The NBA wants to extend next year’s schedule, so as to eliminate some of the (dreaded) back-to-back games. Yup, back-to-back games are just tooooo demanding for a league loaded with young (and getting younger) men.
The evidence was there, at the tag end of the season … all those DNP listings in the box scores. DNP, […]
By deliberately fouling Wilt Chamberlain six times in the fourth quarter, the expansion Chicago Bulls stay close to eventual-champion Philadelphia – way back on November 13, 1966. Only when 76ers’ coach Alex Hannum REMOVES Chamberlain from the game (a rare event in those days) does Philly manage to escape with a 132-126 victory. […]
Subject: Houston-Clippers TV Commentary
A couple of Reggie Miller gems:
1. Calling a MANDATORY television time out by Doc Rivers “a great time out.”
2. Saying “every team needs a Matt Barnes.”
With regard to the Clippers’ Barnes, it almost seems like every team already has had him.
To recap, the UCLA product was the 46th pick of the […]
— Baseball has launched, both hockey and the NBA are in their playoff seasons, but what gets front-page billing? Natch — the Arizona Cardinals’ schedule for next fall. You know, the NFL, that non-profit collective.
— Mike Budenholzer, Atlanta’s NBA Coach of the Year, finally gave Danny Ferry (richly deserved) credit for being the architect of […]
Thanks to Mr. Research, we now have noticed the ”Hoops Whisperer.” Maybe you’ve heard of the “Horse Whisperer.” Or the “Dog Whisperer.” The “Hoops Whisperer”? Say hello to another one of the training gurus, only with a slightly different slant. According to a May, 2014, blurb in The New Yorker, Idan Ravin fancies […]
The New Orleans Pelicans made the playoffs the last day of the season, defeating the San Antonio Spurs. How refreshing it was to see how genuinely happy the players were that they had earned a playoff spot -- especially when we are enduring a period in NBA history where there seems to be a [...]
Recently I said, “How dumb was it when some Phoenix players, during a time out and their team 30 points behind, were joshing and laughing?” Even dumber was Kevin Love in an interview, when asked who he thought should be the MVP, his answer was Russell Westbrook. Now … even if you had […]
Hot Rod Hundley’s passing this week, produced this rather remarkable phrase in an article circulated by Bloomberg News. It noted that Hundley’s “bad knees and poor training habits forced an early retirement in 1963, according to his alma mater.”
How about Atlanta resting five players against Charlotte, a playoff contender? I wonder how the other teams fighting for that eighth spot feel?
Trailing the Portland Trail Blazers by 30 points, the Phoenix Suns took a time out. Some of the players -- Gerald Green, P.J Tucker and one of the Morris [...]
Injuries to Jabari Parker , Joel Embiid, and Julius Randle have made Andrew Wiggins the front runner for rookie of the year honors. One tweet even said, “Andrew Wiggins has serious bounce.”
Well, a serious investigation should be launched if Nikola Mirotic isn’t adjudged the NBA’s foremost rookie in 2014-15. The 23rd overall pick [...]