When I first learned of Steve Nash being hired as the new HEAD COACH of the Brooklyn Nets, a wave of emotions washed over me. Shock. Befuddled. Shock again. Then I had another emotion: resentment. Resentment over the fact that… Read More ›
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World’s Shortest NBA Playoff Preview: Western Conference 2nd Round
Now that both Game 7s in the Western Conference first round match-ups are FINALLY finished (you got MAD lucky, James Harden), we can now focus on the second round. The Eastern Conference be like, “it’s about damn time, dammit!” At… Read More ›
World’s Shortest NBA Playoff Preview: Eastern Conference 2nd Round
Despite a much-needed pause to address police brutality, the NBA Playoffs are back in full swing — and I am hella happy about that. Normally I would use this space to preview the second round in BOTH conferences, but due… Read More ›
NBA Resuming the Playoffs for All the Right Reasons
This has been a sad 72 hours for me. First, we had the Jacob Blake shooting by police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin (he’s now paralyzed from the waist down, by the way). Next, we had a 17-year-old Trump-supporting goon come… Read More ›
The Clippers Are Downright Nasty
Man, those Clippers are straight hood, aren’t they? First, Montrez Harrell called the Dallas Mavericks’ superstar Luka Doncic a “bitch-ass white boy”. He later apologized to Doncic, and while the latter accepted the apology with an open mind, I thought… Read More ›
World’s Quickest 2020 NBA Playoff Preview
What an awesome start to the NBA restart! Competitive games. Breakout stars. Dudes coming out of nowhere (TJ Warren, Caris LeVert, Gary Trent, Jr.). All of that followed by an epic play-in game won by the Portland Trail Blazers. And… Read More ›
Memo to Adam Silver: Keep IG Hoes Out of the NBA Bubble
I read a story that not only made my skin crawl, it also made me shout “aw, HELL NAW!” The NBA will allow players to invite some guests to the league campus in Orlando between the first and second rounds of the… Read More ›