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Heading into the 2012-13 season, many NBA watchers (including us) figured the Denver Nuggets would turn in one of the league's top offenses, but we also figured they might do so without being a very good outside shooting team. After all, the Nuggets finished last season with the sixth-worst 3-point shooting percentage in the league, and their best marksman, Arron Afflalo, was shipped to the Orlando Magic as part of the four-team mega-deal that imported Andre Iguodala, landed Dwight Howard with the Los Angeles Lakers and, allegedly, put Andrew Bynum on the Philadelphia 76ers. Even if Iguodala shot as well as he did in Philly last year and Danilo Gallinari...
That didn't take long. On Oct. 30, one of the presumably most powerful teams in NBA history opened its season by marching on to a Staples Center floor ringed in blinding belief. On Sunday, one of the potentially most... more »
Knicks-Bulls, no Derrick Rose, no Carmelo Anthony, no Richard Hamilton. Two defensive-minded teams with no real star power on the floor. Then the Bulls watched Taj Gibson get the boot in the second quarter, courtesy of two... more »
For one quarter at least, the Heat’s defensive woes disappeared. One good quarter is all it takes to take down the Hornets. After allowing more than 30 points in the first quarter, the Heat held New Orleans to half that number... more »
The Atlanta Hawks should be one of those NBA teams whose present doesn’t really matter. There are a depressing number of such teams when you really start to think about it, and the Hawks fit the definition perfectly — a nice... more »
When Kevin Love complains about the Timberwolves' braintrust, he risks being labeled an ingrate, a young player who improbably achieved stardom with the NBA team that drafted him and yet is eying a door that won't even open... more »
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