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Author: Joel Huerto

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

10 observations from NBA Las Vegas Summer League

July 20, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

LAS VEGAS — The Samsung NBA Summer League in Las Vegas hit the ground running with a record-setting opening night. The marquee matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled in the largest crowd to watch a summer league game at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center, as more than 12,000 came to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Las Vegas, NBA Summer League

Summer school: Your guide to NBA Las Vegas Summer League

July 8, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

  LAS VEGAS — You don’t have to be a basketball junkie to love the NBA Summer League, especially if the venue is Las Vegas, Nevada. For the general admission price of $25 you get to watch a slew of games at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. And if you’re paying attention … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Las Vegas, NBA Summer League

Lakers opt for D’Angelo Russell, pass on ‘next Tim Duncan’

June 25, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

This year’s draft was supposed to be the rebirth of the Los Angeles Lakers brand. After Minnesota took Karl-Anthony Towns the Lakers were poised to land arguably the best center in the draft in Duke center Jahlil Okafor. It was a marriage made in basketball heaven, right? The Lakers and a dominant center. You couldn’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: College Basketball, Featured, NBA Tagged: Byron Scott, d'angelo russell, jahlil okafor, Lakers, Mitch Kupchak, NBA Draft

Elite eight: Top prospects in 2015 NBA draft

June 22, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Golden State Warriors may have made small ball trendy, but the NBA is still a big man’s league. Go big or go home. That’s the TNT slogan in the NBA playoffs. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers could be the big winners in the 2015 NBA draft as both teams should walk away … [Read more…]

Posted in: College Basketball, General, NBA Tagged: d'angelo russell, emmanuel mudiay, jahlil okafor, justise winslow, karl-anthony towns, NBA Draft, stanley johnson, trey lyles, willie cauley-stein

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

CP3, Griffin unable to stop Clips collapse

May 17, 2015 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

It’s difficult to quantify the debacle that just occurred in the 2015 Western Conference semifinals when the team that fell apart has very little history to begin with. The Clippers were one win away (or one quarter away) from reaching their first conference finals only to watch it all go up in a cloud of … [Read more…]

Posted in: General, NBA Tagged: Blake Griffin, Chris Paul, Clippers, doc rivers, Rockets
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