraternity after beating […]