As a fan of professional basketball, I’m as eager for the NBA’s July 1st free agency period to get underway as anyone. Although I don’t pay much attention to them, I understand the plethora of rumors and predictions about where the top free agents might be headed.There are very few … Read more
We all had our favorite NBA players to emulate as kids. My guy was Walt Frazier. I’d mimic his signature head fake when there was no defender in sight (“Yo, who are you faking?”), then would be tightly guarded by the time I was ready to shoot. My secondary favorite … Read more
After another frigid New York City winter and rain-soaked spring, my childhood friend Al—pictured above – check out the sneakers—and I resumed our annual warm weather tradition of heading over to a nearby basketball court to shoot some hoops. We’re both now hanging onto our fifties by the edge of … Read more
The city of Toronto, Ontario is deservedly celebrating the Raptors’ first experience in the NBA Finals after falling just short for a few years. Taking down a repeat defending champion will be a tall task, but in many ways Toronto hoops is already winning, and it extends beyond the Raptors’ … Read more
Brooklyn, New York has an estimated population of 2.65 million people, population-wise the largest of New York City’s five boroughs. Considered separately from the other four boroughs, Brooklyn would be the fourth-largest city in the United States, ranking right behind Chicago, Illinois by about 15 thousand, or the average attendance … Read more
The second round of the 2019 NBA Playoffs was every bit as good as the first round was bad, with two stirring Game Sevens and two other series many thought would go seven. I have to admit to being very surprised at three of the four surviving teams, as evidenced … Read more
After the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant went down with a calf injury in Game Five of the 2019 Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets, a lot of basketball pundits instantly declared the Houston Rockets favorites to win the series. This was the case even after the Warriors’ … Read more
There’s a basketball cliche that states “a playoff series doesn’t start until the home team loses a game.” While I’m not down with that one, it’s become clear that “the NBA Playoffs don’t start until the first round ends.” After a mostly lackluster first round of action where only the … Read more
Remember the 1990s when the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls were all the rage in the midst of their dynasty? Regardless of which town you were in, you didn’t have to go far to see someone wearing Bulls’ paraphernalia of some kind. If you had an extra ticket to a Bulls’ … Read more
When we plop down in front of a giant screen to watch our favorite detective show, we know going in the perpetrator(s) will be apprehended within an hour or two. And we watch anyway. When we used to wake up early on Saturday mornings to watch Wile E. Coyote chase … Read more
