Tag: James Harden
Kristaps Porzingis Named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week
Kristaps Porzingis is stealing the show across the NBA landscape. It doesn’t matter if he’s featured in front of a local…
Read more »All-NBA Lottery Team (2004-2017)
The odds they are a changin’. Bobby Dylan wrote that, right? Well, anyways, the lottery odds are on the verge…
Read more »James Harden Praises Carmelo Anthony, Says He Could Help Rockets
The Knicks have put trade talks involving Carmelo Anthony on hold, but that hasn’t stopped one Rocket from thinking about…
Read more »NBA Western Conference: Who is in the Top-10?
Way Too Early NBA Western Conference Power Rankings With most big name NBA free agents finding new homes, it is…
Read more »Los Angeles Clippers: Goodbye, Chris Paul
The Los Angeles Clippers said goodbye to All-Star point guard Chris Paul via a trade to the Houston Rockets for…
Read more »NBA Awards: How did the West Coast finish?
First, props to UCLA alum and Los Angeles native Russell Westbrook for his first regular season MVP. Westbrook deserved it…
Read more »Manu Ginobili block immortalized in art print
Manu Ginobili’s clutch Game 5 block of James Harden in the Western Conference semifinals was one of the biggest single…
Read more »Game 5 Vidcast: Spurs Defeat Rockets in Overtime
With Kawhi Leonard hobbled due to a left ankle sprain in the third quarter, the San Antonio Spurs relied on…
Read more »Game 4 Vidcast: Rockets even series with Spurs 2-2
The second round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets has turned into a best of three battle,…
Read more »Game 3 Vidcast: Spurs 103, Rockets 92
In their first playoff game without franchise point guard Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs went into Houston and came…
Read more »Game 2 Vidcast: Spurs 121, Rockets 96
The San Antonio Spurs evened their second round playoff series with the Houston Rockets Wednesday evening by bouncing back with…
Read more »What’s the intent of a ‘Most Valuable Player’ Award?
James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Westbrook and Harden. Oh, and don’t forget Kawhi Leonard and Lebron James too. The curious…
Read more »Quantitative & Qualitative look at Spurs vs Rockets Series
After eliminating the Memphis Grizzlies 4-2 in the opening round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs now…
Read more »The Realist NBA Awards, Part II
While I was cleaning myself off from the vegetables thrown at me and putting a bandage over my eye to…
Read more »The Ricky Rubio and Kris Dunn Dynamic
When the Minnesota Timberwolves selected point guard Kris Dunn with the fifth pick in the 2016 NBA draft, many fans…
Read more »Spurs 10-game Review: Volume 6
<![CDATA[With 73% of their season now complete (60 games), the San Antonio Spurs still remain an elite team on both…
Read more »Recap: Celtics bounce back from losing streak, win big against Rockets
Last time the Boston Celtics squared off against the Houston Rockets, they suffered one of their closest, most infuriating losses…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… Where the new year brings new hope
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s…
Read more »Rockets’ 1/2 High Dribble Hand Off for Gordon
When it comes to taking and making 3-pointers, the Houston Rockets are number one in the league in both categories,…
Read more »Clint Capela Has Been Key For The Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets have been a pleasant surprise to the start the 2016-17 season. After making the Western Conference Finals…
Read more »Turns out the refs missed a few late calls in the Rockets game
I’m not going to lie. One of my favorite pastimes is pointing out the mistakes of NBA officials. Hell, I’m…
Read more »Recap: The Celtics Can’t Top the Rockets
While there are many differences between Houston and Boston’s basketball teams, the glaring similarity between the two cannot be ignored;…
Read more »Player Spotlight: Antetokounmpo’s Playmaking Ability
Back in the 2014 NBA season, then a rookie, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was the team’s 8th playmaker on…
Read more »CK’s top 20 NBA players: Where does DeMarcus Cousins rank?
So, here’s the thing. You’re going to disagree with this list. You are, it’s the one true thing about lists….
Read more »How Wiggins Can Reach His Defensive Potential
In the leadup to the 2014 draft, there were two facts about Andrew Wiggins that were well known: he needed…
Read more »What is Andrew Wiggins?
Andrew Wiggins is a bit of an enigma. Years ago, he joined LeBron, Kareem, and Sebastian Telfair as some of…
Read more »Ben McLemore has unfinished work on defense
Ben McLemore has work to do on the defensive end.
Read more »CK Podcast Ep 192: David Arseneault of the Reno Bighorns
Reno Bighorns coach swings by for a visit.
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