A ‘Roy’ale Blow in Portland

First a matchup with the red hot Suns, now this.
Despite saying he’ll be ready for the playoffs no matter what earlier in the week, Trail Blazers G Brandon Roy will have surgery on his knee and will miss the first round of the playoffs. Roy is a superstar player and a game-changer with clutchness to spare. He averaged 21+ points this season, but tore his meniscus in Sunday’s game against the Lakers. Here is Roy’s statement:
“This was not an easy decision to make. But, if I’m …

The 2010 NBA playoffs are finally here! After a full season of all 30 teams battling it out (including the Nets to a lesser extent), 16 teams survive and fight for the Larry O’Brien trophy. Can LeBron finally lead the Cavs to the promise land?  Has Dwight Howard learned what it will take to get it all?  Are the Spurs and Celtics washed up? Will Kevin Durant continue a dream season for OKC? Can Kobe get the one for the thumb?

NBAtoday.net doesn’t necessarily have the answers, but we do have a …

I hope you all like head coaching news, because this post is almost all about head coaches and their present and future!

I Challenge You to a Duel
It’s being rumored that just a couple of weeks ago Bulls vice president John Paxson had provoked a fight with head coach Vinny Del Negro due to a disagreement in Joakim Noah’s playing time. After a March 30 game at the United Center, Noah had played 27 minutes against the Suns, but upper management was aiming for Noah to play much less minutes due …

This is what it all comes down to! The final week of the regular season, but it’s only a few more days of games left before the playoffs start on Saturday! Here are all games this week that have playoff seeding implications!
Eastern Conference
Race for the 3rd Seed in the East

Going into Monday, the Hawks lead by one game over the Celtics. Both teams have wrapped up the fourth seed at worst. Hawks win both and it’s all theirs!
Hawks @ Bucks (Monday)
Celtics @ Bulls (Tuesday)
Bucks @ Celtics (Wednesday)
Cavs @ Hawks (Wednesday)
Race for the …

NBA to OKC Thunder: “My Bad”

Did anyone here watch that incredible Jazz/Thunder game on Tuesday night? It was as entertaining a game as there has been all season, and luckily I got to see most of the end on NBAtv. Only problem was, they went to a commercial instead of continuing their bonus coverage of the game on Fan Night, so the last play of the game wasn’t live. For a non-buzzer beater, this was almost as entertaining as the Duke/Butler NCAA final.
With a second left, Kevin Durant’s arm got …

Back in 1993, the now legendary NBA Jam series debuted at your local arcade and devoured my weekly allowance with reckless abandon. 
Gamers around the world could finally challenge friends, mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers, co-workers, grandparents, and even their creepy uncles as the likes of Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, and Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith, to a high-flying, fire starting, jam fest. 
I can remember stepping up against my neighbors as Chuck (Charles Barkley) and Kevin Johnson; Unstoppable.  Playing against random foes on the boardwalk I’d roll in with Scottie Pippen …

Tough to think a month went by already, but it did. March Madness came and went out with a few surprises.
I think one of the biggest surprises this month was that for the first time in a while, the 8 teams from the West have all but been locked in. Lakers, Nuggets, Mavs, Thunder, Jazz, Blazers, Spurs, Suns. Guessing the order, however, is about as close as trying to guess how many Big East teams would get in if the tournament field was expanded to 96 (I say 14, Seton …