After the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant went down with a calf injury in Game Five of the 2019 Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets, a lot of basketball pundits instantly declared the Houston Rockets favorites to win the series. This was the case even after the Warriors’ … Read more
There’s a basketball cliche that states “a playoff series doesn’t start until the home team loses a game.” While I’m not down with that one, it’s become clear that “the NBA Playoffs don’t start until the first round ends.” After a mostly lackluster first round of action where only the … Read more
When we plop down in front of a giant screen to watch our favorite detective show, we know going in the perpetrator(s) will be apprehended within an hour or two. And we watch anyway. When we used to wake up early on Saturday mornings to watch Wile E. Coyote chase … Read more
Let’s try this again. In this space 12 of the 16 playoff participants were accurately predicted and five of those teams were correctly seeded. However, the Orlando Magic were picked here to finish dead last in the Eastern Conference but ended up qualifying for the post-season as the 7th seed. … Read more
Most of us who consider ourselves basketball fans have seen young players with talent and basketball smarts well beyond their years and wondered what the future might hold for those players. As we get older and gain a better understanding of the near-impossible odds of earning a spot an NBA … Read more
The language of the NBA continues to reflect the league’s image-consciousness as well as its sense of humor. Every season there are a number of teams for which winning is obviously not a priority, in hopes of of “earning” a high pick in that summer’s NBA Draft. Not sure what … Read more
Those of us who are fans of the Peanuts gang certainly remember growing up watching the Halloween program entitled, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, where a pathetic Linus character waits in what he believes to be a chosen pumpkin patch for a fictional Great Pumpkin to rise and shower … Read more
We are approximately six months removed (and six months away) from what has become an annual ritual in sports debates: the micro-analysis of Lebron James’ most recent post-season performance coupled with the back and forth over who is the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T) between he and Michael Jordan. And … Read more
A few decades ago, the word “microwave” mentioned in a basketball context was usually in reference to Brooklyn’s Vinnie Johnson, the muscular guard who could come off the bench cold and heat up in a hurry with a flurry of buckets, mostly as a member of the Detroit Pistons. With … Read more
The October portion of the 2018-19 NBA Schedule is now behind us. There were some incredible contests and individual performances to enjoy, but even the most-offensive-minded hoops fan would have to admit something strange is going on. Points are being scored at a nearly unprecedented rate, and one has to … Read more
