B-Roy’s Blazers are a year away.
Wrapping up the regular season, we rank the non-playoff teams. Come back later today for the playoff team rankings heading into the postseason.
30. Miami Heat (15-67) — Who here is worth keeping? Obviously D-Wade and Marion. Haslem stays because he fills a role that every team needs filled. Daequan Cook […]
Tag: Stephen Jackson
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General / Apr 9, 2008 / 7:49 am
Final Four
Stephen Jackson (photo. Eriberto Oriol)
“One down. Four more to go.” - Stephen Jackson
After the three teams vying for the final two spots in the West all notched victories last night, the climate in their clubhouses was generally the same: Win, and we’re in. For their final four games of the season, any team that wins […]
Smack / Mar 28, 2008 / 4:50 am
To Be the Best, You Gotta…
Carmelo Anthony (photo. Mannion)
They looked good for a half, but the Mavs eventually folded under Denver’s hailstorm of buckets and dropped another game to a playoff-contending team. (They’re 0-9 against above-.500 squads since the Jason Kidd deal.) You don’t want to harp on Dirk’s absence, especially when Josh Howard scored 30 and the Kidd-Terry-Stackhouse backcourt […]
Smack / Mar 25, 2008 / 4:28 am
Not Even Basketball
Baron Davis (photo. Land)
Have you ever spent all night watching a movie or TV-show marathon that was amazing all the way through, until you got to the end and it was a total letdown? That’s what it was like watching the NBA last night. Pistons/Suns and Lakers/Warriors were both fantastic overtime games, only the nightcap […]
Smack / Mar 24, 2008 / 4:39 am
The Tipping Point
Dirk (photo. Monte Isom)
Remember a couple years ago when Tim Duncan played almost the entire season with a bad foot because the Spurs couldn’t afford to give him a rest and lose ground to the Mavs in the Southwest? At stake then was the difference between a #1-seed in the conference and a #4-seed. Yesterday, […]
Smack / Mar 6, 2008 / 6:01 am
Prime Time Player
LeBron (photo. Mannion)
You know LeBron loves the big stage, and despite the sorry state of the Knicks, Madison Square Garden in prime time is still one of the biggest stages in basketball. Was ‘Bron pumped up? Check out the between the legs, off the glass lob he threw to himself during warmups — a dunk […]
Smack / Feb 12, 2008 / 5:20 am
Night Owls
Baron Davis (Photo. Tim Tadder)
If the Warriors are going to be this entertaining all the time, we won’t mind staying up past 1 a.m. on the East Coast and watching their games. Last night GS was down by as much as 23 to the Wizards, who were desperate for a win after dropping seven straight, […]
Smack / Feb 10, 2008 / 3:18 am
Insane-O-Meter
S-Jack (Photo. Eriberto Oriol)
With Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson sharing the court, the Insane-O-Meter at Oracle Arena was in danger of going on overload. The damage wasn’t too bad: Ron-Ron picked up a technical foul in the first half, and S-Jack probably should have gotten one when he went temporarily ballistic on ref Violet Palmer […]
General / Jan 23, 2008 / 4:41 pm
“I Ain’t No Coach.”
Coach Baron Davis? (Photo. Tim Tadder)
That line — delivered by the forever-solemn Thomas Sheppard (played by Leon) in Above the Rim — sums up how a lot of ex-ballplayers feel when it comes to making a career change. At the same time, there are a number of guys who look forward to giving back to […]
Hoopla / Jan 22, 2008 / 10:53 am
The Glove Back in Oakland?
Photo. Estevan Oriol
There have been quiet rumblings about Gary Payton possibly re-surfacing this season, and almost every time his name has been brought up, it’s been in reference to the Boston Celtics (we’re pretty sure everyone in the Celtics organization has had enough of watching Tony Allen trying to dribble).
But here’s something that came […]
Hoopla / Jan 22, 2008 / 8:00 am
Hoop Links, 1/22
* Tied 109-109 with 19 seconds to play in OT, Travis Outlaw milked the clock down to its final ticks before pulling up and sticking the game-winning jumper in Josh Smith’s grill. “Coach asked me if I wanted to take the last shot,” said Outlaw, recounting a timeout with 19 seconds left. “And I said, […]
Hoopla / Jan 17, 2008 / 10:38 am
The Trade, One Year Later
Photo. Eriberto Oriol
Warriors blog Golden State of Mind celebrates the one-year anniversary of “The Trade” and what it has meant for the W’s.
Click HERE for the post (and a great photo of Chris Mullin laughing like an evil genius).
Hoopla / Jan 16, 2008 / 8:10 am
Hoop Links, 1/16
* LeBron James was more excited about the Cavs’ 132-124 OT win over the Grizz than he was about his 51-point explosion last night. “When we win, it means a lot,” said James, who also had nine assists and eight rebounds. “Every point counted tonight. I’ve lost a couple games scoring 50 points, and I […]
Hoopla / Jan 14, 2008 / 8:11 am
Hoop Links, 1/14
* Coming down from a defensive board, Andrew Bynum landed awkwardly on Lamar Odom’s foot during the Lakers’ close win over Memphis last night. The initial diagnosis is a sprained left knee, but an MRI today will determine the full extent of the injury. “I didn’t hear any pops,” said Bynum. “I’m able to put […]
Smack / Jan 8, 2008 / 5:45 am
Threat Matrix
Matrix (Photo. Brandon Sullivan)
How important is Shawn Marion to the Suns? When he picked up his second foul midway through the first quarter of Phoenix/Denver yesterday, despite the fact that the Suns were already up by about 15, Mike D’Antoni left Matrix on the court and didn’t take him out until the end of the […]
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