nbatipoff

Now that the regular season’s over, let’s talk about what to forget about the 08-09 season. 4. Regular season awards. Everyone’s making predictions on how wins this and who wins that; let’s forget all of that. All that matters now is who wins a ring, all that other stuff is meaningless. 3. The Raptors, Clippers, … Read more

So, it’s FINALLY playoff time!!! All the match ups are now set and the first round kicks off Saturday. So, which playoff series is worth watching? Of all the first round series, the Portland-Houston series will probably be the most fun to watch (of first round series only). These teams are going to go at … Read more

With tons of end of the season award posts going around, I thought I’d make one of my own. MVNT is the most valuable NBA twitterer. It has to be someone playing the NBA now and of course they have to be on Twitter. You don’t have to have a great team to win this … Read more

Sorry for the limited amount of posts this week! Let’s link! BallerBlogger via the Oregonian. Brandon Roy is the Yellow Mamba. NY Daily News. Isiah Thomas is a coach again. Someone kill me please! Waiting For Next Year. Three thoughts about the Cavs. SI. Finally, not your mundane end of the season awards post. Dallas … Read more

Without KG, no elite Celtic team should lose to the Cavs by 31. KG or not. So that got me thinking about how close the window is to shutting. See my fantastic bulleted thoughts: 99. When you add up the age of the Big Three, that’s what you get. An average age of 33. That … Read more

Last night TNT had their usual Thursday double header. While ESPN and TNT do solid jobs of covering games, some of what they do really annoys me. 5. Pre-game shows. Why say some of the things you’re going to say at halftime before the game? Sure, whoever they have will predict the winners and talk … Read more

Come on NBA TV, you suck! Are the Thunder deserving of 556 losses! Kevin Durant is crying in the background! Just because they’re young doesn’t mean they loss hundreds of games in a season! Btw, that’s not photo shopped! If you want proof, go to the end of this video: Embedded video from NBA Video

So, after the Spurs have stayed a float despite many injuries this season, they received a major blow today. Manu Ginobili is out for the season, including the playoffs (full details here). As much as this hurts; this team didn’t have a great chance for a title run this year. With Manu; at best they … Read more

No game tonight, NCAA tourney, let’s link! Fox Sports. Talking MJ, “With those variables arrayed against their better judgment, a generation of impressionable basketball-playing hotshots misinterpreted style for style of play. They noticed the mind-blowing acrobatics without understanding the fierce nature of the acrobat.” YouTube, via Bullets Forever. Nick Young, JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche … Read more