The Grizzlies and Jazz embodied the NBA season Friday night

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The 2016 NBA season has been marked by a small cluster of teams at the top, a few especially bad teams at the bottom, and a broad, mushy middle that has not decided what it wants to be. That mushy middle was epitomized by the Memphis Grizzlies’ 94-88 win over the Utah Jazz on Friday […]

The Warriors, the Thunder, and Kevin Durant’s Future

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Now that the Golden State Warriors have defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder for the third time in a month, it’s time to take a look at where these teams are headed, and how those destinations could be altered by the free agency of one Kevin Durant. First, that steam engine you just heard blow by […]

Billy Donovan might figure it all out, but the Thunder have not

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In 2011, the Butler Bulldogs defeated Billy Donovan’s Florida Gators to reach the Final Four. That evening in New Orleans, the winning coach said that Donovan outcoached him. Brad Stevens enjoyed a victory celebration with his Butler players, but he said that he didn’t get the better of Donovan in that day’s coaching clash. A […]

The Thunder should be concerned, but they don’t face a crisis

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It’s not wrong to be extremely concerned about the Oklahoma City Thunder following Wednesday night’s ugly loss against the Los Angeles Clippers. The unvarnished truth of a Grade-A gack attack offers more than enough reason to question the future of this franchise. Facts – presented simply – represent the best editorial commentary about the wayward […]

Ty Lawson to the Indiana Pacers is a perfect marriage, and here’s why

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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)

Bogut Free Throws, Green 3-pointer Lift Warriors to Victory. Wait, what?

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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)

Three good landing spots for Ty Lawson

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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 […]

For the Bucks and a few other teams, basketball isn’t the same sport each day

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Coaches, sports psychologists, executives — anyone invested in seeing athletes perform better — would tell you: Basketball is basketball. It’s the same game anywhere you play it. The court’s the same. The basketball is the same. Free throws are still 15-foot shots. Three-pointers are still 23 feet and 9 inches, except in the corners. Switching, […]

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