Joakim Noah is the best center in basketball. The numbers – season averages of 12.5 points, 11.2 boards, 5.3 dimes, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals – tell only part of the story. Noah has put the Bulls on his back since losing Rose and then Deng and has refused to allow the Windy City to fall into mediocrity. In fact,… Read more →
These days every basketball fan seems to have an opinion on game presentation. Some want the music turned off while some want the music turned up. Some people enjoy the little games and competitions that take place during timeouts while others just want to stay focused on the game. Whatever your taste in game presentation, just be happy that you’re… Read more →
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. (Robert Frost, ‘The Road Not Taken’) Coaching can be a fickle and horribly unpredictable job. In professional leagues around the world, fine basketball coaches can feel the axe swing more times then Henry VIII’s wives. The sackings and… Read more →
Who recovers better? With less than 48 hours passing between the end of Game 2 and the start of Game 3, and with some of that time including the travel from Adelaide to Perth, a lot will depend on which team is able to recover more effectively leading into the decider. Perth is 4-0 this season in games played after… Read more →
The recent decisions made by Basketball Australia regarding the Aussie Opals boggle my mind. This year, only months before the 2014 FIBA World Championships, the sport’s national governing body has implemented two key new policies that have essentially prevented two of our brightest female stars – Jenna O’Hea and Abby Bishop – from pulling on the Opals green and gold… Read more →
One man’s story about what he saw, heard, and felt at the Staples Center. You might be wondering – the strong-hearted among you, the unhinged, and slightly crazed – whether you could hack it in hell. Well, you know what? You could, especially if you dig Swaggy P and free tacos! For lovers of championship-level hoops, every 2014 Los Angeles… Read more →
The NBL championship is just one win away for Perth Wildcats although it may take them two games to get there. The Wildcats rode the hot shooting of imports James Ennis (30 points, 10 rebounds, four assists) and Jermaine Beal (19 points) and utter dominance on the offensive glass (20-11 offensive rebounds) to score a 92-85 win over Adelaide 36ers… Read more →
The Indiana Pacers are in crisis right now. There is no other word to describe it. After today’s blowout loss versus Atlanta, they have now lost 8 of their past 11 games and are only 13-13 since the All-Star break. The Pacers had the NBA’s best record for much of the season and seemed a shoe-in for the East’s top… Read more →
Team chemistry is a funny thing. Just when you think you have it figured out, it can change on a dime. Exhibit A: Indiana Pacers Put your hand up if 2 months ago you thought there was any way the Pacers would NOT make it to the Eastern Conference Finals? Can’t imagine anyone’s hand is up. Surely not Tommy Greer’s…. Read more →
In his 2009 ’Book of Basketball’ Bill Simmons posed the following question: If Earth had to play a game against basketball-playing Martians with the future of mankind on the line, and we could use a time machine to get any players we wanted from throughout history… what would be the best basketball team we could possibly assemble to save Earth… Read more →