If you thought last Thursday’s loss to the Cavs was a sign the Celtics don’t have enough in the tank to win a championship this year, Saturday’s loss to the New Jersey Nets — yes, we said the New Jersey Nets — was all the confirmation you needed … Tommy Heinsohn and the two psychos from Celtic Pride would have a hard time coming up with an excuse here: Boston was at home, they hadn’t traveled since last weekend, they weren’t playing a back-to-back, and Kevin Garnett (26 pts, 9 rebs) and Rajon Rondo (13 pts, 17 asts) didn’t play horribly. Read More »
Dirk dropped 37 points and the eventual game-winner, but please do not get it twisted: Jason Kidd beat the Atlanta Hawks last night … Down 15 in the fourth quarter on the road, Jason unveiled the hockey mask and machete, then went about the business of carving up everybody in his path. On his way to a 19-point, 16-rebound, 17-assist monster stat line, Kidd snuck up behind people for steals, snatched offensive boards, started fast breaks, set teammates up for open J’s like a human ball rack, and knocked down a few huge shots of his own. Read More »
Just about anybody who followed Shaun Livingston when he came out of high school in 2004 has been rooting for him to make it.
The injury-plagued former point guard phenom last played in the NBA with the Thunder, who waived him in December after what had been a solid showing in training camp.
Earlier today — in fact, three years to the day of his infamously horrific 2007 knee injury suffered during a Clippers/Bobcats game — the Wizards signed Livingston to a 10-day contract. Read More »
The last time you probably heard Alvin Robertson‘s name, Chris Paul was breaking his NBA record for most consecutive games with a steal last season. This isn’t the way to get back in the news. From USA Today:
Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson is a wanted man.
The former San Antonio Spurs star, who spent 10 seasons in the NBA, has been charged with sexual assault of a child, trafficking an underage child for purposes of sex and forcing a sexual performance by a child. Read More »
As the regular season winds down, most fantasy leagues are nearing their playoff schedules, which typically begin on week 21 (3/15) or 22 (3/22). It’s wise for owners, especially those in head-to-head leagues, to start thinking about their prospects for their fantasy playoffs. This can be helpful in determining whether you should think about upgrading your team’s strength for a solid run in the playoffs by trading away players with weak schedules for players with strong ones – another form of buying low and selling high.
Before you start bulking up for the playoffs, Read More »
Wow. Our friends at WeAllScheme just posted this clip from last night’s Warriors/Nuggets game of Steph Curry hittingChris Andersen with the crossover, the one-handed- scoop- fake, and the spin back, baby hook in the lane.
For every Dwight Howard, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille O’Neal, there’s a Kwame Brown, a Michael Olowokandi, and a Pervis Ellison. And it’s always gonna be that way.
That’s because in the NBA, a great center is priceless. Knowing that, teams will continue to take risks on unpolished, injury-prone and/or unproven prospects. Rather than let the next Cullinan Diamond of a 7-footer slip through your grasp, it’s easier to gamble and believe he’s the kid wearing your Draft cap. Read More »
Beast of the Night: Chauncey Billups lit up the Warriors yet again, finishing with 37 points, 6 threes, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers. He shot 68 percent (13-19) from the field and 100 percent (5-5) from the line. He’s been one of the top 10 fantasy players so far and owners who bought low on him early in the season did very well.
“And now, the rest of the man’s legacy is on the line. Is Kobe a Top-10 player of all-time? Top five? We’ve created a glass ceiling wherein nobody can touch Jordan, Russell, Wilt, Magic and Bird — and often but not always, Oscar, Jerry West, Kareem and Doctor J — that Kobe is threatening to shatter.
“Why not? Kobe has more rings than Bird and more buckets than Magic; he’s better defensively than West, better offensively than Russell, more clutch than Wilt. His flair for the dramatic is exceeded only by Jordan.” Read More »
Interesting fact: Of the 28 players that made up this year’s NBA All-Star rosters, 16 of them (57%) were Top-5 Draft picks once upon a time.
That could mean nothing. Or it could mean that, while we all love the second-round underdogs and outside-the-Lottery gems, the more boring truth is that we typically know where our future superstars are coming from.
While it’s been fashionable over the last few years to bemoan the drop in talent on the college level, when you look across the ’09-10 NCAA landscape, you can still see more than a handful of future NBA All-Stars. Read More »
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