Doc Rivers Takes Talents To Clipperland; What It Means For Lob City And The Celtics Legacy
TD Garden has looked more like a rodeo than a basketball arena after days of anxious wrangling and jockeying. Looking to pick up the pieces of a fallen era, the Los Angeles Clippers have landed their primary target, the top-5 active coach Doc Rivers. The deal went from unexpected to dead, to stalled, to reanimated […]
What’s For Dinner? A 5th NBA Championship
A crushing loss of the magnitude the San Antonio Spurs had to experience in Game 6 would have sunk other teams. Deflated, dejected, and demoralized, they would find their therapy at the bottom of unanswered questions, sleepless offseasons, and in the worst scenarios, empty glasses of ale. But the Spurs are different; they found their […]
The State Of Miami’s Spacing And Dwyane Wade’s Knees
With LeBron James flanked by three shooters and punk viking Chris Andersen, the Miami Heat might be too hot for San Antonio to handle. That much was evident in Game 6, when a headband-be-damned LeBron willed himself against the Spurs and forced a Game 7. San Antonio has no easy answer for a lineup that […]
Some Numbers To Crunch Before Game 6 Of NBA Finals
X’s and O’s for all their splendored glory don’t ever tell the full story. In the “dominoed” arrangement of basketball tactics, they may reign supreme but not unaided. See, every playoffs matchup, not to mention the championship bout, is marked by an assortment of numbers that fill in the crevices the X’s and O’s can never […]
Green Is New Color Of Mourning: Big 3 Era Is Dead, Even If It Isn’t
Eight muscle-toned NBA bodies and two draft pick rights stood between an NBA wasteland and the oasis of a championship-marked beginning. With Paul Pierce’s franchise talent wasting away, Danny Ainge was pressed to strike gold. He did one better: he struck stars.
Crowned Heights: Ranking MVPs Of NBA Finals
Just three games away from the crowning of a new Finals MVP, the competition for this 2013 NBA Finals’ most valuable contributor has seen more ebb and flow than a Miami pool party. None of the series’ more accomplished names have been particularly consistent, which makes the matter of choosing a clear front-runner in a […]
Like Miami Heat’s Pride, Tony Parker’s Hamstring Is Only Sore
Possibly the only dark spot in a shooting display that was hotter and brighter than a San Antonio BBQ, Tony Parker injured his hamstring in Game 3. After only playing a minute-and-a-half in the 4th quarter, the point guard decided to give it a rest, letting Gary Neal take over. And, boy, did he ever. […]
Lionel Hollins Out In Memphis; A New Coaching Reality Is Here, And It Ain’t Pretty
In bizarro world, you lead your team to the Western Conference Finals on the heels of your franchise’s most winningest season and end up in the unemployment line two weeks later. Lionel Hollins, after four-plus seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, did just that and is no longer the head coach of the team. Bizarro world […]