Archive for the 'NBA' Category

Hack-a-Shaq

There’s been a lot of commentary in the past week about the ‘hack-a-shaq’ strategy, and opinions are ranging from one end of the spectrum to the other.
Two analysts (both former coaches) whose opinions I value are on opposing sides of this argument.  Doug Collins believes the ‘hack-a-shaq’ is bad for the game.  It slows down […]

Immortals

The NBA is the greatest collection of athletes in the world.  It’s the reason that I, and other true hoop lovers, can watch almost any NBA game, any night of the year.  Even in a Bobcats/T-Wolves game, there’s something I want to see.  How good is Al Jefferson?  Is Okafor developing a post game that […]

All-NBA

1st Team
Chris Paul-Kobe Bryant-Lebron James-Kevin Garnett-Dwight Howard
2nd Team
Steve Nash-Manu Ginobili-Tracy McGrady-Dirk Nowitzki-Tim Duncan 
3rd Team 
Deron Williams-Chauncey Billups-Paul Pierce-Carlos Boozer-Amare Stoudemire

2007-2008 NBA MVP

 

One of the best seasons of all time coincided with one of the best MVP races I can remember.  The way I see it, this race is broken down into 3 tiers of candidates. 
 
Tier 3
Superstars who are always in the mix, bring it every year, and just weren’t quite great enough this year, in […]