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 January 3rd, 2012 by Brandon LaChance in category
Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs two-time All-Star Manu Ginobili is out indefinitely after breaking his hand against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. This spells disaster for the team that finished with the best record in the Western Conference last season.
The Duncan-Era, which has carried the Spurs to four-NBA Championships, is pretty much over
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 18th, 2011 by Brett Roberts in category
76ers,
Bobcats,
Bucks,
Bulls,
Cavaliers,
Celtics,
Clippers,
Grizzlies,
Hawks,
Heat,
Hornets,
Jazz,
Kings,
Knicks,
Lakers,
Magic,
Mavericks,
Nets,
Nuggets,
Pacers,
Pistons,
Raptors,
Rockets,
Spurs,
Suns,
Thunder,
Timberwolves,
Trail Blazers,
Warriors,
Wizards
We've now covered the entire Eastern Conference amnesty clause candidates. We're moving on to the West now, where we'll see which teams have the real albatross contracts, and which teams have been careful and prudent in building their roster (see: OKC). The amnesty clause is going to benefit some teams more than others, and we'll see who
Posted October 6th, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
Another NBA player has found work overseas as the San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker is headed to his home country France to play for ASVEL.
Parker is the vice-president of ASVEL and plays for France during any international tournaments. With that said, this isn't really much of a surprise; Parker is simply going home to play basketball since
Posted September 29th, 2011 by Brandon LaChance in category
Miscellaneous
I was doing my usual Internet reading when I came across this interesting trade proposal: the Phoenix Suns would give Steve Nash to the San Antonio Spurs for Tony Parker. Automatically, I thought about whether or not this would be good for either team.
I'm not so sure on one side but all for it on the other.
Let me get this out of the way