0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/23/2013
If they stay at #1, the Cavs could take Nerlens Noel of Kentucky. But if they are scared off by his injury concerns, moving the pick would be a smart move The NBA's Draft Lottery took place Tuesday in New York City, leaving the Draft hopes and dreams of a bunch of NBA teams to […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/20/2013
Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points in yesterday's game, but came up short in the 4th quarter The always-tumultuous New York Knicks' season came to end Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis at the hands of the Pacers, a team that clearly wanted the series victory much, much more than their metropolitan counterparts. Even a […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/13/2013
Colangelo's contract has a team option for next season with the Raptors, but it may be declined if the team heads in a complete rebuilding mode I wrote back a few weeks ago that the Toronto Raptors were pursuing Phil Jackson for team president, a new role for the title-winning head coach. But now, with […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/8/2013
Although he did a solid job in the regular season after taking over for Avery Johnson (going 35-19), Carlesimo knew that he wasn't likely to lose the interim tag, a fact which was entrenched with Brooklyn's embarrassing 1st-round playoff defeat The Nets-Bulls opening round series of the Eastern Conference Playoffs was filled with crazy runs, […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 5/1/2013
Will the Zen Master head north of the border to be in a front office? It's hard to tell, but the Raptors think so Although he has not been a NBA coach since 2011 with the Lakers, 11-time NBA champion (11 as a coach, two as a player) Phil Jackson can never really seem to […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/26/2013
LeBron is a true competitor to the very end. Dude doesn't want to lose anything, ever. Kinda like another current famous NBA player (hint,hint: Kobe) One knock on LeBron James earlier in his career was that he focused more on individual goals like winning MVP and proving his worth to the media as opposed […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/22/2013
If the haters were talking yesterday, D-Will shut them right up If Deron Williams has not directly addressed the many criticisms he has heard since heading to the Nets from the Jazz a few years ago, then he is probably lying. Countless writers, beat reporters, and fans alike have been incessant in ripping the […]
0 comments by Josh Burton
This past year was a trying one for the Suns, which clearly annoyed Marcin Gortat The Suns were the fourth worst team in the entire NBA in the 2012-13 season, worse than every other Western Conference team but just a little bit better than the Bobcats, Magic and Cavaliers. Playing the team's first games […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/17/2013
I don't think that Doc Rivers is afraid of anything, especially the Knicks During his successful playing and coaching careers in the NBA, Doc Rivers has heard plenty of criticism, something to be expected as the head coach of a high-profile team like the Celtics for almost 10 years and as a player for […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/15/2013
Jordan played his college ball at Rutgers and was an on-and-off assistant there for a few seasons, so the moves make total sense For an embattled major public university like Rutgers, in the middle of an athletic scandal its administration has never seen before, rebuilding its stripped-down men's basketball program will be a massive, and […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/10/2013
Dirk may be in the tail-end of his incredible NBA career, but that doesn't mean he's given up his will to win The Dallas Mavericks, just two years removed from a NBA Finals win, have not had the most successful of seasons. Injuries have plagued the team in a turnover that has many new […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/9/2013
A key part of the Bulls, Noah doesn't look to be playing at–or near–100 percent for the near future The Chicago Bulls' injury troubles this season have been no secret, as the team's star point guard Derrick Rose hasn't played in a game yet, All-Stars Luol Deng and Joakim Noah have all missed their […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/5/2013
Finally, in Deron Williams and Brook Lopez' third season with each other on the Nets, they appear to be playing with the level of chemistry that other famous point guard-center duos have in the league's history, like John Stockton and Karl Malone for example Ever since it moved from Long Island, N.Y. to New Jersey […]
0 comments by Josh Burton
Frank is a New Jersey native, so the Rutgers' job is a reasonable one for him to consider After the recent events and news coming out of the Rutgers (NJ) men's basketball program — the former coach, Mike Rice, was found to use physical and verbal abuse to punish and scold his players — […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 4/1/2013
Del Negro's Clippers are in fourth-place in the Western Conference right now, so throwing the team under the proverbial bus doesn't seem like the smartest move at this point After a lackluster effort in a 98-81 against a Houston Rockets team without an injured James Harden on Saturday night at the Toyota Center, the […]
