January marks the point of every NBA season where we begin to hear of NBA rookies — having now surpassed the number of organized games and minutes they’ve ever played in one season at the high school or college levels — showing signs of fatigue enhanced by arm wrestling with … Read more
Does anyone really have fear of the NBA becoming the ABA? During an early-season contest involving the Brooklyn Nets, there was an interview with a gentleman named Herb Turetzky, who has been the Nets’ official scorekeeper since the team’s and American Basketball Association’s (ABA) inception in 1967 as the New … Read more
Today we salute the NBA longshots. These are the guys who have defied the odds to earn spots on NBA rosters. They probably weren’t heavily recruited coming out of high school, and many of them certainly weren’t pursued by the traditional college basketball powerhouses. But somehow, they excelled at their … Read more
During the summer of 2017, the National Basketball Association decided to extend the number of calendar days in the regular season in an effort to reduce the wear and tear on its athletes, and hopefully lessen the need for teams to rest its top players on game nights. This is … Read more
Yeah, I’m guilty. Whether watching my favorite basketball team play or just watching two teams go at it with no rooting interest, I enjoy seeing the game played, coached, and officiated correctly. Though it’s not quite as silly as yelling at a movie or pre-recorded detective show, I do find … Read more
The sports doubleheader was created with folks like myself in mind. Before greed set in, with baseball eliminating scheduled doubleheaders and charging separate admissions for two games played on the same day, we’d save our allowance money, head out to Shea Stadium and spend the entire day watching the Mets … Read more
Based on some of the results of past NBA Draft proceedings, even the most fervent critics of NBA General Managers and Scouts would have to admit that, with very few exceptions, projecting a player’s level of success in the league is an inexact science. This was the case even when … Read more
After 50 years of watching basketball games, I’ve already forgotten more than I can remember about the different changes the sport has undergone. Globally, the game is as popular as it’s ever been, and many of the changes have improved the overall quality of the game, but there are some … Read more
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
