Mike Miller: A Look At His Free Agency Chops And How His Amnesty Affects Miami
The Miami Heat, facing tax penalty doom with potentially the league’s second-highest team salary, amnestied perimeter threat Mike Miller. The running joke is that Miller has long with a trebuchet: a Middle Age siege weapon that can hurt you from afar, in this case the three-point line, but that has the mobility of a rock. […]
2013 NBA Summer League: Las Vegas League Player Overload
We have been posting player reports on the Las Vegas League portion of the 2013 NBA Summer League. In the last installment, we focused on five more teams and the players who have created buzz by their play and how their teams have utilized them this summer. So without further delay, here are more teams and the […]
2013 NBA Summer League: More Player Reports from Las Vegas League
The Las Vegas portion of the 2013 NBA Summer League continues to roll on in the desert. Here are more player reports you can use for the weekend. The following teams have played at least four games. ATLANTA HAWKS: LOADED WITH PROSPECTS Last year’s 23rd overall pick, John Jenkins, has become the go-to guy for Atlanta’s summer team. He leads […]
2013 NBA Summer League: Player Reports After Four Games in Las Vegas
As I had mentioned in the first installment of the Las Vegas League portion of the 2013 NBA Summer League, we’ll be covering player development instead of the games. We now have a pretty good sample size of games to evaluate certain player performances from each team. I’m trying to look for positives so a lot of […]
NBA Free Agency: A Look At Who Remains And Where They Fit
Most of the free agency fireworks have subsided with the biggest acquisitions already entrenched members of their new, or old-but-with-new-guns, teams. Chris Paul stayed a Clipper (mostly because of Doc’s arrival). Dwight Howard ended up in the Lone Star State. And even Metta World Peace put on new colors. Still, 90-plus free agents remain on […]
2013 NBA Summer League: Weekend at Vegas
As we bid adieu to the Orlando League, we now look toward the Las Vegas Summer League. A lot more teams to cover, bigger venues to play in, more NBA star sightings, more celebrities, and even a certain sports’ network has decided to send a team of reporters and analysts to cover a majority of the 10-day […]
New York Knicks Chase Piece Of Laker Dynasty, Pursue Metta World Peace
It’s 2010. The Los Angeles Lakers have come back down from 3-2 in the finals against the Boston Celtics and are leading by three in the fourth quarter of Game 7. With the ball in their possession, Kobe swings it to then-Ron Artest who short jab steps right before sinking a three in Paul Pierce’s […]
From Championship To NBA Titanic: The Dallas Mavericks Woes Continue In Free Agency
The Dallas Mavericks remain the only team that has sunk the Miami Heat in the playoffs during the Big Three era. Of course, they’re specters of their former selves with Jason Kidd now a head coach, Jason Terry a somewhat valuable trade piece, Tyson Chandler a Knick, J.J. Barea somewhere in not-Canada USA (Minnesota to […]