Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category

King vs. Curry

NBA FINALS PREVIEW It all comes down to this.  After more than 82 games and 4,000 minutes played, two teams are left.  The Golden State Warriors will battle the Cleveland Cavaliers as each team looks to make history.  For the Golden State Warriors they are looking to win their first title in 40 years.  The […]

NBA Eastern Conference Finals Preview

              Atlanta Hawks vs Cleveland Cavaliers             It’s a battle of Me vs Team.  The King and his royal subject’s vs the peasants.  Two contrasting styles will converge on one court to determine who moves on to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals. The Hawks have a couple of factors working in […]

NBA Western Conference Finals Preview

  The matchups are set.  The storylines are being written.  The NBA’s 4 best teams from the regular season have reached the conference finals and for each of them, history is at stake. Golden State vs Houston Rockets The battle of MVP and MVP runner-up.  For Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors he looks […]

Clippers Choke Away Finals Trip

  It wasn’t supposed to end like this.  They were up 3-1.  They almost had them in Game 6.  They almost made it to their first Conference Finals.  They were the Los Angeles Clippers and they choke. One can look at the dispatching of the Spurs as youth and speed getting the best of old […]

Three Coaches to Watch

              The NBA playoffs are far from over, but it is never too early to look at some coaches who are on the market or soon to be on the market.   Tom Thibodeau Why put a coach on this list who is under contract for two more years and just lost in the […]

End of the Road?

  The sun rises the east and it sets in the west.  The San Antonio Spurs just might have seen the final game of the Fantastic Trio known as Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker.  The loss to the Clippers in Game 7 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs exposed the Spurs.  […]

Now: ROUND 2

  As the first round of the NBA playoffs begin to come to a close, the contenders have begun to separate themselves from the pretenders. The first round of the playoffs have been predictable where the favorites, with the exception of 3 teams still playing, have advanced to the 2nd round.  Already advancing are Cleveland, […]

The Great Debate: NBA MVP?

The Great Debate: NBA MVP? Stephen Curry, James Harden or Russell Westbrook… What do you think?

New Faces, New Places

The end of the college basketball season has brought with it a change of scenery for several college coaches and one former NBA coach.  Now is the time to look at some of these new hires as well as one coach who decided not to change addresses. Gregg Marshall, Wichita State: Probably the best recruiting […]

Extension for USF’s Fernandez

University of South Florida Extends Jose Fernandez’s Contract Through 2021 

Fernandez has led program to 11 post-season appearances in past 12 years.