0 comments by John Karalis on 4/15/2011
There’s nothing quite like some bulletin board material in the playoffs. Man, there’s just something about that added element of trash talk that adds drama to the series. It makes you feel like these guys really don’t like each other… that they’re as emotionally invested in this whole thing as the fans are. And […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 4/14/2011
Because discourse in America has taken such a turn that you can’t defend one side without seemingly trashing another, the 2011 NBA MVP debate has taken the feel of a congressional budget battle. Everyone is bringing out charts, or telling stories and, ultimately, choosing sides. Can you navigate HoopData.com without looking at the screen? Then […]
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Everyone is handing out their regular season awards right now. And because we are afraid of being singled out, pointed at, and mocked by the whole class (I think I might have some lingering middle school issues I need to work out) we’re going to hand ours out today too. And we’re going to do […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 4/13/2011
The NBA has put out the Eastern Conference Game 1 times. Here’s a look, courtesy of Sekou Smith The Bulls and Pacers kick things off in the East on Saturday at 1pm on ESPN. Miami-Philly tips off at 3:30 on ABC and then Orlando-Atlanta caps things off at 7pm back on ESPN. The only Eastern […]
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Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant got whistled for his 15th technical foul of the season in last night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. What followed was this tirade: You can clearly see at the :33 mark Kobe yelling at referee Bennie Adams… yelling “Bennie!”… and following it up with an f-bomb and the gay […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 4/12/2011
I’m not sure if Chicago Bulls fans like this or not. Derrick Rose graces the cover of the new Sports Illustrated… becoming the first Bull cover-boy since Michael Jordan in 1999. What will the reaction be by Chicago fans as they flock to the newsstands? Will it be “oh COOL!” or “Oh CRAP!” I […]
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A dunk, when everything works out just right, can be nasty. Filthy. Chalk-outline-in-the-paint-cuz-you-got-BANGED-on kinda nasty. But when things don’t work out… …well… Let’s just ask Von Wafer: Let’s back up and see how many things went horribly… horribly wrong for Von. We have the missed dunk (1), celebrating because he didn’t realize he’d missed the […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 4/11/2011
When the Boston Celtics traded Kendrick Perkins away to Oklahoma City, the burden of manning the middle for the Celtics fell heavily on Shaquille O’Neal. After missing a significant amount of time (27 games) to deal with an issue in his right Achilles tendon, Shaq returned to the line up last week… only to strain […]
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Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images As Miami slowly extended its second half lead over Boston yesterday, heads around Boston slowly started to drop. With each Celtics turnover and each Heat rebound, Celtics fans grumbled in frustration and berated their team on Twitter and Facebook. And as the final buzzer sounded, you could almost feel the […]
