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
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
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 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
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
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 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
In New York City, fans of local professional sports have always had plenty of options, With two franchises in each of the major team sports, there are increased odds, at least in theory, that a competitive team will emerge from so many entries. So here we are in late September … Read more
That’s right. The 2021 NBA Play-In Tournament is now over, and it’s time to assess. If pundits can grade a team’s draft performance on the very next day and before any draftee suits up for a game at the professional level, there’s no problem with handing out grades for the … Read more
It wasn’t too long ago that the NBA’s Golden State Warriors were the talk of the basketball world. Over the five seasons commencing with the 2014-15 campaign, the Warriors won 79 percent of their regular-season games, 75 percent of their postseason games, reached the NBA Finals all five years, and … Read more
