I’ve never been one to feel bad about a blowout. When I played football, my teams were sometimes on the good and the bad end of an embarrassing rout, and in no case did I feel like the winning team should have “pulled back” or “gone easy” or “called off the dogs” or however else you want to put it. In college, I had a part-time job in the Seattle Times sports department, primarily working with high school sports. Every now and then — whether it was football, basketball, soccer or softball — some ridiculous score would come across the wire, and every time, at least a few people in the office would get that disappointed look on their face and say, “They didn’t have to do that.” Read More »
After Andrew’s post, “Dwight Howard: Not So Superman,” this morning, the office got heated. I’m not going to name names, and I’m not going to bore you with a full recap, but basically it boiled down to a discussion over the offensive abilities of Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum. Read More »
I know what you’re thinking. Another trade rumor featuring Shawn Marion? Another trade rumor featuring Jermaine O’Neal? But after many trade rumors, the GMs in Miami and Toronto just had to connect the dots.
As an Economics minor, it’s simple supply and demand. The Raptors are in need of a small forward, and the Heat are in need of a center. With three 7-footers on the roster, and the sudden emergence of Andrea Bargnani, O’Neal became expendable after the Chris Bosh-J.O. experiment didn’t pan out early in the season. And with Michael Beasley living up to the hype and Alonzo Mourning’s retirement, the Heat are willing to part with Marion to complete their squad. Read More »
“To be honest with you, that’s why you don’t have concealed weapons, because I’d have shot him at that point,” D’Antoni said wryly [about Robinson]. “I do like his feistiness, but he just needs to channel it in the right way. And he knows that.”
After Rashard Lewis pulled down his eighth offensive board last night, which gave the Magic a total of nine on the night, Doug Collins brought up a comment that Stan Van Gundy made about Orlando’s 7-0 superhero, who really hadn’t made any impact on the game up to that point.
“As long as he gives us three to four blocks a night,” said Collins paraphrasing Van Gundy, “we’re all good.”
If you only pay attention to your fantasy box score, you probably think that Dwight Howard is one of the greatest rebounders of all time. Read More »
In what seemed like it came from left field, Memphis is handing over the reins mid-season to current Bucks assistant coach Lionel Hollins, for his third stint as head coach of the Grizzlies.
The question I ask is, why? For a team that is looking to win games, I don’t see the logic in hiring Hollins. Read More »
Monta Ellis’ wish, which you’ll hear him scream in the clip below, will be granted tonight at 10:30 EST against the Cavaliers. If he’s 100%, he could very well be the second most athletic player on the floor.
In all honesty, Celtics/Magic wasn’t much to write home about; it was like one of those awful Knicks/Heat matchups from the mid-90s, only without the intensity. Of course, there’s a very good chance we’re just salty over here because Orlando took their brand-new NBA Hit List No. 1 ranking and flushed it like the remnants of a Thirsty Thursday hangover, but neither team played all that well. Doug Collins was right on when he said he couldn’t tell whether the defenses were so good that people couldn’t score, or if both offenses were just inept. Or maybe Dwight Howard said it best in his post-game interview: “It felt like a playoff game. For a minute.” Either way, Boston won their seventh straight, holding Dwight to just 11 points and 11 boards, and holding the Magic to a season-low point total … Offensively, all the Celtics needed was Paul Pierce, who was DESTROYING Hedo Turkoglu. Pierce (27 pts, 10 rebs) was throwing a constant series of fakes and jab steps at Hedo, who was bouncing all over the place and seemed confused the entire time. One time Pierce up-faked and drove past him for an uncontested dunk, after which Dwight and Hedo stood there yelling at each other … Read More »
Team spokesman Dustin Krugel confirmed Iavaroni’s dismissal Thursday night but would not say who would coach the Grizzlies on Friday night against the Knicks. General manager Chris Wallace was traveling to New York. Read More »
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