Tag: NBA
Can Mike Miller be full-time head coach of the New York Knicks?
Updated:Mike Miller of Monmouth, IL was named the interim head coach of the New York Knicks on Saturday. In his…
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5 rational thoughts following the Celtics’ domination of Denver last night
Updated:Last night’s game was what they sometimes call a “statement win.” The Boston Celtics showed that even down a star,…
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Rapid Recap: Jaylen, Jayson split Nuggets into fool’s gold
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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5 rational thoughts following Celtics’ blowout of the Heat
Updated:The Celtics beat the brakes off the Heat despite Jimmy Butler having one of his best games in recent memory….
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Rapid Recap: Despite Celtics’ bad start, Jaylen and Kemba freeze Heat
Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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NBA G-League continues to grow on and off the court
The NBA G-League is better than ever on and off the court these days, since its inception in 2001. Highlighted…
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5 rational thoughts following Celtics’ brutal lunchtime loss to the Nets
Updated:This is so much less fun to do after a loss, but such is life. Let’s get granular (and humorous):…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics can’t stop Dinwiddie, lose encore in Brooklyn
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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Rank ‘Em: Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Nikola Jokic
The current crop of NBA big men is the best it has been in years. The likes of Anthony Davis,…
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5 rational thoughts following the Celtics’ extremely narrow win vs. the Kings
Updated:Strange one last night, as they often seem to be when the Celtics play the Kings. Only by the grace…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics survive Buddy blitz, get payback win vs. Kings
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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Ben Simmons silences critics, makes first career 3-pointer
Updated:Nov. 20, 2019, is a day that will go down in infamy in Philadelphia sports. On Wednesday night, Philadelphia 76ers…
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5 (mostly) rational thoughts following the Celtics’ big win vs. the Suns
As you may have guessed, there is a strong chance that this one gets a wee bit weird. But following…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics put the sunblock on Phoenix in low-key defensive grindfest
Updated:The Boston Celtics’ win streak ended yesterday afternoon in friggin’ Sacramento. So I imagine many folks had low expectations for…
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5 rational thoughts following the Celtics’ wacky win over the Warriors
Updated:LATE NIGHT TRAP GAMES MAKE ME FEEL SPACEY. Like a lighthouse keeper guzzling turpentine for its alcohol content. The Boston…
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5 rational thoughts following Celtics’ high-scoring win over the Wizards
Updated:Takeaways aren’t always easy to determine from games like last night’s, in which the Celtics’ defense was far worse than…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics make it through Wizards shootout for 9th straight W
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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5 rational thoughts following the Celtics road blowout of the Spurs
Updated:Still really not sure how to feel about that game for obvious reasons! But as we noted last night, the…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics beat Spurs in San Anton, at potentially great cost
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics grind out narrow W against Flask Dad and the Knicks
Updated:Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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Who should close out games for the Sixers?
Updated:Last season, the Philadelphia 76ers made a trade for two-way star guard Jimmy Butler. Butler was the guy, who the…
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Rapid Recap: Celtics start slow but surge thrillingly to beat Raptors
Rapid Recap is designed for the busiest of Celtics fans. Whether you can’t stay awake to read 10 paragraphs or…
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Top 5 Washington Wizards players to watch this season
Updated:Basketball season has arrived! Now that the rosters are out Hoop District ranked the top five players to watch this…
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NBA Opening Night 2019-20 Season Preview: Over/Unders and X-Factors
Updated:We made it! Another NBA Opening Night could not come soon enough. Last year I sniffed out a 41-41 Pistons…
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NBA Eastern Conference X-Factors
Updated:The term X-factor is vague enough that it allows me get away with picking almost anyone for each respective team….
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Your Morning Dump…Where Kyrie Irving expresses regret (sort of) and the new season projects to be more fun
Updated:Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing…
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Kyrie Irving at Nets presser: “I didn’t give everything I could have… I failed.”
Updated:“I didn’t give [the Celtics] everything I could have,” Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said at his new team’s media…
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Spain wins FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup
Updated:Spain has won the 2019 FIBA Basketball Men’s World Cup. On Sunday from Beijing, China, Spain defeated Argentina 95-75 in the…
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Spain to play Argentina in gold medal game of FIBA World Cup
Updated:The final is set for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.Two Spanish speaking nations will play in the gold medal…
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