Category Archives: NBA-related

The All-Playoff, First Team LeBron James Give me LeBron because he’s the best. He hasn’t exactly stood out this postseason because he’s merely done what he always does: influence every aspect of the game, every minute he’s on the floor. The spider-string of dominance he casts on both ends of the floor has become rote. [...]

Round two comes, and with it more failed prognoses of how things will go in each series. Injuries, dumb luck, regional bias, and faulty mythology are bound to deride me—and you—again, this time of year when emotion blocks objectivity and good sense. Here’s my latest attempt at defeating these wonderful demons, in the form of [...]

The Lakers and Bucks, along with those other fourteen, non-playoff teams, are gone. Both got swept; both were never even in one of their playoff games. The Nuggets, Rockets, and Celtics could be soon to join them—but we’ll give them their chances to prove us wrong. At least one of those teams (Denver) is experiencing [...]

Saturday and Sunday, sadly, gave us little to cheer for; what could be less inspiring than every home team winning, with all but two of the games total blowouts? Not much. Perhaps the NBA is more lopsided than we’re ready to admit. Or, perhaps spring is an odd beast, and all of these series are due for major shake-ups—as we [...]