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The Suns’ chemistry experiment blows up, and Phoenix fans pay the price

Barring an unlikely turn of events in the next 10 years, the Phoenix Suns will never again be coached by Jeff Hornacek. To understand how much this reality hurts Phoenicians — who know that the troubles of their NBA franchise are rooted in ownership far more than the head coach — you have to understand […]

That’s Amar’e: The Heat light the fire in an unexpected way

The Miami Heat’s season was about to fall off a cliff. Everyone knew the pronounced sense of peril which had engulfed the Heat’s 2015-2016 campaign. The team squandered a number of home games against opponents with inferior records. Miami had a schedule which was frontloaded with home dates, so when the team failed to gain […]

LMA, MIA: The Spurs need LaMarcus Aldridge to be there in May

The NBA All-Star break can’t come soon enough for LaMarcus Aldridge. It’s true that the San Antonio Spurs would be the talk of the NBA if the Golden State Warriors had not become a remarkably transcendent team this season. That said, San Antonio’s decisive loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night would have made […]

January back-to-back splits: Western Conference

The month of January is over, which means its time to post another month of back-to-back splits in the Western Conference. * Reference Guide: B2B = back-to-back 45 = a “4 in 5” game sequence, referring to four games in five nights W = win L = loss Labels applied to each date in the […]

January back-to-back splits: Eastern Conference

We have tracked back-to-backs each month of the NBA season. Here are the facts and figures for the Eastern Conference in the month of January: * Reference Guide: B2B = back-to-back 45 = a “4 in 5” game sequence, referring to four games in five nights W = win L = loss Labels applied to […]

Do you really think the coach doesn’t matter in the NBA?

In the wake of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ firing of David Blatt, it’s become a sign of wisdom to question the value of coaching. The “thinking” is, if a coach can win 30 out of 41 games and get fired, then it doesn’t really matter who the coach is. Adding to fuel to that fire has […]

The Warriors are sending more messages than Western Union

One of the most overused cliches in sports, and in real life as well, is the “wake-up call.” Everything is a wake-up call these days. As much as I hate to say it, however, I have to admit that there’s just no other way to describe the way the Golden State Warriors have played since […]

Breaking: Blake Griffin’s hand… and the Clippers’ trust in each other

The Los Angeles Clippers entered this season as a team with multiple knuckleheads on the roster. You know what a knucklehead generally is, but let’s be clear and up front about it: A knucklehead is someone who persistently makes egregiously bad decisions, on or off the court, to the extent that his team is repeatedly […]

The All-Star Game coaching solution? Player-coaches

There are dozens of different ways in which to solve the upcoming NBA All-Star Game’s fascinating first-world problem: Which coaches should coach this game in Toronto? After Monday night’s resounding win by the Golden State Warriors over the San Antonio Spurs, it’s clear that the Dubs will be ahead of the Spurs on January 31, […]

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