What did they do to me? “They” being the Miami Heat; the LeBron James/DWade…sometimes Chris Bosh, Miami Heat. What did they do to me? That’s a fair question. But this goes beyond LeBron and his ridiculous claims of winning “not 2, not 3, not”…ahhh, you know the rest. Beyond DWade’s declaration that they were
The game was far from beautiful. It featured atrocious shooting from both Boston and Philadelphia. No one player stood out as the heroic savior of a game seven...until Paul Pierce (on a questionable charging call) fouled out with just over four minutes left in the game. It was at that point, that a savior stood up in Boston. It was at
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Colin Means in category
Magic
So Stan Van Gundy and Otis Smith are history in Orlando, so now the search for a new head coach and general manager is underway.
Jerry Sloan has already showed interest in the head coach position, and now Chris Broussard is reporting that the Magic are showing interest in courting Shaq as a potential GM candidate.
This has to be the funniest
Sometime this week, Mike Woodson is expected to drop the "interim" and officially be named the head coach of the New York Knicks. Woodson, who took over after Mike D'antoni and the team parted ways, finished the season 18-6 with the 7th seed in the playoffs. That playoff run was not very deep though, as the Knicks were bounced out of the
Posted May 22nd, 2012 by Colin Means in category
Cavaliers
This is some sort of marketing campaign by Pepsi, and it turned out brilliantly.
Kyrie Irving went through the make-up process to put on about 30 years in age to appear athletically unintimidating, going by the name Uncle Drew.
He then made his way out to a park where a pick-up game was taking place and, when a player got injured, joined
Posted May 20th, 2012 by Nicholas Guerin in category
Heat,
Pacers
It was the choke seen 'round the world. Seen by everyone except the one man it was aimed at, LeBron James. And who was the one that fired off that shot? Some guy named Lance Stephenson. Who is that you might ask? Well, he's just some guy. Some guy that plays on the Pacers...well, is on the roster. Lance Stephenson has averaged 2.0
Posted May 15th, 2012 by Nicholas Guerin in category
Heat,
Knicks
The Knicks finished the season going 18-6 after parting ways with D'Antoni. Carmelo caught fire in April, scoring just under 30 per (29.8), and shooting 46% from the field and behind the arc. The Knicks were 6-3 during that stretch. They beat Orlando, Atlanta, Boston, and the number 1 seed Chicago Bulls. Iman Shumpert looked like a
Thursday of last week, prior to game 1 of the Heat vs Pacers series, Pacer coach Frank Vogel said of the Heat, that they were "...the biggest flopping team in the league". He elaborated further by saying, "Oftentimes, they're falling down even before contact is even being made." While those statements may be founded in a certain amount of
Posted May 9th, 2012 by Colin Means in category
Thunder
This is definitely the coolest sports-related party figure I've ever seen.
Via Bro Bible comes a video tour of the coolest beer pong table to grace the internet, and it happens to be Thunder-themed.
The table even has an automatic ball washer as you will see, along with LED lights and a sick sound system. I'm sure one of the Thunder players
Posted May 2nd, 2012 by Brandon LaChance in category
76ers,
Bulls
Throughout the condensed 2011-12 NBA season, there have been quite a few injuries because of the grueling 66-games in four months format. Add the Chicago Bulls' superstar Derrick Rose to the list.
Of course, we all know the season was irregular because of the lockout that began in July of 2011 and ended in December.
Instead of taking its