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
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
For many sports fans, the 2020 NFL Draft is providing a much-needed diversion during the ongoing global pandemic. For most major sports, draft day has become a much-anticipated event made for both television and live viewing. Watching how this year’s version of the NFL Draft has had to deviate from … Read more
The National Basketball Association has resumed play after its annual week-long All-Star Break. Each year from mid-February through early April we see the basketball focus shift away from the NBA to high school and college single-elimination tournaments. Players at those levels leave their skin on the court knowing the game … Read more
For each of the National Basketball Association’s 30 teams, the one-third mark of the regular season comes with eight minutes left in the second quarter of the 27th game. With each NBA team either having reached that point or slated to this week for the 2019-20 season, now’s a good … Read more
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
During the summer of 2017, the National Basketball Association decided to extend the number of calendar days in the regular season in an effort to reduce the wear and tear on its athletes, and hopefully lessen the need for teams to rest its top players on game nights. This is … Read more
