They say a series doesn’t really begin until someone loses on their home-court. Well, Heat vs Pacers is now officially a series, and I think it happened a bit sooner than most thought.
Without Bosh, the Heat really struggled to score in the paint and defend in the paint. LeBron and Wade did their best to [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Jason Smith decks Blake Griffin with a hip-and-shoulder Aussie Rules style.
* Serge Ibaka with this nasty rejection on Nicolas Batum.
* I’ve shown you the bad, now here’s the good; in his first appearance for Denver, JaVale McGee has a put back dunk for [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* LeBron James has a man-purse. And is that top of D-Wade’s painted on?
* Landry Fields can actually sing.
* It’s not looking good for Patty Mills. Can’t say I am surprised.
* The Dallas Mavericks have had a gutful of Lamar Odom.
* Michael Beasley mistakes Anthony [...]

3 votes – Jared Dudley and Channing Frye. Very difficult picking the stand-out player for the Suns on this day, which saw a supremely balanced team effort topple the Spurs. If you had told me Duncan would go for 29-10, Jefferson 18-10, Parker 20-7 and the Spurs would shoot 50%, I would have predicted a [...]

3 votes – Tim Duncan. I was amused to see Richard Jefferson making the headlines after this game thanks to his 19 points. “Jefferson bounces back”… “Jefferson the key as Spurs tie it at 1-1″. Has RJ’s stock really plummeted that much since becoming a Spur that we applaud a 19-point game? Is everyone that [...]

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Recently I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to come up with a fitting NBA comparison for the Andrew Bogut i2.0 that’s been unleashed on the NBA in the last two months. I wanted to be able to preach the greatness of the BoGod to those who are [...]

ONE: It’s been a while between Six Packs, and with the time off I’ve had over the New Year I thought it was only fitting to churn out what will undoubtedly be the most massive Sunday Six Pack of all time.
On the Aussie front, the biggest news this week has of course been [...]

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 [...]

Yes I know I’ve already written one blog declaring my love for Sheed this season, and he may have slid off the radar a little amidst the Pistons balanced attack and steady success over the past month or so. But his performance yesterday against the Spurs reminded Pistons fans everywhere just how dangerous he is and [...]

Painful. For Cavs fans and NBA fans alike, this series is becoming extremely painful. As I said in an email to my friend earlier today, this could become the worst NBA Finals series in history. I qualified that statement by saying that if we got at least one close game the series might be saved. [...]