James Dolan, the irrepressible owner of the clown-like New York Knicks, last week engineered the Madison Square Garden banishment of former star Charles Oakley. Two days later, Dolan returned yet another ex-Knick, Latrell Sprewell, to a front-row seat. Sprewell, a big talent and an even bigger screwball, himself had been absent 13 years from the […]
Marquese Chriss collected so many fouls early in his frosh season at the University of Washington, his mother sent him to a sports psychologist. But some of the same problem has him collecting more fouls (one every six minutes) than any other NBA starter in his rookie season with Phoenix. And he’s talking back to […]
Securing their claim to the worst record in the West, the Suns lost to the L.A. Clippers Wednesday night, completing a dismal, 0-for-3 home stand. It is becoming painful to watch because of not knowing what the process is. But there are some things I do know — you can’t play 12 and 13 people, […]
In mid-December Cleveland went to Memphis for the 27th game of the season — without LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.
Part of giving LeBron, Love, and Kyrie the night off was to spare them, as one observer allowed, “the hassles of travel which even with luxury chartered planes, limo quality buses, and five-star hotels […]
Saturday, while in Mexico City, Commissioner Adam Silver said “the NBA is in the Golden Age of Basketball.” [I’m sure he meant to capitalize the phrase, too.] I hope he is correct, because there are a few of us that were there from the beginning that are still around. So, when they begin sharing that […]
The former star player and longtime coach, now a full-time television analyst, is as proficient at “color commentary” as anyone in the business and more so than most. I’ve often wondered, though, why all that knowledge didn’t translate into more success as a coach. Doug coached 11 years, missed the playoffs three times, saw his […]
The Knicks are in the dumps and the wise guys on TV are trying to decide whether the Knicks should keep him or trade him. Carmelo Anthony never has been a player who makes players around him better. He has played some of his best basketball on the USA Olympic team. He obviously plays better […]
All the experts, pundits and fans are a-flutter — Memphis Grizzlies overcome a huge deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in overtime and at the Oracle in Oakland, to boot!!
What happened is exactly what I’ve been saying all along: “Playoff time is when the basketball court somehow gets smaller; history tells us good big […]
I don’t always agree with Charles but on this one he is spot on.
For example, 3-pointers:
“Threes are great if you have a Steph Curry, a Klay Thompson, guys like that. And these guys can live by threes … but, if you look around the NBA, everybody’s trying to go small. You have a bunch of […]
The ongoing Russell Westbrook triple-double watch prompted this gem from my man, Mister Research: March 13, 1966, at Madison Square Garden before 14,398, the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the NY Knicks, 115-113, on Chet Walker’s short jumper with 27 seconds left. Al Bianchi saw limited service and scored four points, Wilt Chamberlain hooped 25 to go […]