Playoff Trends: Post coming tomorrow on post-season vs regular season play. Stay tuned. (0)(21831)

Luck's Got Nothing To Do With It: Thanks to masterful performances by Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, the Lakers executed to near perfection on the offensive end in order to take a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Finals. My Gasol piece will be up tomorrow. (0)(21771)

I'll Be Back: Monday. (0)(21696)

Playoff Trends:

Post coming tomorrow on post-season vs regular season play. Stay tuned.

Pau Gasol’s More Than Kobe’s Wingman

Two years ago, the landscape of the entire NBA changed. Thanks a huge, very lop-sided trade, the Los Angeles Lakers would morph from a team that clung to a low playoff seed thanks to the heroics of their star Kobe Bryant to the best team in the league. The trade, which, in retrospect, isn’t [...]

Why is Everyone Counting the Orlando Magic Out?

Ever since the Los Angeles Lakers came out and dominated the Phoenix Suns in Games 1 and 2 in the Western Conference Finals and the Boston Celtics squeaked out two victories over the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals, the focus of the national media has quickly swung from the Conference Finals to [...]

Luck’s Got Nothing To Do With It:

Thanks to masterful performances by Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, the Lakers executed to near perfection on the offensive end in order to take a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Finals. My Gasol piece will be up tomorrow.

Some Thoughts on the NBA Draft Lottery

The NBA Draft Lottery was filled with potential headlines and stories that would have made the world explode. There was a whole lot riding on the bounce of those lottery balls. Obviously, the winner of the lottery would receive the first overall pick and be declared the winner of the John Wall sweepstakes. There [...]

Los Angeles Runs Phoenix Out of the Gym in Game One

Thanks to an incredible offensive performance led by the best player in the NBA, Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers blew out the Phoenix Suns in Game One of the Western Conference Finals by the score of 128-107. By dominating the glass and scoring at will in the painted area, the Lakers were able [...]

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Monday.

And Just Like That, LeBron’s Lost Another Valuable Season

Let me start by saying that the Boston Celtics earned every win they got in this series. They fought and fought, had an answer for every Cavaliers’ run, didn’t let LeBron dominate things at any time, completely outplayed Cleveland as a whole, and won the coaching battle without question. [...]