The NBA has always had the most entertaining All-Star festivities in sports, with millions tuning in to watch the three-day event, beginning on Friday with the Celebrity Game and Rising Stars Challenge, followed by All-Star Saturday Night, and the All-Star Game itself on Sunday. However, this year brought little in terms…
What distinguishes the NBA’s All-Star Weekend as the greatest of its kind in professional sports are the Saturday night events: the slam dunk contest, three-point shootout, and skills challenge. These competitions, played the night before the All-Star Game, regularly produce incredible moments, and are so exciting to watch that their viewership…
Russell Westbrook is having a ridiculous year. The only player to average a triple-double in NBA history is Oscar Robertson, who accomplished the feat in the 1961-62 season. However, now past this season’s midway point, Westbrook is averaging 30.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 10.4 assists per game, and has already…
Tonight marks the start of the 2016-17 NBA Season. While the Warriors and Cavaliers remain favorites to win their respective conferences and meet each other in what would be the third straight Golden State-Cleveland NBA Finals, many of the finer points of this NBA season remain much less clear. Here…
´New York Knicks and Team USA star Carmelo Anthony made headlines during the Olympics by claiming that once he retires he’ll be able to look back and say he had a great career, even if he finishes without winning an NBA Title. Anthony mentioned his NCAA Championship won at Syracuse…
“Timofey Mozgov’s agent must be the greatest negotiator of all-time.” That was my first impression of the Russian center’s new four-year, $64 million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, the first reported deal of the NBA’s 2016 Free Agency. Mozgov will be 30 years old by the beginning of…
This year’s NBA Playoffs have been a tale of two conferences. The Cleveland Cavaliers faced little resistance in the East on the way to LeBron James’ sixth consecutive NBA Finals appearance. Tyronn Lue became the first head coach to win his first 10 playoff games, and in doing so, his team swept both…
The NBA Playoffs are supposed to be the pinnacle of all the NBA has to offer- fast, competitive, high-quality basketball. For the most part, the playoffs are just that, and have been great to watch this season. However, the NBA’s replay system, in an attempt to take some of the pressure…
Just over two minutes into Duke’s second round matchup against Yale, Makai Mason, Yale’s point guard and the hero of Yale’s opening round victory against Baylor, was driving when he abruptly fell hard to the ground. The cause of the fall? Mason had been tripped by Grayson Allen, the latest…
*Data current prior to 2016 tournament College basketball is a very weird thing. During the regular season, most Americans don’t pay much, if any attention to the sport. However, once March hits, everyone suddenly turns into an expert. Every wannabe pundit scours the internet, learning every team’s resume to impress…