Instead of making the obvious choice of scheduling more international games that are more compelling for fans, the NBA sits still as it falls behind its competitors.
James Harden was traded to the Brooklyn Nets on January 13. Harden, the former superstar guard of the Houston Rockets, was shipped, along with a 2024 second-round pick, to the Nets in a massive four-team trade that sent shockwaves throughout the NBA.
Years from now, NBA fans will reminisce about the 2019-20 Houston Rockets for their unique “small-ball” system. This height mismatch would ultimately be the downfall of the Rockets, whose aspirations hinged on winning an NBA championship. What went wrong?
Thibodeau will definitely change the culture of the Knicks, but he needs time. Since the 2014-15 season, the Knicks have had five different head coaches. In order to make significant changes, the team has to keep him for at least two years. Otherwise, the Knicks will continue to define mediocrity as they have for the past 20 years.
The reality is no one is immune to the effects of COVID-19, regardless of status or reputation. The NBA made the right choice in suspending its season moments after Gobert’s positive diagnosis was reported.
In the NBA, coaches can issue a challenge for one of three types of situations: a personal foul called against their own team, out of bounds calls and goaltending/basket interference calls.
Despite the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets currently operating in two different directions, the Nets are operating much like the Knicks did during the beginning of the decade.
Carmelo Anthony is back in the NBA for what could either be his basketball swan song or a prolonged, catastrophic end to a historic career. Over a year after his last NBA game, Anthony signed with the Portland Trail Blazers…
Jameel Warney has been reaching impressive milestones in his senior season for Stony Brook University Men’s Basketball. At Notre Dame he picked up his 200th career block along with his 1,000th rebound, both program records. Despite the team’s 75-62 loss…