Houston Rockets – Last Season: 65-17 – Vegas Win Total: 55.5 Marvin: Over. There are only a few teams in the west that could steal extra games from them. Sean: Over. The maturation of Clint Capela and the presence of James Harden and Chris Paul will prevent Houston from regressing too much after losing Trevor… Read More Roundtable: NBA Western Conference Vegas Win Totals Edition
What was the most franchise changing move of the offseason? Spencer: LeBron James signing a four-year contract. The Lakers will not be held hostage by the risk of Lebron leaving in free agency every season as the Cavs were for so long. David: Agreed. The King giving the Lakers at least 3 years before a… Read More Roundtable: NBA Offseason Edition
A couple decades from now you might find yourself stranded on Planet FOMO burning your tongue on nuked hot pockets, sitting in an uncomfortable desk chair in a dingy and dimly lit apartment late on a Friday night scrolling through NBA basketball forums reading strangers arguing with each other over what the legacies of past… Read More Tears Of A Clown: A Dwight Howard Story
In case you’ve been watching hockey or something. … Read More The Five Best Moments of the NBA Playoffs So Far
Coach Westfield For Prison!… Read More Shooting With The Stars: Steve Urkel Edition
Shooting With The Stars is a series where we analyze the technical basketball skill and the ins-and-outs of the basketball competitions we see in movies and television shows without any consideration for the context and overall plot. The stakes are high and the game is crammed with four hundred years of tension. At the famous… Read More Shooting With The Stars: American History X Edition
I hate to break it to everyone, but this season’s trade deadline is going to be a huge let down. The truth is there won’t be that many total trades. Blake Griffin will be the only star traded (definitely not Kawhi Leonard), and a majority of the trades that actually do happen will be moving… Read More NBA Trade Deadline Hopes And Dreams
I have an equation I use for the baseball playoffs. Every team needs a lock down starter, a lights out closer, and a hot hitter. All three of these were owned by the Dodgers as they entered the 2017 World Series and all of them can be applied to numerous previous Champions. The only problem… Read More Quick Thoughts On The 2017 World Series
Last Season: 31-51 (.378) If Knicks fans were celebrating when Phil Jackson joined the franchise as team president in 2014 then they were out-of-body ecstasy tripping this summer when the Knicks and Jackson decided to part ways. If you dabble in masochism, Rodger Sherman has a well-done piece in The Ringer on all of Phil… Read More New York Knicks 2017-2018 Season Preview
Last Season: 29-53 (.354) Perhaps more than any other team in the league, the Magic continue to be a team without any discernible identity. In their search they have tried all sorts of wacky lineup experiments and have put together a strange arrangement of personnel. This includes trading for Serge Ibaka and starting him with… Read More Orlando Magic 2017-2018 Season Preview
