The Nets have been so dreadful this season you really can’t blame basketball fans in New Jersey for tuning them out and tuning in to watch re-runs of MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” Personally, it would be more entertaining to see some girl named Snooki from Poughkeepsie get punched in the face by a liquored up dude … [Read more…]
LeBron James won Round 2 of his showdown with Kobe Bryant, and I have a funny feeling it won’t be the last time we’ll see those two dueling on the basketball court this season. LeBron James scored 12 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter as the game turned into a playoff-style, possession-by-possession struggle. … [Read more…]
Since trading Pau Gasol to the L.A. Lakers in 2008, the Memphis Grizzlies and their owner Michael Heisley have been getting grief from opposing players and coaches, the media, barbershop critics, season-ticket holders, school children and their grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, friends and neighbors for basically gift-wrapping an NBA championship to the Lakers. That may … [Read more…]
Prior to Thursday night’s TNT game between the Utah Jazz and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the basketball world knew very little about Sundiata Gaines. After Gaines sank the game-winning shot at the buzzer to lift the Jazz to a 97-96 victory over the Cavaliers in Utah, Jazz fans were signing his name. His teammates, guys he’s … [Read more…]
When the basketball pundits anticipated the Washington Wizards would have more firepower this season with the return of Gilbert Arenas, they certainly were not referring to the cache of firearms Agent Zero brought to the arena. Whether it is self-inflicted or not, the Washington Bullets…oops, I mean Wizards…have been a huge disappointment this season, and … [Read more…]