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 »
The 2009 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class is, in a word, loaded. Michael Jordan, John Stockton, David Robinson are the players who will be inducted into the Hall in September, and they’ll be joined by coaches Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer. Read More »
Unfortunately for Birdman Andersen, there is no comeback player of the year award doled out in the NBA anymore. But if there was, he’d probably be the front-runner right now. This sequence from Denver’s win over the Mavericks on Friday night is the embodiment of his season - three rejections despite being elbowed in the stomach/ribs after the first one. Read More »
