Today we honor those basketball cats with the peripheral vision, the ability and desire to deliver the ball to teammates when and where they want it. These are the guys who “play well with others”, the ones whose teammates will expend the extra effort to get open, confident that it won’t … Read more
As I get older, I find myself getting watching college and professional basketball games with a slightly heightened level of anxiety. As the sport continues to evolve, we’ve seen a change in player behavior over time, as we have in all sports. For example, we’ve witnessed players in almost every … Read more
Photo by Pro Church Media on Unsplash And just like that – to steal a line from play-by-play guy Mike Breen – Thanksgiving Day is here and the 2017-18 NBA season is already about 20 percent complete. Many teams have struggled to find their groove, but every team is blessed with talented players and … Read more
Now that we’re about a week into the 2017-18 College Basketball season, we’ll begin to focus on some of the lesser-known programs in Division 1 and scouring for upsets courtesy of schools from the smaller conferences and divisions. The first few days of the season did not disappoint, with several … Read more
Photo by Andrew Itaga on Unsplash A couple of Saturday mornings each month, a childhood buddy of mine and I venture out to a nearby park with a basketball court to shoot some middle-aged hoops. We’re both 57 years old, he’s in better shape than I am, but neither of us would be … Read more
Just a few weeks into the 2017-18 NBA season, we’re already hearing talk regarding potential league Most Valuable Player candidates and hearing the “MVP” chants at arenas throughout the league. It’s a bit early for that, but recent trends suggest that the eventual winner will NOT be a traditional low-post … Read more
With the 2017-18 season almost three weeks old, it’s time to offer first impressions on what has already been a strange first 2.5 miles of the 82-game marathon known as the NBA regular-season. Most teams have played between seven and ten games already, and, as usual, there have been some … Read more
