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Predicting how a coach will do with one team based on how he did with another is a tricky business, and the prevailing reaction last night on Twitter when Yahoo! broke the news that the Lakers were closing in on Mike Brown was a mix of “Huh?”, sadness of behalf Brian Shaw, outright dismissal of Brown as a nitwit when it comes to offense and quiet consideration that this could work.
The book on Brown is that he is a defense-first coach who leaned too much on isolation basketball with LeBron James in Cleveland, where the Cavs played a boring, slow and predictable offense. There is truth in that, but it ignores Brown’s adaptability. When the talent...
Less than 3 1/2 minutes into the Thunder's first playoff game ever, 7-footer Pau Gasol threw a pass at the basket, and 7-footer Andrew Bynum skied to easily dunk the ball. Uh-oh, thought everyone in Thunder blue. Just exactly... more »
OK, so this has nothing to do with the Lakers' loss in Game 5 Tuesday night. It actually goes back to Friday, after the Lakers lost to the Nuggets in Game 3, and involves J.A. Adande on Around The Horn and Bill Plaschke... more »
In the NBA playoffs it's not necessarily about keeping players out of the paint or off the boards. It's about keeping them off the podium. When the postseason arrives and the numbers of media members increase, the key players... more »
You see these sorts of columns just about every year, so this isn't breaking news, but it is of great interest now that the NBA has whittled itself down to eight teams. The typical NBA center, apparently, has gone bye-bye, and... more »
In the land of Brobdingnagians, the Lilliputian shall reign. The littlest indeed can beat the bigs, Jonathan Swift and Ty Swiftness would agree. Of the 25 players who have been in uniform for the Nuggets-Lakers playoff ... more »
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