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…
Friday night, the Golden State Warriors won a back-and-forth affair against the Chicago Bulls, finally pulling away midway through the fourth quarter to a 106-94 victory. Many claimed this would finally be the night the Warriors were defeated, but as Thursday’s incredible 23-point comeback at the Clippers proved, as long…
The 2014-15 NBA Season saw the predictable continuation of a longstanding problem: the Eastern Conference is laughably weak compared to its cross-country counterpart. It seems year after year the Western Conference has an incredibly competitive playoff race which sees a good team miss the postseason whereas the East routinely sees…
On April 30, 2015, the Oklahoma City Thunder hired former Florida head coach Billy Donovan to replace Scott Brooks, who was surprisingly fired after what was by any measure an impressive seven-year stint with the team, including a .620 winning percentage, five playoffs appearances and an unsuccessful trip…
Over the past few weeks the NBA has seen a surge in intentional fouls on poor free-throw shooters, particularly the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan and Rocket’s Josh Smith and Joey Dorsey. In the last couple of seasons, the league has also seen players such as Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond, Omer…
The NBA Playoffs are upon us, and over the next two months we will see 16 teams all vying for the title. It is my personal belief that, as I’ve stated here: http://toplevelsports.blogspot.com/2014/10/ranking-playoff-formats-of-big-5-sports.html, the NBA has the best playoffs out of every major team sport in the USA. I’m…
Last night’s NBA All-Star Game saw the West defeat the East 163-158, and concluded the annual All-Star weekend. Now that the festivities are over, and the NBA’s second half is about to begin, I thought I’d share my reflections on all the events, including my favorite, least favorite,…
A few days ago the NBA All-Stars were officially announced, and the results of the voting were in some places shocking to me. However, in hindsight, I realize that I probably shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was because it seems every year the vote leaves many…
The Houston Rockets have come strong out of the gates, racing to a 16-4 start through the first quarter of the season. NBA analysts expected the Rockets to experience a regression from their 54-28 breakout season that gave the Rockets the #4 seed in the Western Conference and saw them…
One of the biggest early storylines of this NBA season has been how the Cavaliers have struggled to win games and play like the super team they are supposed to be. Now obviously any LeBron-led team is going to face tons of media attention and every story will be blown…