Living is better than dying. It’s a simple concept. We lose touch with the idea in our daily tasks but deep in our subconscious, we cling to it. We don’t know why, we just do. We all live our lives in one microcosm or another. Be it an insatiable desire to attach significance to an otherwise m[...]

Malcolm Gladwell, writer, seeker of the anthropologically quixotic, geek savant, came up with a catchy idea in his 2008 book, Outliers: The Story of Success, the “10,000 hour rule.” Simply, the thought is that for one to become an “expert” in a skill or field, it requires 10,000 hours of practice. N[...]

Defense is something every writer on this site has been harping about at some point or another. And even though the Clippers are a top-10 defensively rated team, a lot of that is derived from turnovers, second unit gambles and late game clamp downs. So when I saw a strong, 24-second defensive posses[...]

Fourth quarter and the starters had to play?? Blake Griffin and Chris Paul went 30+ minutes?? THE SKY IS FALLING! Not really. This was a solid road victory over the number 1 defense in the league. But no time for victory beers, another game awaits tomorrow in Charlotte! It’s Last Call: Buzzer [...]

Los Angeles Clippers @ Chicago Bulls United Center December 11, 2012 FOX Prime Ticket / ESPN With Derrick Rose sidelined, this isn’t quite the marquee matchup between conference elites that people had hoped for. But the Bulls are still a soundly coached team sporting the no. 1 defensive effici[...]

Blake Griffin snatched the rebound off a Joakim Noah point-blank miss and took off. He broke left, in stride, speeding past his teammates. As he hit the 3-point line, he carved past Luol Deng and took a step into the paint. Carlos Boozer and Kirk Hinrich approached to trap him, but it didn’t matter.[...]