For at least one night, DeAndre Jordan topped his good friend and L.A. teammate Blake Griffin on the dunk-o-meter. With a little over four minutes left in the second quarter of Sunday’s game between the Clippers and the Pistons, the Clippers center lit up Staples Center and social media with his jaw-dropping, one-handed, alley-oop, above-the-rim … [Read more…]
Cleveland Cavaliers star Kyrie Irving and Detroit Pistons second-year guard Brandon Knight turned the 2013 Rising Stars Challenge into their own personal Rucker Park-style playground, sending TV announcer Chris Webber to a momentary hysteria. With the game well in hand and his team a bit listless, Irving — last year’s NBA Rookie of the Year … [Read more…]
Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals fell to John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats in the national semifinals Saturday. It was a gallant effort by the Cardinals, but in the end the Wildcats’ enormous talent was just too much to overcome. Kentucky has been without a doubt the best team in college basketball in 2012, boasting six potential NBA … [Read more…]
You can’t be successful in basketball without a good point guard, and that applies at all levels from high school to college to the NBA. The game has evolved so much in the past 10 years that a lot more is required of a point guard, and the position has become more valuable than a … [Read more…]
The NCAA Tournament is the best showcase event in terms of evaluating talent entering the NBA. In the past 10 years, current NBA stars Dwyane Wade (Marquette), Derrick Rose (Memphis), Russell Westbrook (UCLA), Deron Williams (Illinois) and Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse) all made their big first impressions in The Big Dance. Of course, there are always … [Read more…]