Two Contenders Trending in Opposite Directions
Eighty-two games, the amount played in a full NBA season spanning six months of the year, provide a long course over which trends, tendencies, and momentum can shift . For the better part of this season the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers – manned with rosters fit to be called contenders – [...]
Coach of the Year
While everyone is wrapped up in MVP discussions/arguments/death matches, I wanted to do a small piece on the Coach of the Year Candidates. Doug Collins: The Philadelphia 76ers finished last season 27-55, tied with the Pistons for the 3rd to last spot in the Eastern Conference. At this point in the season, they are [...]
JR Smith’s Night Signifies the Change in Denver
In tonight’s Nuggets-Raptors game JR Smith did something that he had never done before, he recorded over 7 rebounds and 7 assists congruently in a game. JR is known to be stingy with the ball, but tonight he decided to share. Smith even got some time as the Nuggets point guard, granted the Nuggets were [...]
The New Darlings In Denver
The 202-day Carmelo Anthony trade saga is over. The Nuggets can now move on and look to the future. How bright that future is, remains to be seen. The last team to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy without a bona-fied superstar is the 2004 Detroit Pistons, and while that Pistons team did not necessarily have [...]
Carmelo To The Knicks: 15 Things To Think About
The Carmelo Anthony-to-the-Knicks took about 3 months to long to complete. But it’s finally done. We are all probably going to remember this trade as one of the most annoying and drawn out processes in NBA history. But that’s all in the past now. Time for the Knicks to look forward and contemplate their next move. Because [...]
(Updated) Breaking: Carmelo to New York
The drama is finally over. The Denver Nuggets sent Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Renaldo Balkman, and Anthony Carter to the New York Knicks for Ray Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Timofey Mozgov, their 2014 first-round pick, two second-round picks the Knicks acquired from the Golden State Warriors (in 2012 and 2013), and $3 [...]
Has Kevin Durant Already Won The Scoring Title?
The Talented Mr. Durant: Call him what you want to call him — KD, Durantula, KSmooove or my personal favorite Kid Delicious. No matter how you spell it it always reads ‘points’. Durant is going to get his and there isn’t much a defender can do to stop him. Despite the slow start to the [...]
Keep the Faith
Last night, as the Celtics were outclassing my Lakers in the second quarter of their game on TNT, I nearly picked up the notebook I used to write the post you’re reading right now and began writing what you’re reading right now, my weekly Stacheketball post. It was going to be about how the Lakers, [...]
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