Chauncey went down with an injury, and with it so may have Detroit’s chances. It’s true that the Magic came out with far more intensity and energy and looked like winners even before Billups went down, but its also true that the Pistons came back to be within 4 points (after being down 20-3 at [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 14
The Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks are going to a game 7, and before any one starts telling me “It’s Golden State vs Dallas all over again!”, let me emphatically announce that this is nothing like Golden State vs Dallas. For three reasons:
1. Before last year’s playoffs started the signs were there [...]

PLAYOFF DIARY: DAY 5
Like I said I would on day 2, I waited till the Lakers v Nuggets game finished and checked only the Denver box scores to figure out who won. Chucko emailed me Denver’s stats and my immediate thought was: 31 points for Iverson, a big defensive game from Camby (17 rebounds, 4 [...]

I promised when I was slamming the MVP award that I’d be back at the end of the season with my ballot. I’ve been thinking long and hard about the MVP for a couple of months now, and in reality, the decision for MVP is no easier now than it was back in early March. [...]

Check out Part I of my look at this year’s MVP candidates.
#6 Tim Duncan
If you’re bemused that I have Tim Duncan this high up the rankings despite his numbers being at a career-low and the brilliant play of Manu, just get one thing in your head: Tim Duncan has been an MVP candidate every [...]

If you search http://www.urbandictionary.com/ for the definition of “Boston Celtics” you will find the following response: “a team that is being ruined by Danny Ainge”. This definition was penciled in barely three years ago, but it demonstrates the complete upheavel that has recently taken place in the Beantown basketball world. A Celtics fan is a very [...]

They said it in the broadcast but I’ll repeat it here. Can you say, “perfect start to the season”? That’s exactly what it was today for Doc Rivers and his Big 3 as Boston completely steamrolled the helpless Wizards and left a flailing Gilbert Arenas in their wake. KG goes for the 20-20, Pierce and Allen [...]

The 2007 NBA Draft started predictably, and then went a little crazy. The two big guns, Oden and Durant went #1 and #2 as expected, but the rest didn’t exactly go according to plan. What happened to the big draft-day trades for KG and Amare? How did Yi Jianlian, the supposed under-done softy small-forward go [...]