Two things to point you toward: 1) Part one of the latest Carinval of the NBA is up and the always clever yaysports.com. Check it out see just how many bloggers think their team will get Artest. 2) Speaking of Artest, Eric Pincus has the latest over at Hoopsworld. Marc Stein of ESPN is reporting […]
NBA general
LA’s Team
Right now, the Clippers are clearly the best basketball team in Los Angeles. That much was evident Friday night. But I know what’s coming in the newspaper and on talk radio — “LA is now a Clippers town!†The thing is, this will always be a Lakers town, but that doesn’t make exciting copy, doesn’t […]
Bloggers NBA Rankings
The first week of the season brought a few changes to the bloggers poll NBA rankings (of which I am taking part), but not at the top. The top 5: 1. San Antonio 2. Detroit 3. Indiana 4. Dallas 5. Miami Apparently some of my fellow bloggers missed the mediocre 2-2 start the Heat got […]
NBA Preseason Poll
I’m one of a number of NBA bloggers taking part in a “Power Rankings” of NBA teams each week this season. The first one is out right now, up at yayasports.com, with (hold your breath) the Spurs on top. The Lakers are 15th. Frankly, as with college football, I think doing these things preseason is […]
Need A Hoops Fix?
It’s less than a month until training camp opens, but time is dragging now and there is little NBA news anywhere. The good news is it looks like this Sunday, when not watching the first week of my NFL office pool go down in flames, I can get a basketball fix — including some Kobe: […]
A Time Of Innocence
They call him “Dr. J.†The ABA’s leading scorer in 1972-73, Julius creates the flow of the game. He has a great imagination of the court and is an artist with the basketball. Those words are on the back of Julius Erving’s 73-74 basketball card, and that was my introduction to one of the games […]
Sit Back and Enjoy
Anything I say will detract from the drama. If you want a little history of NBA Finals game sevens, Hoopsanalyst has an interesting post up (but be warned, the Lakers have not faired well in these games historically). Just open a beer and be ready for what should be a fun game to watch.
CBA Deal Done
Update: I just saw this on ESPN about the new CBA: Each team will be given a one-time option this summer to waive one player from its roster and receive luxury tax relief. The team will still have to pay the player and his salary will still count against the cap, but the team won’t […]
The Chicago Bulls, circa 1993-94
The knock on Phil Jackson has long been that he walked in to situations tailor made for championships — all he had to do was roll out the balls and stay out of the way. If you really think it’s that easy you should ask Del Harris about it, but that’s another discussion for another […]
Who Are They Rooting For?
Big game seven tonight, with plenty of story lines and sub plots. To help paint the big picture, here’s a rundown of who the interested parties are rooting for: ABC Television executives: “Please give us Shaq and Wade. Please. We’re down on our hands and knees here.†David Stern: “I want whatever ABC wants.†The […]