The Biggest Suprises – So Far – in the NBA Season
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe most surprising players, teams and events so far in the NBA season. Also, a few “diamonds in the rough”, great players on terrible teams.
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The Joel Embiid Conundrum
Reading Time: 4 minutesPhiladelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has dug himself quite the hole the last year or so. And as a Celtics fan, it’s very amusing. Remember when Shaq and Charles Barkley got on Embiid’s case for not trying enough? It was earlier this month, on December 10th, after Embiid put up 22 points and 10 rebounds. It was a below average performance for Embiid, but not terrible. Shaq and Barkley were very disappointed, however. “He’s the toughest player in the league to match up with,” Barkley said of Embiid on TNT, “but we don’t talk about...
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Breaking Down Garnett’s Claim that He “Broke” LeBron
Reading Time: 2 minutesA quick overview of the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 nominees, and why Kevin Garnett claims he and the Boston Celtics “broke” LeBron in the early 2010s. Also, is Kevin Garnett a factor in LeBron’s career decisions?
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The NBA Might Be Gearing Up for Another International Team
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs most people who follow the NBA know, there were recently two regular season games played in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that four different NBA teams played in Mexico in the same season. The games were between the Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons, and the San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns. The Dallas-Detroit game was very well received, with Dallas’ Luka Doncic amazing fans both on and off the court. He started with talking to everyone in the arena in very fluent Spanish, and ended with a 41 point triple-double....
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Something Needs to be Done About Derogatory Sports Fans; Especially in the NBA
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis piece is inspired by a semi-recent Marcus Smart story, where he told of an interaction between him and a Denver Nuggets fan. The altercation happened after Smart dove for a loose ball and slid into the stands. “My foot got stuck in a chair and a fan told me, that’s right stay on the ground, get on your knees,” Smart said after the first Boston Celtics – Denver Nuggets game. “I told (security) who it was,” Smart also said. “They just looked at him and didn’t even say anything to him, didn’t even get him...
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