1… Was the Toronto Raptors winning the title good for the league? In a word, yes. Just as Golden State three-peating would have been good for the league, introducing new blood is never a bad thing. The league and its Continue reading
I’m 50 years old. When I walk into work, nobody wants to talk to me, not even make eye contact, until I’ve had my coffee. It’s why my co-workers know to have a fresh pot brewing as I walk through Continue reading
Up until about 3:29 pm on Sunday afternoon, every basketball fan in America had penciled the Golden State Warriors into the NBA Finals. I mean, why not? They rattled off another 67-win season, had just swept two straight playoff series Continue reading
When it comes to losing money, I do it with flair. Don’t get me wrong. I’d much rather win all my wagers, kick back in the Caribbean sipping rum drinks out of pineapples and freely pilot my Learjet to Las Continue reading
We talk a lot about identity in sports, how the greatest teams over time, as a collective, develop a specific identity all their own. The Detroit Bad Boy Pistons of the late 1980s had a clear-cut identity. If you drove Continue reading
Having written 400-plus posts about basketball over the last nine years, I felt it would be grossly irresponsible of me not to write a proper tribute to Tim Duncan. Here’s what Tim Duncan meant to me and to the game Continue reading
I’ve had a few of you write in lately and ask me to chime in on the NBA playoffs. Considering a) I’ve been working a ton, b) the playoffs are just now starting to get interesting and c) I’ve actually Continue reading
Well, we’re at the NBA All-Star break and this just in: The Golden State Warriors are really good. They are 48-4. No, that is not a typo. In late January, over a five-game stretch, the defending champions beat the Cavs, Continue reading
I had an interesting conversation about hoops with the Ice Cream Man the other day. In the wake of one of the league’s smallest markets signing this summer’s biggest free agent, he said San Antonio was “grooming the next Tim Continue reading
I feel an apology is in order. As a hardcore, self-professed basketball jones, of all people, I should know better than to underestimate the always underestimated San Antonio Spurs. Somehow, once again, I fell victim to doing so. I know Continue reading