On February 28, 2017, the NBA world was beset by a statistic that perfectly encapsulated the league’s recent radical shift in style. It demonstrated one team’s thirst for relentless innovation, one player’s unflinching commitment to the ways of old, and how the tension between the two threatened to break basketball [...]
When comparing the stature of basketball’s most elite players, the most common factor used to gauge the best of the best is scoring. Putting the ball in the hoop is basketball’s fundamental pursuit, and it makes sense that the players that do that the best are considered valuable. But once [...]
Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell knows the stature of his opponent, and today, he’s prepared his best shot to knock them out. With 3 minutes and 48 seconds to play, he nails a tough three-point jumper to extend OSU’s lead to 4 points. In a season where both teams have been forced [...]
In the last part of our deep dive into the potentially catastrophic defensive shortcomings of the star-studded Brooklyn Nets, we looked into just how bad they are at stopping their opponent in multiple facets of the game, and where their struggles rank in the current NBA. Today, we will look [...]
When a team as star-studded as the one the Brooklyn Nets have assembled comes together, the first thought of many basketball fans is “What will be this group’s undoing?” In Brooklyn’s case, it wasn't difficult to determine what aspect of the game would be their biggest weakness. With a ridiculous [...]
On Wednesday, the NBA world finally received the news that it had been patiently awaiting since the word broke that superstar James Harden was unhappy with his longtime team, the Houston Rockets: Harden was on the move. Furthering the fervor, he was on his way to form the league’s newest [...]
With one of the shortest NBA seasons in league history set to draw to an end in just 3 days, now is as good a time as any to delve into my predictions for the upcoming season. It goes without saying that this upcoming campaign will be unlike any other, [...]
Success breeds detractors. In the wake of his 4th NBA Championship and 4th Finals MVP, no one is more acquainted with that idea than one LeBron James. Despite being one of the most accomplished and dominant athletes to ever lace up a pair of Nikes, James has also become one [...]
TONIGHT’S GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE EXIT THE ARENA IN AN ORDERLY MANNER. The date is March 11th, and the feeling is panic. A bout between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City has been delayed, then fully postponed, with no reason provided by the league. Fear poisons the hearts of [...]
“European players are soft.” That backwards mindset is an epidemic in the NBA that has affected everyone from the great Arvydas Sabonis to his son, Domantas. The stigma surrounding players entering the league from overseas has existed since the day the first foreign-born player took an American court, and has [...]
