I haven’t spent a great deal of time watching Minnesota in recent weeks, so prior to the game, I logged onto John Krolik’s Cavs the Blog to get an impression of how the Clippers might recover from the meltdown in East Rutherford Wednesday night. While the Clippers were being roundly humiliated by the Nets, [...]
Basketball writer and Boston College partisan Michael Pina has penned a love letter to Craig Smith at Hardwood Paroxysm: Craig Smith is the most offensively gifted reserve forward in the league (apologies to Carl Landry who plays nearly twice as much). His collection of scoring tactics are a grocery list that would mak[...]
From David Biderman of the Wall Street Journal: The travails of the Los Angeles Clippers are well-documented. Not only have they had 17 losing seasons in the past 20 years, but they share a city and an arena with the 14-time NBA champion Lakers. But here’s a thought that might surprise both teams, if not the 3.8 [...]
From a piece I wrote for ESPN Los Angeles: There are seminarians who have been subjected to fewer questions about their religious views than Los Angeles Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy. Since the moment he arrived to coach the team in 2003, Dunleavy has routinely been asked whether the Clippers’ misfortunes can[...]
According to Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears at Ball Don’t Lie: Besides Rondo and Rose, the East roster includes Boston’s Paul Pierce, Toronto’s Chris Bosh, Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace and Atlanta’s Joe Johnson and Al Horford. The West reserves are the New Orleans’ Chris Paul, t[...]
“This is humiliating. It is absolutely embarrassing.” — Ralph Lawler [4th, 0:59.2] With Devin Harris and Courtney Lee not suited up for New Jersey, the Nets have precious few places to go in the halfcourt. Brook Lopez on the block provides the Nets with a viable option, but there’s little else o[...]