Archive for the ‘NBA’ category
Danilo Gallinari Video: Watch Nuggets Forward Blow Game-Tying Layup
December 31st, 2011
Danilo Gallinari had a chance to force overtime in L.A. on Saturday, but the man known as the "Rooster" choked on a routine lefty layup versus the Lakers.The embarrassing play was a fitting end to Gallinari's worst game of the season.The third-year man out of Italy missed nine of 12 ...
2011-12 NBA Season: The Most Overlooked Member of the Oklahoma City Thunder
December 31st, 2011
The Oklahoma City Thunder are favorites to win the West this year. Their success has been created through smart draft picks, as well as the emergence of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. The Thunder have slowly become a model organization through valuing necessity over talent. Among one of the Thunder's ...
Utah Jazz Find 3 Things To Build on in Win Against the Philadelphia 76ers
December 31st, 2011
After two games where it seemed that nothing went right for the Utah Jazz, the team played better and found several positives in a 102-99 home win against the Philadelphia 76ers.Playing at home for the first time this season helped the team to find energy and motivation that it lacked ...
NBA Rumors: Hawks Would Be Making Mistake by Offering Trade for Dwight Howard
December 31st, 2011
Since the announcement that the 2012 NBA season was on, the rumors and assumptions for the landing spots for key players around the league began.The two big name players on the trade block that drew in attention were New Orleans' Chris Paul and Orlando's Dwight Howard.Chris Paul has since been ...
Cleveland Cavaliers: What’s Gone Right, Wrong in the Early NBA Season
December 31st, 2011
Three games into this young and confusing NBA season, the Cleveland Cavaliers are sitting at one win and two losses. Really, that's not surprising; what's surprising is that they could have, should have, would have been 2-1 after last night's contest against the Indiana Pacers.These Cavaliers are definitely a team ...
Lakers vs. Nuggets: Watch Nene Deliver a Nasty Slam in Matt Barnes’ Grill
December 31st, 2011
The Lakers were lucky on Saturday. They dodged a major bullet by pulling out a 92-89 victory at home against the Nuggets. However, Matt Barnes was unable to dodge this poster from Nene.Working off the pick-and-roll executed perfectly by Ty Lawson, Nene exploded on Matt Barnes and made him a ...
Bulls Defeat Clippers, 114-101: 4 Observations of the Bulls on the West Coast
December 31st, 2011
The Chicago Bulls started the lockout-shortened season slow, barely beating the shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers and losing to Golden State. However, Derrick Rose led his team back into Los Angeles last night and carved up the Clippers to give his team a 3-1 start to the season.From all over the ...
NBA Rumors: How Joel Przybilla Could Help the Milwaukee Bucks
December 31st, 2011
It is no secret that the Milwaukee Bucks are interested in adding free-agent Joel Przybilla to be their backup center for Andrew Bogut.According to the Journal Times' Gary Woelfel, Przybilla's agent was in attendance at the Bradley Center for the Bucks home opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves last Tuesday."They made ...
Pressure on Milwaukee Bucks Mounts as Wisconsin Sports Success Continues
December 31st, 2011
It's a good year to be a fan of Wisconsin sports teams. In of the best collective years Wisconsin sports has seen, the burden now falls to the Milwaukee Bucks to make noise in the NBA and push towards the playoffs after narrowly missing out last season.The Green Bay Packers ...
Are the Houston Rockets Potential Bidders for Deron Williams?
December 31st, 2011
With the New Year just around the corner, and the NBA season now officially underway, trade talk could be one thing that all NBA general managers are looking forward to in this shortened NBA season since the summer of 2012 around the corner. One team that did not make a ...