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Furious Five 2017: Ranking the 5 best players in the NBA

January 21, 2017 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Each year OneManFastBreak.net ranks the five best players in the NBA. Let’s call it the “OMFB Furious Five.” It’s all about paying homage to the five styles of Chinese martial arts: snake, crane, monkey, praying mantis, and tiger. The ranking system is based on one man’s opinion and does not follow or conform to any … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA, Uncategorized Tagged: James Harden, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Steph Curry

‘The Block’ ends Cleveland’s 52-year championship drought

June 21, 2016 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The story of Cleveland’s sports history has been well chronicled and often mocked. For five decades, Northeast Ohio has suffered through some of the worst moments. The Drive. The Fumble. The Shot Over Ehlo. The Blown Save. The Decision. Well, Clevelanders. You can finally stop hoping and praying for the city’s 52-year professional sports team … [Read more…]

Posted in: NBA, Uncategorized Tagged: Cavaliers, Cleveland, LeBron James, NBA Finals

Gridiron gang: NBA stars who could play in the NFL

September 8, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Basketball players have been referred to as the greatest athletes in the world. In the NBA, you see superbly conditioned athletes soar to the basket and throw down rim-rattling dunks or muscle past two or three defenders. Sometimes we marvel so much at these super beings that we, as fans, wonder how pro basketball players … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Blake Griffin, Chuck Hayes, Darren Collison, DeAndre Jordan, Deron Williams, Dwight Howard, Glen Davis, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, marc gasol, Matt Barnes, nate robinson, NBA, NFL, Ron Artest, Russell Westbrook, Tony Allen, zach randolph

Andre Iguodala is big piece in small ball

June 16, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

When the Golden State Warriors were trailing 2-1 in the 2015 NBA Finals and all the momentum seemingly on the side of the Cleveland Cavaliers, first-year head coach Steve Kerr went to his go-to guy to stop the bleeding. And that’s exactly what do-it-all forward Andre Iguodala did. Iguodala scored 22 points, made eight of his … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Andre Iguodala, Cleveland Cavaliers, golden state warriors, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Steve Kerr

Unconventional Warriors’ historic title run

June 10, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

You can analyze or overanalyze basketball games with all types of fancy analytics and metrics, but teams that win championships follow two basic formulas: score easy baskets and don’t give up easy baskets. Basically, to speak in the language so millennials can understand, you want to score in the paint and protect the paint (if … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Cleveland Cavaliers, golden state warriors, Klay Thompson, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Splash Brothers, Stephen Curry, Steve Kerr

Kyrie Irving knocked out of NBA Finals

June 5, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The mood in Cleveland has gone from bad to worse in 24 hours after news broke that All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is done for the rest of the NBA Finals after an MRI exam revealed a fracture in his left kneecap. The injury normally requires a three- to four-month recovery time, so don’t expect … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Cavaliers, Cleveland, Golden State, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Warriors

Can LeBron, Cavs slow down Warriors?

May 31, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

LeBron James won’t guarantee an NBA championship in Cleveland this year, but he did make one proclamation. “I guarantee that we will play our asses off,” he said about the Cavaliers’ showdown with the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. James and his Cavaliers have been playing their butts off this postseason, especially on … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Cavaliers, Draymond Green, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, NBA Finals, Stephen Curry, Tristan Thompson, Warriors

ONE MAN’S OPINION: Time for NBA critics to stop mocking LeBron

May 11, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

No athlete in the world has taken a beating publicly from fans, the sports media and other professional athletes for not being clutch more than LeBron James. For years ESPN talking head Skip Bayless has mercilessly mocked LeBron for not having the “clutch gene” or being afraid of driving to the hoop because he doesn’t want … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Cleveland Cavaliers, Joakim Noah, LeBron James, Skip Bayless

There is one true king in NBA MVP race

March 11, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

LeBron James may appear like he doesn’t care much about the MVP race, but he does. ESPN basketball writer Brian Windhorst, also known as James’ biographer, revealed that LeBron listens, reads and watches all the accolades heaped upon Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis and James Harden. LeBron has been relegated to third or fourth … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: James Harden, LeBron James, NBA MVP, Russell Westbrook, Steph Curry

LeBron, Blatt dynamic still a work in progress

January 1, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The new year couldn’t come soon enough for David Blatt. The first-year head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers had a rough December as his team stumbled to a .500 record in its last 10 games. An ESPN report recently surfaced saying that there is a growing concern within the team that the players are no … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Cleveland Cavaliers, David Blatt, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James
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