NBA Offseason: Top Teams Are Making Championship Moves - Boston

   'Sheed brings his special brand of professionalism to Boston in the hope of winning a title with the Celtics. A cursory glance around the NBA reveals the obvious: for the 2009-2010 season there will be a greater disparity between the upper echelon teams and the bad teams. There might be as many as 12 teams with at least 50 wins in [read more...]

NBA Finals, Los Angeles vs. Orlando: A Champion Will Be Crowned in Six Games

The primary characters want “It” for vastly different reasons.  Yet, the primary character want “It” for the same reason. For Phil Jackson, it is to usurp legendary Boston Celtics head coach Red Auerbach and break their present tie of winning nine NBA championships each. For Dwight Howard it to be perceived as one of the greatest players of this era. For Kobe Bryant it [read more...]

NBA Playoffs Short, Short Notes: Game 7s Coming Up

I didn’t want to write anything at all. So I’ll be very, very brief, which might leave even more room for discussion of the two games.  My take on the Game 6s…. For Boston, the Game was there for the taking.  Toward games end, they failed to execute and Orlando executed. Game Orlando. Before that the Celtics committed too many turnovers, Ray [read more...]

Jeff Van Gundy Torches Dwight Howard — for All the Wrong Reasons

After Dwight Howard slammed his head coach Stan Van Gundy, you just knew little brother, Jeff Van Gundy, now an NBA analyst with ESPN, would get his two cents in on the matter. And you knew he would not be kind to Howard. On ESPN’s evening sports news broadcast, Sportscenter, Van Gundy, Jeff, said the following: I think it happens a lot [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Boston, Houston on the Brink

No defense, no win. Not in the regular season, not in the playoffs. And defense is one of the reasons that tall, thin man in the suit on Boston’s bench is so sorely missed. Without Kevin Garnett patrolling the lane or covering from the weak side or filling an interior passing lane, the Boston Celtics have looked downright vulnerable at various [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Boston, Houston on the Brink

No defense, no win. Not in the regular season, not in the playoffs. And defense is one of the reasons that tall, thin man in the suit on Boston’s bench is so sorely missed. Without Kevin Garnett patrolling the lane or covering from the weak side or filling an interior passing lane, the Boston Celtics have looked downright vulnerable at various [read more...]

NBA Playoff Thoughts: Boston-Orlando; LA-Houston

Was Boston tired? Or did they just have problems getting into the flow of their Game 1 matchup? Is Orlando 28 points better than Boston? Or are they the NBA equivalent of an NCAA team that is not as talented as its opponents and must rely on three-point shooting? The answer to all four questions could be yes. The answer to [read more...]

NBA Playoff Thoughts: Pierce, Rondo Help Bulls Get to Game 7; Magic, Rockets Have Close Out Sales

The Chicago Bulls organization needs to send Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo “thank you” notes. How in whatever’s name does Ray Allen not touch the ball each time down the court? Can anyone tell me how? Pierce has now lost at least two games for Boston, missing free throws in Game 4 and an open jumper at the end of regulation of [read more...]

NBA Playoff Thoughts: Hornets Quit; Heat in Trouble; Can the Rockets Close? Kudos to Vinnie D. - Boo to Vinnie D.

By halftime the score was 61-29. By midway through the third quarter the game was effectively over; the New Orleans Hornets were done. What happened to New Orleans?  They quit. Before halftime of Game number four of a round one playoff game played at home, they quit. Hornets owners George Shinn and Gary Chouest should quietly fine every player who took the floor [read more...]

NBA Playoff, NFL Draft Thoughts

How do you not foul John Salmons and allow him to pass to “The Commissioner”?…. “We wanted it more. Before the second overtime I said, ‘let’s stop playin’ and win this thing,’” Gordon said after the game. Gordon’s hyperbolic statement aside, how could you not foul Salmons at the end of the first overtime? And then, how you could you not be [read more...]

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