The Numbers Say… The Pacers’ Defense and Lakers’ Bench Joined Rare Company
After months of agonizing anticipation, the 2013-14 NBA regular season has finally begun. Three games ushered in the new year, and as one might imagine, the numbers were quite astonishing. No team...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: NBA Thanksgiving Edition
Thanksgiving Day. A day that many people assess their lives and give thanks for whatever — whether it is to the god of their faith or to other people in their lives — they may be grateful for. Studies...
View ArticleBernucca: Cap Room, Exceptions, Expiring Deals: Who Has What as NBA Trading...
The NBA holiday shopping season is upon us a little early this year. It usually starts December 15, the first day players who were signed in the offseason become eligible to be traded. But after seeing...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: LeBron James Now Available in Thigh Form
That’s right. You can now have Miami Heat All-Star forward LeBron James on your thigh. Not literally—like a child sitting on Santa’s thigh. Figuratively, however … most definitely. Just ask Shane...
View ArticleHow to Beat the Heat: Opposing Players Spill the Secrets
How you gonna beat the Miami Heat? For the last three seasons, that was the most important question for the other 29 NBA teams — and it remains the case this season, too. But the Knicks and Nets did it...
View ArticleBernucca: Fixing the Fans’ All-Star Mistakes
NBA fans do an awful job of protecting the image of their favorite sport. This is not the NFL, which has been America’s pastime for a generation and can do no wrong in the eyes of its fans. The only...
View ArticleSprung: Heat admit lack of urgency, aggressiveness in Game 3 loss to Nets
Miami relatively cruised through its first six playoff games, with only one of their wins coming by fewer than 11 points. After trailing by two at halftime in Saturday night’s Game 3 against the...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: Magic Johnson Gives His NBA Finals Insight
Having been to nine NBA Finals, winner of five, Earvin “Magic” Johnson is more of an expert on what it takes to make it to the promised land than most, save for Bill Russell and Phil Jackson, among...
View ArticleGonzalez: Three Keys to the Finals for Each Coach
I have always pondered the challenge of being an NBA coach, so here’s my attempt at coming up with three different key strategies for both coaches and teams to implement if they are going to win the...
View ArticleGonzo: My Memories of Coach K, the Greatest College Coach Ever
I have 1,000 stories about coach Mike Krzyzewski, one for each of his 1,000 wins, but I promise to only tell a few of them. I was a Division 1 coach for 18 years and won 200 games, and winning 1,000...
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