For a team that’s already locked up homecourt advantage for at least the first round of the playoffs and can’t move up or down in the seeding, you wouldn’t think the Orlando Magic consider any of these last two regular season games a must-win; especially tonight’s game in Milwaukee against the Lottery-bound Bucks.
But after dropping three of their last four — with that lone win being a down-to-the-wire effort against the Grizzlies — Dwight Howard is worried about his team stumbling into the playoffs. Read More »
You might have heard that John Wall will be the next Derrick Rose before. He’s a 6-4 point guard with incredible athleticism, great handle, and the ability to hang forever before finishing or finding a teammate around the basket. But this is the first time that we’ve seen him in a truly competitive all-star type event. At the Nike Hoops Summit, Wall put the complete highlight package together against the World team even though Team USA lost 97-89.
It’s a little too late to wrest Rookie of the Year away from Derrick Rose, but Michael Beasley‘s late-season run has him playing better than any rook in the League heading into the playoffs.
Overshadowed by D-Wade‘s double-nickel, Beasley dropped 28 points and 16 boards against the Knicks yesterday, capping a three-game stretch against New Orleans, Boston and New York where he averaged 25 and 12. Read More »
Last month LeBron’s alma mater Saint Vincent Saint Mary won the Ohio State Championship. King James was on hand to witness the victory rockin’ this sweet jacket. Read More »
The Wizards have a unique chance this off-season to go from being a miserable team, whose season was highlighted by two wins over the Cavs and an end-of-year blowout, to a legit contender in the East if the lottery falls in their favor.
Prepping for that possibility, Washington’s front office is planning to hire the guy who many believe to be the best coach on the market right now: Flip Saunders.
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In case you missed it yesterday, here’s the video of Ray Allen swinging an elbow at Anderson Varejao‘s garbage. We love Ray, but we’re not sure how it works out with him fighting 6-11 Varejao.
San Antonio’s win over the Kings yesterday allowed them to lock up the third seed in the West. Now that’s not such a monumental occurrence that it’s worth drawing up a conspiracy theory. But even if the refs aren’t allowed to review a shot clock expiring “at that point in the game” (as Andre Aldridge said), how did the ref standing directly behind Mike Finley not see that it was a shot clock violation with his own two eyes? It took Finley a good one-count after the clock read “00″ to get that shot off…
Trying to follow D’Antoni Logic will give you a headache. Remember Kobe‘s 61-point game, when Coach D waited until Kobe had about 57 on the board before he finally decided to bring a double-team? Last night was the same thing. Dwyane Wade dropped 50 on the Knicks through three quarters, and it literally wasn’t until he’d hit 55 in the fourth — one shy of Glen Rice‘s Miami franchise record — and the Heat were up double-digits that D’Antoni started having his guys double D-Wade. Read More »
Three things happened with Chicago’s win over the Bobcats last night: Derrick Rose locked up Rookie of the Year (QB’ing his team to a .500 record and a playoff berth as an everyday starter is good enough for us; it’s also why Mario Chalmers deserves more credit than he’s getting); Ben Gordon ensured himself a hefty pay raise this summer (and made the Luol Deng contract look even worse); and the Bulls kept themselves in position to go as high as the 5th seed in the East … Read More »
While the “Everyone but L.A.” portion of the West playoff bracket is going down to the last day of the season, LeBron helped at least bring some clarity to the top of the East last night. ‘Bron put up 27 points and 10 assists in Philly, a win that secured the No. 1 seed for the Cavs … LeBron (described as “a package built for punishment” by the Sixers’ color commentator) showed up to the arena in a leather jacket and tee right out of The Rock‘s That’s A 500-Dollar Shirt! menswear collection. So apparently the dress code only applies to some of the people some of the time … Read More »
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