Posted July 18th, 2012 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
At this point, this debate has been well discussed, analyzed and picked through with a thinned tooth comb.
This topic has been on just about every sports radio program, some news radio programs, every TV channel (absolutely every channel) and is the top button issue at every barber shop around the country. And it should be.
Let's face it,
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
It seems fast since the 2011-12 NBA season just started a little over a month ago, but thanks to a condensed season the 2012 NBA All-Star starters were announced today.
The city of Los Angeles is the home to four of the Western Conferences' starters as Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum represent the Lakers and Chris Paul and Blake Griffin represent
Kevin Durant makes loud booming statements many times throughout an NBA season whether it's with a thunder dunk, defensive stop or a buzzer beater.
This time he is starting out early as he drilled a last second 3-pointer to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 104-102 victory against the winless Dallas Mavericks.
Oklahoma City had a five point
Posted October 24th, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
76ers
The "Answer" aka Allen Iverson is going to host a two-day basketball tournament in Las Vegas. Yes, one of the best scorers the NBA has ever seen is not done with basketball just yet.
The man who saved the Philadelphia 76ers from being the worst team in the league in the late 1990's and early 2000's is partnering up with Justice Entertainment
Posted October 12th, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
The NBA lockout started as a myth, grew to a folk tale, became neighborhood gossip and has since swiftly kicked the basketball world in the behind. Does anyone remember this song and dance from 1998-99?
The Chicago Bulls had just capped their second three-peat of the decade and everyone wanted to know who was up next. Michael Jordan was gone
Posted October 5th, 2011 by Brett Roberts in category
Miscellaneous
Everyone knows Kevin Durant can score. He has drawn a lot of comparisons to George "Iceman" Gervin, for their fluid and silky play style and both seem capable of scoring without a lot of effort, as it appears to an observer. They both make it look so easy.
Even when Gervin was spindling his way through three defenders and flipping up an
Posted October 2nd, 2011 by Colin Means in category
Miscellaneous
Brett Roberts and Brandon LaChance speculate on the chance that some of the players leaving to go overseas might not return.
Kevin Durant is making a movie, and as you have probably heard by now, Glen Rice hooked up with Sarah Palin.
Check out episode two of The Oncourt Onslaught Podcast below.
Posted September 1st, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
The New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony put together a team for a summer league showdown on Tuesday. Now, Anthony and former Syracuse University teammate Hakim Warrick are planning a game in Philadelphia.
Marc Stein of ESPN reports Warrick has wanted to put a game together for quite awhile, but hasn't done it. After seeing the media
Posted August 31st, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
Yes, this title relates to not only basketball, but all sports such as baseball, soccer, football and beach ball volley ball. Carmelo Anthony's summer league team faced Team Goodman on Wednesday, which quickly became a showdown between Kevin Durant and LeBron James.
If this summer has proved anything besides NBA owners and players would rather