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This is the week, of course, that Linsanity ran over the NBA.
So, of course, I will be writing about arenas, and city councils, and bond issues.
Good times!
Jeremy Lin's saga has dominated the league, and it is a great, great story. A lot of wonderful stories have been written about his unlikely, seemingly impossible, rise from an afterthought to a star, in the biggest place one can become a star. But there is business to be done on the west coast. There will be a reckoning, one way or the other, in the next three weeks, that will determine the fate of the Sacramento Kings and the city of Seattle.
I hate this.
The Mavericks trailed by just six, Terry was about to make it a four-point game and American Airlines Center was ready for liftoff. Enter Serge Ibaka. Air Congo flew in from behind, let Terry release the ball and swatted the... more »
Undefendable. That's how George Karl described it, with a George Karl colloquial concoction, a perfect description of something that would normally take, like, 17 real words to describe. Undefendable. That's what Kobe... more »
As New York Knicks owner James Dolan watched courtside, here’s how he had to always imagine LeBron James introducing himself to playoff basketball at Madison Square Garden: Game on the line, and the greatness rising in the... more »
Shaquille O'Neal, still sweating following a Heat practice one day, had just made a point to reporters, but he wanted to make sure everyone knew he really meant what he said. So he accentuated his final sentence by saying,... more »
During the regular season, the 76ers won only eight games in which they both outrebounded and made more free throws than the opposition. Those are the building blocks of professional basketball, but they are not what the Sixers... more »
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