Hanging his head…
Forget about the 66 wins and the postseason blowouts at the Garden; we’re no longer taking the Celtics seriously as championship contenders until they win at least one playoff road game. Losing three in Atlanta to a sub-.500 squad was bad enough, then last night KG and crew got torn apart in Cleveland […]
Tag: LeBron James
Smack / May 11, 2008 / 3:36 am
Tough Road for the Celtics
Hoopla / May 9, 2008 / 10:38 am
LeBron & Co. are “Befuddled”
Photo. Mannion
Solid Cavs blog Cavalier Attitude is understandably distressed over the way LeBron & Co. are playing against Boston. CA describes ‘Bron as “befuddled,” correctly pointing out that James is playing into the Celts’ hands by settling for long jumpers over and over and over again.
Another object of Cavalier Attitude’s ire? Anderson Varejao. From […]
General / May 9, 2008 / 7:17 am
Is this the Celtics v. Hawks Series All Over Again?
KG
The visiting team looked like cooked cauliflower in games one and two in the foggy TD Banknorth Garden. Their best player left his game back home - first Joe Johnson hit 11-32 shots in Atlanta’s first two tries, and now LeBron is 8-42 with Cleveland in an 0-2 hole. Offensively, Boston’s bench - namely Sam […]
Smack / May 9, 2008 / 3:12 am
The Best One-on-One Matchup of the Playoffs
Tim Duncan (photo. adidas)
Remember that Nike ad from a few years back when a 5-on-5 run devolved into Paul Pierce and Jermaine O’Neal going 1-on-1 full-court while the other guys just sat on the sideline and watched? That was kind of like what we saw between Chris Paul (35 pts, 9 asts) and Tony Parker […]
Hit List / May 8, 2008 / 10:41 am
Top 25 Postseason Performers
Kevin Garnett (photo. Gary Land)
To answer some of the questions we’ve received about criteria for this list, we are including guys whose teams have been eliminated so long as they’ve played at least one game since the previous power ranking. So while names like Caron Butler and Josh Smith will be seen in this week’s […]
Hoopla / May 8, 2008 / 10:10 am
Gil on the Playoffs, LeBron, Free Agency and GTA IV
Photo. David Deal
Yesterday Gilbert Arenasput up a monster post on his NBA.com blog that covered everything from his Wizards‘ series with the Cavs to his offseason free agency plans to Grand Theft Auto IV.
Gil also breaks down each remaining playoff series:
Scouting the Playoffs
BOS-CLE — There are players I like on each of those teams, but […]
General / May 7, 2008 / 11:46 am
Watch the New LeBron Spot
Photo. Mannion
We wanted to let you guys know know about the new LeBron James spot created by Nike. It’s part of a campaign called “Witness Stand” that has just started running on NikeBasketball.com.
Check it out and let us know what you think.
Smack / May 7, 2008 / 1:38 am
The Worst Game LeBron Has Ever Played
Photo. Mannion
One reason everyone has been so geeked since July that the Celtics are a championship contender again is the inevitable feeling of nostalgia. Well, Celtics/Cavs last night was definitely nostalgic; it looked a lot like those awful bump-and-grind Knicks/Heat games from the 1990’s. Paul Pierce only had 4 points on 2-of-14 shooting, Ray Allen […]
General / May 5, 2008 / 10:00 am
The Soul Crusher
LeBron (photo. Mannion)
Before Game 6 of the Cavs/Wizards series got out of hand, there was a play in the second half where Delonte West was leading a 3-on-2 break with Wally Szczerbiak and LeBron filling the lanes. Seeing the potential for what could happen, both Washington defenders focused their attention on LeBron, surrendering a wide […]
Smack / May 3, 2008 / 12:57 am
On the Verge
Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
The ‘94 Nuggets. The ‘07 Warriors. The ‘08 Hawks? A monumental playoff upset can do a lot to legitimize a franchise and its star player, which is why Joe Johnson (or Josh Smith) is one game away from putting himself on the mainstream map, just like Baron Davis did last year […]
Hit List / May 1, 2008 / 2:56 pm
The Hit List: Playoff Players
Photo. Chris Sembrot
Whereas we normally rank teams in this space, last week was the first of our Playoff Player individual rankings. For this we’re taking into account who’s playing the best at the moment, who has the best overall body of work, who has the most ability and who has the most potential to make […]
General / May 1, 2008 / 10:21 am
The Wiz Love Caron
After Caron Butler took over (again) and basically won last night’s Cavs/Wizards game in Cleveland all by himself, his Wizards teammates waited for Butler in the locker room chanting “TOUGH JUICE !” over and over again, until their hero to get back to the locker room.
Somewhere, we can picture Gil talking himself into re-building the […]
Smack / May 1, 2008 / 12:50 am
Round 5, Fight!
Caron Butler
While Soulja Boy was locked in a room somewhere working on that response diss to Hova and LeBron (because only so many things rhyme with “Youuuuuuuuuu!”), his man DeShawn Stevenson helped extend the Cavs/Wizards series and, of course, extend the NBA’s dumbest feud at the same time … In the first quarter of yesterday’s […]
Smack / Apr 29, 2008 / 3:03 am
The Terminator
Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
Game 3 was Josh Smith’s time to shine. Game 4 belonged to Joe Johnson. Getting wherever he wanted to go off the dribble while unleashing mixtape moves (pity James Posey and Leon Powe), then wetting jumpers from every angle and distance, Joe went Terminator on the Celtics, putting the red beam […]
General / Apr 28, 2008 / 11:05 am
Jay-Z’s DeShawn Diss Song
We found Jay-Z’s DeShawn Stevenson diss track, “Blow the Whistle,” over at YouBeenBlinded. (WARNING: Language)
Check it out and let us know what you think
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