News just broke yesterday that Nikola Jokic has been voted the 2022 NBA MVP, securing back-to-back MVP honors. He will be officially honored in a ceremony on TNT momentarily. Jokic joins an elite club of players to win consecutive MVPs, although it has happened quite a bit in recent years. The list of players: Jokic… Read More Nikola Jokic Has Won his Second Straight MVP
This has to be an all-time great NBA playoff moment. Giannis throws down a monster dunk, then starts jawing at Al Horford. Horford doesn’t say anything, he just nods his head as if to say, “Okay. Keep talking your shit. We’ll see about it. I got something for ya.” And then he delivered. Boston was… Read More THE LEGEND OF AL HORFORD
Two of the four conference semifinal series have tipped off. Let’s overreact! I guess I jumped the gun in saying the Bucks are dead without Middleton–to say the least. The Bucks are for real. Obviously Middleton is huge for them, and I don’t think they can win the whole thing without him, but losing Middleton… Read More NBA Playoffs: Round 2, Game 1s Reaction
About halfway through the first round of the playoffs, most of the stuff I initially thought about these playoffs is being proven wrong. Just to recap my picks–Eastern Conference first: Heat in 6 over Hawks Nets in 7 over Celtics Bucks in 4 over Bulls Sixers in 6 over Raptors And in the West: Suns… Read More Hard Truths (and Hot Takes) About the 2022 NBA Playoffs
The marquee matchup of the opening round of the playoffs has to be Celtics-Nets. The Nets are way better than a 7-seed, and this easily could’ve been a conference finals matchup. That final sequence was just electric: However, a lot of people on social media noticed that one player in particular on the Nets wasn’t… Read More KD is Absolutely Not The Best Player in the World
I hate to admit it, but the Golden State Warriors are the Patriots of the NBA. Steve Kerr is the best coach in the game. They just plug dudes into that system, and they become stars. I’m not saying Jordan Poole isn’t talented or anything, and I’m not saying he doesn’t work hard. I’m just… Read More Jordan Poole is the Third Splash Brother
Hey, the NBA finally brought the old Finals “script” logo back. It’s a bit different than it was before, but it’s still much better than the absolute abomination of a “logo” the NBA used from 2018-2021: That looks like some shit I could make with clip art. It has no character or personality at all.… Read More 2022 NBA Season Review & Playoff Predictions
As the LeBron slander pours in on social media–LeBron, other than his teammate AD, is the only athlete in history to ever be criticized and ridiculed for being injured–in the closing days of what is by a mile the greatest statistical age 37 season in NBA history, the incompetent den of vipers that is the… Read More This is Why the Lakers’ Front Office is the Worst in the Entire NBA
Legitimate contenders: Milwaukee: Say what you want about how they benefitted from all the injuries last year, but Giannis is probably the best player in the league (although Jokic is statistically superior) and they have a championship squad that is quite honestly one of the best-constructed rosters in recent memory (outside of the KD Warriors,… Read More NBA Playoff Teams, Ranked by Chances of Winning the Title This Year
Let me preface this by saying I think it’s not likely to happen. LeBron, at this stage of his career and this stage of his life, is in Los Angeles not only for basketball but for his post-basketball career, whatever that may be (Hollywood, business, etc). So it’s likely he’s there because he intends to… Read More LeBron Needs to Leave the Lakers and Go Back to the Miami Heat
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