After spending some time in Denver over the holidays and getting a chance to see the Mile High’s finest run through the Atlanta Hawks – and then be subsequently steamed rolled by the Dallas Mavericks – I was able to get a better sense of the team’s collective flow. No debating that this is Carmelo’s team – through with Chauncey Billups mends the glue – but beyond their star base, is the real key to their success: Ty Lawson. Read More »
There was a reason why Hova would name drop Nick Van Exel’s name in a verse. Nick the Quick was everything you wanted out of a small guard: a smooth south paw stroke, crafty dribble moves, great court vision and money in the clutch. And best of all, everything he did, he did it with style. Read More »
The era of the Jail Blazers is an interesting and lengthy time period, through which it extends from J.R. Rider’s heyday, until really 2005. Whereas, the Blazers had been branded with this label for a while, I chose to further examine Burnside’s best from ’01 through the ’04 season. Read More »
We don’t know where Carmelo Anthony’s career is headed, but for the moment, Alex English is still the king of getting buckets in Denver. The Hall of Fame small forward and eight-time All-Star led the League in scoring in ‘83 and finished in the Top-5 five other times. He was the NBA’s top scorer for the decade of the 1980’s, and retired with more than 25,600 points to his name. Professor Nick Van Exel leads this English lesson …
The precedent has been set for the Lakers and Andrew Bynum. The Bucks inked Andrew Bogut to a five-year extension worth $60 million right now that could reach as much as $72.5 million with incentives. With Bynum up for an extension this summer as well, and his agent saying he’s going after a max deal, the digits for the #1 pick in the ‘05 Draft (Bogut) will no doubt be brought up in negotiations with the #10 pick (Bynum). But even though Bynum’s got a higher ceiling and plays for the high-profile team, hasn’t Bogut had a better career so far? He’s averaged about 12 points and eight boards in three years with Milwaukee, and last season was good for just about 14 and 10 a night. Bynum’s case will definitely be helped, however, by the fact that everyone and their Mom said the Lakers could have won the ‘chip if he’d been healthy in the postseason … The Sixers gave Elton Brand number 42? You mean they hadn’t retired that number for Mike Gminski? … There was some paranoid talk out of L.A. about the possibility of Baron Davis backing out of his agreement with the Clippers (he hadn’t officially signed yet). Read More »
