0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/18/2015
It is true that when Pat Riley sacked Stan Van Gundy early in the 2005-2006 season, the Miami Heat went on to win the NBA championship. The brutally harsh and selfish move, drenched in ego as it was, did possess one fundamental advantage: The man who made the change was convinced that a better replacement […]
0 comments by CC Locker on 11/11/2015
The Los Angeles Lakers are in more trouble than their record indicates, if that’s possible. Columnists and opinion-givers are always shouting about how this coach stinks and that coach should be fired. Everyone has an opinion. With the Lakers, it’s becoming objectively difficult to say that keeping Byron Scott on the job is even remotely […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 11/5/2015
Nice way to close out the half here from Dwyane Wade…. .
CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 30: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat shake hands during the first half at Quicken Loans Arena on October 30, 2015 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. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** LeBron James; Dwyane Wade
0 comments by Joe Mags on 11/2/2015
There’s a palpable nostalgia seeing LeBron James on the floor alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Mike Breen and Hubie Brown, calling the game for ESPN, certainly noticed it on Friday night: the announcers were perplexed by LeBron and Dwyane, great friends and companions on four straight Finals teams this decade, performing a tried-and-true handshake […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 10/30/2015
The Cleveland Cavaliers/Miami Heat match-up is an intriguing early season game as Lebron James took on his former team. Here’s his former teammate Dwayne Wade running down a play from behind and blocking a three pointer…. Chase-down block by
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0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/27/2015
What are the five biggest storylines of the NBA season which begins tonight? You’ll find out soon enough. Merry Hoopmas, from all of us here at Crossover Chronicles. * SEAN WOODLEY 1 – The Thunder. New coach, Durant’s return from injury, the best and deepest supporting cast this team’s big three has ever had, Enes […]
PHOENIX, AZ – JANUARY 13: LeBron James #23 and Tristan Thompson #13 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on January 13, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. 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. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/26/2015
It could be a year for Cavs in American basketball — Virginia in college, and Cleveland in the pros. The city of Cleveland is America’s most gut-punched sports city. There is no debate. The Chicago Cubs are the most gut-punched team, but the Windy City has the Blackhawks. Chicago had the Bulls in the 1990s. […]
MIAMI, FL – OCTOBER 21: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat looks on during a preseason game against the Houston Rockets at American Airlines Arena on October 21, 2014 in Miami, Florida. 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 Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/25/2015
Curiosity might have killed the cat, but it livens up an NBA season. Which teams are YOU most curious about? You might already have a defined answer, but if you don’t, a look at this roundtable might give you some ideas. Let this be said at the outset: Florida is a wild and strange place, […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/24/2015
Which teams are most inclined to disappoint us in the coming regular season? We gave you the teams most likely to surprise, but now we have to turn around and consider a frown. These are the predictions writers want to be wrong about… but don’t think they will be. The envelope, please: * JOE MANGANIELLO […]
0 comments by Jared Mintz on 10/8/2015
As I write this, we’re under three weeks away from the start of the new NBA season! As excited as every hoops junkie is in anticipation of the upcoming season, there are 60-plus first-year players eager and anxious to clock their first NBA tick. And we’re going to profile them! We’re not going to get to every […]
<> at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on April 5, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
0 comments by Mike Ferguson on 10/1/2015
Less than a month now separates us from the start of the 2015-16 NBA regular season. While the Cleveland Cavaliers are again expected to be the class of the Eastern Conference, there are a number of teams that earned lottery picks a season ago, looking to be playing basketball in May. Here’s a look at […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/31/2015
The NBA season is still two months away, but after the draft, free agency, and the slowest month on the NBA calendar, we’re not too far from the resumption of activity in preparation for another 82-game odyssey. One month from now, preseason basketball will be discussed. You’ll obviously get a much deeper examination of these […]
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0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/19/2015
Before we move to the next division in our survey of weekend back-to-backs for the 2015-2016 NBA schedule, let’s pause for a moment. If you read our Atlantic and Central Division pieces on this issue — with layouts of all the weekend back-to-backs teams face in the coming season — you noticed that there are […]
LOS ANGELES – 1987: Teammates help Magic Johnson #32 of the Los Angeles Lakers off the floor during an NBA game at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California in 1987. (Photo by: Mike Powell/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 8/17/2015
What makes a great NBA Finals: Seven games? Game-winning shots? Career-defining performances? Outlandish narratives? It all matters. Matt Zemek and I look back on some of the greatest NBA Finals in history. * JOE MANGANIELLO (@thatjoemags) 5 – 1969 FINALS: CELTICS 4, LAKERS 3 Jerry West waited 12 long years before finally winning a championship — on one of the […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 8/16/2015
It’s something I have written about when covering major-tournament tennis at Bloguin site Attacking The Net. It’s very much worth repeating on a day when Joe Manganiello and I have explored the best NBA Finals series of all time here at Crossover Chronicles: The length of a sporting event is not the central manifestation or determinant […]
