0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/26/2012
Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Phoenix Suns. 2011-12 Record: 33-33 Key Losses: Steve Nash (signed with L.A. Lakers), Grant Hill (signed with L.A. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/25/2012
Mark Jackson and Don Nelson are very different people. Nelson was boisterous, out-of-the-box, off-the-wall and innovative. Jackson, granted still a young coach, is a bit more reserved, works on relating to players and has a completely different focus. Yes, their coaching philosophies are completely different. Don Nelson was about offense. Everything he did was innovating […]
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Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Golden State Warriors. 2011-12 Record: 23-43 Key Losses: Nate Robinson (signed with Chicago), Dorrell Wright (traded to Philadelphia), […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/24/2012
The Lakers will be doing quite a bit of celebrating this year. On December 28, the Lakers will retire Jamaal Wilkes' No. 52 jersey in honor of his induction into the Hall of Fame this offseason. Wilkes played eight seasons with the Lakers after starring at UCLA and playing his rookie season with the Warriors. […]
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The Los Angeles Lakers never surprise anyone with their offseason acquisitions. It seemed inevitable that the Lakers would figure out a way to stay relevant after a second straight second round exit. This result would not do. Not with time running out for Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. The Lakers were in the Dwight Howard […]
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Each week at around this time, we will point to you to what the various blogs on the Bloguin network are saying about their teams. Be sure to check out all the great blogs for more in depth coverage of your favorite team! Staff writer Brendan Bowers of Stepien Rules caught up with mid-90s legend […]
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Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Los Angeles Lakers. 2011-12 Record: 41-25, lost second round Key Losses: Andrew Bynum (traded to Philadelphia), Ramon Sessions […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/20/2012
The Lakers always have to be in the spotlight. Such is life in Los Angeles as the city's premier team. There are always big shoes to fill and a legacy to uphold. There is a reason the Lakers have won 16 championships and been in 25 Finals since moving to Los Angeles in 1961 (51 […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/19/2012
Rudy Gay is something of a forgotten star. He is good enough to be the best player on a very good team, but most of the time not good enough to be an All Star. Flashy enough to earn a major contract and live up to it, but obscure enough to make people question his […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/17/2012
As the season gets closer, the pressure will begin to build on several players to perform for their teams. For a number of these players it will be team and individual pressures to perform that will drive them this season. Failure could have career-changing consequences. For the members of the 2009 Draft Class, this is […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/14/2012
Bill Russell had non-emergency open heart surgery about three weeks ago Russell told John Hareas of NBA Entertainment. Russell said he needed to have a valve replaced in his heart and went in for relatively routine surgery to correct it. As Russell said, open-heart surgery sounds pretty serious but this was a non-emergency procedure. The […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/13/2012
It was one of the most bizzare and strange moments in NBA history. It turned out to be unintentional comedy and a sign of how bad things had gotten, or were about to get, in Orlando during interminable Dwight-mare that enveloped the 2012 Magic. Van Gundy revealed publicly back in April that Dwight Howard had […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/11/2012
Indiana has long positioned itself as THE place for basketball. It was not where the game was invented — that would be Springfield, Mass. — but it is where the game has part of its soul. It is the sport played on the rural farms and by the little schools. It is where Hoosiers was […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/10/2012
The Hall of Fame ceremony is certainly a time for some reflection for the entrants. Their speeches turn into a reflection of their successes, their stories and their failures. Reggie Miller admitted to pushing Greg Anthony and Michael Jordan on two of his more memorable 3-pointers in his career. There was a sense of finality […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 9/7/2012
The Brooklyn Nets made three major moves this offseason to secure their future and welcome themselves to their new homes. They acquired Joe Johnson in a blockbuster trade and they re-signed Deron Williams and Brook Lopez in moves that solidified the core of this team for its new home city. That does not even mention […]
