The Weekly NBA-Z: Analysis, News and Beyond
NBA-Z: a weekly roundup of digestible analysis, news and beyond. Only what you want, when you want it.
Atlantic Division Breakdown: Power Rankings, Team Weaknesses, and Fantasy Goodies
Waiting for the start of the new NBA season is starting to feel a lot like waiting for Christmas. That’s especially relevant here because both New York teams will be battling it up for supremacy of the Atlantic Division and both hope they can pull off their own Miracle on 34th Street.
Rajon Rondo Could Miss Part of Regular Season
CBS Sports, referencing an article from Dime Magazine, says that Rondo is now expected to miss the entire preseason and maybe even part of the regular season.
Brad Stevens Brings 6 Yrs Experience and 4 New Realities To Celtics
Stunned doesn’t quite cut it. Impressively stunned is more along the lines of how folks have responded to the Brad Stevens hire in Boston. Though greener than a Celtics jersey―he’s only 36 and has never coached in the NBA―the former Butler coach brings with him an unheralded level of success―he holds the record for most […]
The Guillotine Drops In Boston: Celtics & Nets Agree To Summer Blockbuster Trade
Recent Boston repo man Danny Ainge has pilfered the Celtics organization of all but its 17 banners and an angular man named Rajon Rondo. After multiple days of updates from team sources, Twitter recognizance, and a healthy dose of blind speculation, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Jason Terry are now members of the Brooklyn Nets. Details are below (depending on which team you root for, this is the space to scream and break stuff).
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 […]
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.