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General / May 7, 2008 / 2:30 pm

The Unusual Suspects: The Best Players in the Playoffs

Jason Maxiell’s gone toe-to-toe with Dwight
In the Lakers/Nuggets series it was J.R. Smith. In the Philly/Detroit series it was Reggie Evans. In the Jazz/Rockets series it was Mehmet Okur. No matter the series, there has been at least one guy that has elevated his level of play far beyond expectations to give his team a […]

Smack / May 9, 2007 / 1:52 am

Invincible?

Hard to believe that the Cavs, flawed as they are, still sit undefeated in the playoffs. Considering their perfect record, we don’t even rank the Cavs that high in our latest NBA Hit List. Anyone not wearing stunner-shade-sized wine/gold/blue-colored glasses knows this team isn’t that good outside of LeBron, and obviously they’ve benefited from the […]

Smack / May 7, 2007 / 3:34 am

Prince Pavlovic

Another example of how careers are judged by the playoffs: Josh Smith does the swoop-in-from-behind-blocked-shot thing all the time, but when Sasha Pavlovic got Jason Kidd yesterday on a huge rejection that was right out of J-Smoove’s playbook, what did everyone compare it to? Tayshaun Prince’s famous come-from-behind block on Reggie Miller in the ‘04 […]

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