NBA All-Star weekend is easily the best all-star showcase among the four major professional sports leagues. Even though it is far more entertaining than the NFL Pro Bowl or MLB’s home run hitting contest, this year’s event fell a little flat. The new Sprite Slam Dunk Contest format failed to recognize a true champion. Sure … [Read more…]
It was the dumbest move of Marcus Smart’s young basketball career. On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Oklahoma State All-American guard lost his cool and shoved a Texas Tech fan during a heated exchange. Smart claims he heard the fan throw a racial slur at him, but the fan vehemently denied it. A day later, having … [Read more…]
There is little doubt that Kevin Durant and LeBron James are the two best players on the planet. So, heading into Wednesday night’s showdown in Miami, much of the buzz surrounding the Heat-Thunder matchup was the showdown between the reigning MVP against this year’s leading MVP candidate. When the smoke cleared from Durant’s smoldering fingertips, … [Read more…]
The voting process for NBA All-Star games is far from perfect, but usually fans get it right. This year, they struggled a bit. If we’re handing out grades on how the fans did on voting for the starters in the 2014 All-Star Game on Feb. 16 in New Orleans, they should get a D for … [Read more…]
While all eyes have been focused on Kevin Durant during his remarkable scoring binge this month, lost in the shuffle is the brilliant play of Reggie Jackson. The third-year pro out of Boston College has been more than just a backup plan for Oklahoma City while Russell Westbrook continues to recover from knee surgery. Jackson … [Read more…]
Andrew Bynum was once considered one of the top centers in the league, and there were even arguments made that he was better than Dwight Howard. That was just two years ago. Now, Bynum is out of shape and out of work. The 26-year-old former Western Conference All-Star was traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers after … [Read more…]
Say goodbye to 2013 and hello 2014. New Year’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year because whatever mistakes or bad experiences you had during the old year the new year offers you a fresh start. I’m sure a lot of NBA teams would love to have a fresh start. The new … [Read more…]
Wins and losses are all that matter in the NBA. However, on Christmas Day, the Los Angeles Lakers managed to give the defending champion Miami Heat a battle before ultimately losing, 101-95, at Staples Center. “The last two games we were just getting murdered, getting killed,” Nick Young told the L.A. Times. “To come back … [Read more…]
You know you pulled off something amazing when Earvin “Magic” Johnson called it one of the greatest plays he has ever seen. Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have been serving up spectacular alley-oop dunks since they joined forces in 2010, but their latest collaboration had an extra twist to it. LeBron’s off-the-glass … [Read more…]
This wasn’t how the NBA schedule-makers envisioned Christmas Day. When they pitted the Lakers and Heat, they had visions of LeBron James going head-to-head with Kobe Bryant at Staples Center. Instead, they’ll likely get LeBron versus. . . . Wesley Johnson? When they pitted the Bulls and the Nets, they had visions of Derrick Rose … [Read more…]