[follow_me] While watching last night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder, I started to feel like it was a rerun of an I Love Lucy episode – where you get a peak into their bedroom and see that they have separate beds. You would think with such a great inside outside
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Let’s get into one of my favorite subjects: OFFENSE. I took the game between the Celtics and 76ers as a guide to illustrate how these two teams go about attacking the defense. CELTICS: Stats provided by Synergy Sports It’s interesting that the Celtics are merely average at Spotting Up, even though that’s the play they
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STAY TUNED – RIGHT AFTER THE HEAT THUNDER GAME (3/25/12) WE GO LIVE!
For most people, if you start to slip at your job, it’s hard for most people to notice. Sure, surgeons might get shaky hands, or postal workers hoard all their deliveries, but for your average Joe, that slow steady decline leads to a nice retirement party and some stale cake. But in the NBA, performance
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You know I’m a Coach, right? Says so right before my name: Coach Nick. I ceased being a fan a long time ago, and I can’t watch basketball without my coke bottle thick coach’s rec specs wrapped tight around my head, so my man can’t knock them off while battling for a rebound. While I’m
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While looking at Ryan Anderson’s game, I decided to examine if he’s part of a new trend of Power Forwards who rebound yet also shoot the three. While Dirk Nowitzki was the pioneer, there hadn’t been too many other players like him, until Kevin Love came along. With his prodigious rebounding and three point shooting,
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We’ve all become familiar with the turmoil surrounding the Lakers’ Big Three – Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, and Pau Gasol. Amidst the constant swirl of trade rumors involving Gasol, Andrew Bynum’s recent string of strong performances make it appear that Gasol is even more expendable in search of upgrades at the Point Guard position. Going
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While the New York Knicks went on their storied run with a newfound Jeremy Lin at point guard, since Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire have returned to the lineup, they have lost much of that magic. Reeling while losing 6 of their last 9, Landry Fields has been the odd man out. During their successful
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