The Milwaukee Bucks have been playing a dangerous game in these playoffs. Giannis is dealing with a back contusion, and so the Bucks held him out of Games 2 and 3. You keep hearing the announcers say stuff like, “Giannis would be playing if this were Game 7,” or “Giannis would be playing if this… Read More Butler Drops 56 to Push the Bucks to the Brink
I was going to try to hit all the playoff series, but here’s the thing: most of them aren’t interesting. So I’ll be focusing on the three most interesting series here. But before I do, let me just give a quick rundown of the other five series: Okay, now on to the interesting series. Suns… Read More NBA Playoffs: Takeaways After 4 Days on Suns/Clippers, Lakers/Grizz, and Kings/Dubs
Okay, the play-in round starts tomorrow night and then the playoffs begin on Saturday. We are in it now, folks. The NBA playoffs are my favorite of any sport. The NFL playoffs are just too short, too fleeting. There are only actually 13 NFL playoff games each year. It’s like once you hit Divisional Round,… Read More Sizing Up the 2023 NBA Playoff Field
A few weeks ago, a third straight MVP for Nikola Jokic was thought to be all but in the bag. But as of March 16, Joel Embiid had overtaken Jokic in the MVP race. Sportsbooks now have him as the favorite, and by a fair margin: He’s -250 at FanDuel, while Jokic has plummeted to… Read More Joel Embiid Has Passed Nikola Jokic in the MVP Race
In a recent post, I offered a defense for Nikola Jokic’s case for earning his third straight MVP. I argued that he’s having a better season than Joel Embiid, his team is in first place in the West, his team’s lack of playoff success the past two years isn’t his fault, and that we shouldn’t… Read More The Real Reason Nikola Jokic is About to Win His Third Straight MVP (It’s Not Racial Bias)
I am not a fan of Ja Morant. After a couple of years in the NBA, it became clear that, while very talented, he was an immature showboat who talked a big game despite not really accomplishing much. The Grizzlies, largely due to Ja and Dillon Brooks, have become the most hateable team in the… Read More Ja Morant is Ruining His Career
The new-look Los Angeles Lakers are now 5-2 since the Westbrook trade. On Sunday, they completed the largest comeback the NBA has seen this season, erasing a 27-point second quarter deficit and beating the Dallas Mavericks 111-108. There were good things to say about just about everyone on the Lakers squad in that game, including… Read More Health is the Only Thing Standing in the Way of the Lakers and a Championship
Jokic is a clear favorite to win his third consecutive NBA MVP award, and people are pissed about it. They point to things like him being drafted second-to-last in the All Star Game (thus showing that he’s not truly the best player in the league or perhaps even top-5), and the lack of postseason success… Read More Nikola Jokic Haters Don’t Have a Leg to Stand On
LeBron has become the all-time scoring king in NBA regular season history. He’s held the record for combined playoff and regular season points for a while now, but Kareem’s 38,387 number is the one that is really the gold standard. It’s crazy that this moment has already arrived. I feel like it was yesterday I… Read More 🐐 LeGOAT 🐐
You may have noticed that on Friday, February 3, after Kyrie Irving requested his trade out of Brooklyn, various sports media personalities on social media were incensed that Kyrie dare steal the spotlight on “Michael Jordan Day.” How dare Kyrie Irving upstage The Greatest There Ever Was and the Greatest There Ever Will Be™? As… Read More The Michael Jordan Industrial Complex
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