I think we all saw what happened last night. The Spurs defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder on a game winning shot by Tony Parker. Game over. Everybody on Oklahoma City played terribly and Scott Brooks drew up one of the worst final plays I've ever seen. Everybody just kind of stood around and waited for Kevin Durant to make his cut and then
Posted August 28th, 2012 by Chris Barnewall in category
Celtics,
Wizards
Is it really just a jump shot? Is that really all John Wall and Rajon Rondo are missing to have them make the next jump from good to great or maybe even great to amazing? This is what many believe. "If Rajon Rondo had a jumpshot you wouldn't be able to stop him" "What if John Wall could shoot? Can you imagine how dangerous he would be on offense?"
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 December 24th, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Celtics
I've been sitting on my couch for the last three days with my sprained left knee double wrapped in an Ace bandage and an ice pack. In this process, I've watched more TV in the last few days than I have for the last five years. I can't wait to get up.
But while I've been sitting here, I have had the opportunity to learn some new things and
Posted November 8th, 2011 by Brett Roberts in category
Miscellaneous
Brandon LaChance and I are continuing our top 200 lists and will eventually be releasing the series of podcasts that accompany them, but for the time being, here are the next players in the list.
139 Rod Strickland
Strickland is a guy who could've gone a lot higher on this list based on talent alone. He never seemed to quite land in
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 10th, 2011 by Brett Roberts in category
Miscellaneous
After reading both Bill Simmons and receiving a similar comment thread in Facebook's iLAB, I came to the conclusion that writing about each team's potential use of the amnesty clause would be a good article for us here on Onslaught. For those unfamiliar with the concept of the amnesty clause: The owners are trying to put a measure in place