How To Fix The NBA All-Star Game

1995 NBA Eastern Conference All-Star Jersey

Now that a few weeks have passed since the latest non-competitive version of the NBA All-Star Game, we can now wonder if anything can be done to improve the event once considered the headliner of the annual NBA All-Star Weekend. In the 2024 contest, team eclipsed the 200-point mark in … Read more

A Skeptical Look At The NBA In-Season Tournament

Las Vegas, site of the latter stages of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

The National Basketball Association ranks as one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world. Fans of the league suffer through the interminable NBA-free months of August and September in anticipation of the start of a new season. But despite its popularity, there are some issues the league … Read more

FIVE REASONS WHY NBA PLAYER RANKINGS ARE SILLY

Memphis Grizzlies Home Game at the FedEx Forum

NBA player rankings can be found anywhere there’s a discussion about the league. Whether the source is a sports media outlet, a video game, or a fan post on social media, NBA player rankings are popular and guaranteed to spark a debate. And given the arbitrary nature of some of … Read more

The Other End Of The Basketball Court

Engraving_Bill Russell Statue

Ask any number of fans what the object of the game of basketball is and you’ll likely hear something about putting the ball in the basket and having more points at the end of the game than your opponent. While that is not incorrect, you are less likely to hear … Read more

Why NBA Late-Season Stats Are Deceiving

Basketball Going Through Hoop

The seasoned viewer of the National Basketball Association recognizes that game action during the final weeks of the regular season is different from what the early season games offer. After the All-Star break, with most of the playoff and lottery spots already decided, teams and players shift gears and the … Read more

Abolish The NBA Slam Dunk Contest

photo of a man in a black and white jersey doing a dunk

The 2022 NBA All-Star Saturday event, featuring the Skills Challenge and the Three-Point and Slam Dunk Contests, has concluded. The annual event serves as a prelude to the league’s annual All-Star Game held a day later and features the top players, while the others rest up in preparation for the … Read more

Not All NBA Back-To-Backs Are The Same

Airplane, Blue Sky, Full Moon

The National Basketball Association’s staff tasked with creating the league’s annual schedule of games always face a daunting task. In addition to giving consideration to things like venue availability, the NBA schedule-makers must also factor in the league’s honest attempt to reduce the number of games each team will play … Read more

THE TEN STAGES OF NBA

NBA Arena With Capacity Crowd

The NBA season is a marathon. Training camps, four or five pre-season games, an 82-game regular-season with an All-Star break tossed in, and four rounds of post-season play make the NBA as much about attrition as talent and coaching. Only the players can tell us what that grind is physically … Read more

Ben Simmons Was Born Too Late

Philadelphia Skyline

NBA fans in Philadephia and beyond are eagerly awaiting the resolution of the Ben Simmons situation, one of the biggest stories in the NBA, where the player has allegedly vowed never to play for the hometown 76ers team again. Evidently, the feeling is mutual, and the pressure is on the … Read more

The Basketball Run At Age 61

61-Year-Old Man Shooting A Basketball

There’s that man again. Basketball lifer Al (pictured above), now a youthful 61 years old, is still launching midrange shots, making a fair percentage of them, and leaving his feet while doing it. After waiting out pandemic isolation and humid New York City summer months, we finally came upon a … Read more

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