0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 10/25/2012
The Dallas Mavericks came into the NBA in 1980 and for 31 years, an NBA crown eluded them. The team would have great regular seasons, and deep playoff runs but when it came to walking away with the title, it constantly slipped their grasp. But that all changed in 2011. The Mavs finished with a […]
0 comments by Trevor
It hasn't really started up yet, but a question that is going to come up every now and then is whether Dwight Howard is going to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. He's played in one preseason game so far and looked pretty sharp for not having played basketball for six months. Assuming he's healthy, […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the Dallas Mavericks. 2011-12 Record: 36-30, lost first round Key Losses: Jason Terry (signed with Boston), Jason Kidd […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
Because the Los Angeles Lakers going 0-7 this preseason is not painful enough, here is a real reason for mild concern heading into the season opener against the Dallas Mavericks: Kobe Bryant is on the shelf. Laker fans may not be putting a lot of stake into a winless preseason schedule that has seen their […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 10/24/2012
It was a playoff series that didn't feel like a typical eighth seed versus first seed in the 2011 Western Conference playoff opening round as the Memphis Grizzlies face the powerhouse San Antonio Spurs. Heading into the series, the eighth seeded Grizzlies were trying to make franchise history and win a playoff series and advance […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the Memphis Grizzlies. 2011-12 Record: 41-25, lost first round Key Losses: O.J. Mayo (signed with Dallas), Dante Cunningham […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
If there were one word that best described the inner workings of the NBA lately it would be “change”. Over the course of the last five months, we have seen the league adjust its instant replay system, clamp down on flopping and place a time restriction on pregame handshake rituals. And on Wednesday, the NBA […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 10/23/2012
Every October, while you are trying to figure out a quirky name for you fantasy football team (the name of my historically bad team is "Ochostinko"), NBA GM's are filling out their annual survey. And very often, these surveys follow the lines of conventional thought. Which makes me wonder if (a) these GMs are actually […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
The New Orleans Hornets have had a relatively short history in the NBA since moving from Charlotte and the franchise has experienced it's fair share of ups and downs. They came within one game of the Western Conference Finals in 2008 against the Spurs, saw one of the best point guards leave to the Clippers, […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz
New Orleans has seen their NBA franchise face lifted a countless number of times over the last few years. Not only have the Hornets had a substantial amount of player turnover, but the ownership of the team has shifted as well, including a brief stint being owned by the league that redefined the term “conflict […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the New Orleans Hornets. 2011-12 Record: 21-45 Key Losses: Jarrett Jack (traded to Golen State), Chris Kaman (signed […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 10/22/2012
What might have been the last thing the San Antonio Spurs and David Robinson should have done when presenting "The Admiral" with the 1995 NBA MVP award? Having the ceremony right before Game 1 of the 1995 Western Conference playoffs in front of Houston Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon. Olajuwon used that award presentation as motivation to […]
0 comments by Trevor
The Dwight Howard Show got off to an earlier then expected start when the Lakers took on the Sacramento Kings Sunday night, registering a double double in the Laker loss. Howard finished the game with 19 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks and five turnovers. Howard's game looked a lot like you would expect it to. […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz
Every Celtics fan in Boston has to have January 27 circled on their calendars. That is the day Ray Allen and the Miami Heat come to town for Allen’s first return to the Garden since he left the Celtics. No doubt fans will rest their vocal cords all day for the chance to boo Allen as […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the Houston Rockets. 2011-12 Record: 34-32 Key Losses: Luis Scola (signed with Phoenix), Kyle Lowry (traded to Toronto), […]
