0 comments by Bart D on 3/3/2016
Sometimes, you spend years flirting with the girl and eventually, after a few crusty relationships, she comes available and isn’t the firecracker she was at 22, but it doesn’t matter because you still have those eyes for her all the same. Ty Lawson’s acrimonious-at-best stop in Houston, which happened this past off season with much […]
In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) gestures during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Oakland, Calif. Green pounds his chest with his right fist and roars toward the rafters after big plays, mouth agape. Over all of the tough years and long odds, he has earned it and Jason Richardson loves seeing that display of emotion. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
0 comments by John Cannon
The reason I have been saying for a month or so now that I believe the Warriors will break the NBA record for wins rather easily was again exemplified at Oracle Arena Tuesday night. The Warriors win games they shouldn’t win. On Tuesday night they beat the Atlanta Hawks 109-105 in overtime. They accomplished this […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 25: Ty Lawson #3 of the Houston Rockets goes to the basket against Dante Cunningham #44 of the New Orleans Pelicans on January 25, 2016 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 3/2/2016
Someone put sugar in the Rockets’ gas tank from the beginning, and it sputtered somewhere before it even got out of the atmosphere. Ty Lawson reached a buyout settlement Monday, meaning a productive point guard is on the market late in the season free to go where he wants. Lawson is not the easiest piece […]
CLEVELAND, OH – FEBRUARY 29: Monta Ellis #11 of the Indiana Pacers shoots over LeBron James #23 and Timofey Mozgov #20 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first half at Quicken Loans Arena on February 29, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory copyright notice. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 2/29/2016
Two teams entered, not 24 hours removed from being called out by teammates for not having the requisite toughness and lamenting how other playoff teams do. So one of them was going to look “tougher” by default, which means “one would win because they have to.” In what was a mildly controversial ending only if […]
0 comments by Bart D
Rarely is there a phrase in the English language more disagreed upon than “it’s all messed up” or some variation of that phrase. To one guy, the car just needs new tie rods and brake pads and she’ll be up and running in no time; to someone else, the car needs new tie rods and […]
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 28: Joe Johnson #2 of the Miami Heat in action against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2016 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: user expressly acknowleges and agrees by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 2/28/2016
As far as national sports news goes this past week, “Joe Johnson signs with the Miami Heat” probably registered just slightly below whatever Johnny Manziel ate for lunch on Wednesday and several notches below “holy hell, did you see what Steph Curry did THIS week?” but probably, there was no more significant event in the […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – FEBRUARY 24: Myles Turner #33 of the Indiana Pacers high fives fans after the win against the New York Knicks on February 24, 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Rob Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 2/24/2016
I was one of them, I’ll admit. You probably were, too. If you weren’t, congrats, but understand that you are rare. When the Indiana Pacers selected Myles Turner in the 2015 NBA Draft, if you were like most of us, you scoffed. If you were a Pacers fan, you face-palmed. If you were me, you […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – FEBRUARY 19: The Indiana Pacers celebrate after the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on February 19, 2016 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)’
0 comments by Bart D on 2/19/2016
The fist pump from Myles Turner as the clock ran to triple-zeros said it all. Finally, in a close game, the Indiana Pacers decided it was in their best interest to close it out, against the team with the third-best record in the league, no less: 101-98 over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s important not […]
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0 comments by Bart D on 2/18/2016
If the 2016 NBA trade deadline was a motion picture, it’d be “Waterworld.” This site predicted a few things … that if moving parts happened on a contender, they’d be minor and likely be with Cleveland. Check. There would be a few fringe playoff teams burning up the phones trying to get in so they […]
<> at TD Garden on March 4, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeat the Jazz 85-84. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
0 comments by Evan Massey
The Utah Jazz have been busy working the phone lines with the 2016 NBA trade deadline coming up this afternoon. They have been very busy and one of their main trade chips throughout the entire process has been talented point guard Trey Burke. He has never seemed to fit in Utah, which has them appearing […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/15/2016
It’s X-Files season for the NBA. The trade deadline is here, come Thursday, and we’re all separated into being either the tin foil hat that wants to chase down every rumor, the realist that knows the truth is somewhere in between nothing and something, and the skeptic who wouldn’t believe the mail was delivered until […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 28: Ricky Rubio #9 of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts as he heads to the bench after a timeout with his team leading the game against the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter at Staples Center on October 28, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and condition of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
0 comments by Evan Massey
The Indiana Pacers, without question, need to make a move ahead of the NBA trade deadline on Thursday afternoon. Larry Bird has been very open about the fact that the Pacers have been working the phone lines about potential trades. One player which has emerged in rumors connected to the Pacers is Minnesota Timberwolves point […]
0 comments by Bart D
A major sporting event spanned the course of multiple days, all centered in Canada, and Nickelback was in no way a part of it. You win, NBA. Seriously though, outside of painfully cold weather (but it is Toronto in February), the NBA’s All-Star foray north of the border was just another annual example of how […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/13/2016
There are a lot of reasons for trade rumors. If you’re a player, it may be a way of sending a passive-aggressive message that you kind of want out of where you are without flatly coming out and saying it. If you’re a team, it’s a good way to test the waters without putting it […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/10/2016
“If you tell The Truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain Odds are, we will want to remember the NBA version of The Truth, even though for many teams, remembering means watching your team lose at the hands of one of his shots. Lost in the overly dramatic Kobe Bryant retirement tour […]
