Power Rankings: Week 13
Well folks, it’s all downhill from here. Every team has at least played 41 games and can only hope to do three things as April approaches: improve, prepare for the playoffs, or biding time until the draft. All and all, excitement will continue to grow upon the NBA fanhood with the All Star Game and trade deadline coming up after football is finished.
There is still a lot of basketball to be played and top tier teams like the Spurs, Clippers and Lakers still …
Doing something special for this week’s Power Rankings. Since it is mid season time, I want to see how my opinion differs from another NBA analyst. Therefore, I have my good friend Kris, from NBADraftinsider give me his best from top to bottom. Then, by the end of today, I will compare them to my own. Should be fun!
At the half-way point in the NBA season we have only a few contenders and parody is not in play.
Out West the season has been defined by …
This week The Ref discusses Melo-drama, the future of the Nuggets, Knicks. He also delves into the mess of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the up rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Plus much more!
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This season thus far, fans have seen a plethora of highs and lows, in all levels of extremities. The season just passed it’s midway point and the rumors are swirling entering All Star Weekend and the trade deadline. The Melo talks are hot (of course), Rip Hamilton wants out of Detroit, and Peja is heading to Dallas. But with all of this drama of what if’s and what could be’s, let’s pay attention to the good and bad in the NBA thus far.
Let’s give some Mid Season Awards:
Most …
Rookie Rankings: Week 12
Can anyone stop Blake Griffin? He scores 47 points against Indiana, helps Eric Gordon defeat their cross locker room rival and have won 10 out of thier last thirteen. What if the team didn’t start 5-21 to begin the year? What if Baron Davis starting playing good ball from Day 1? And the ulitmate what if: What if the Clippers make it to the playoffs, does Blake Griffin win the MVP?
Around the league, some rookies are running into the wall and others stock …
The Atlanta Hawks has always been quiet the passed few years even though they have improved their winning pct. each season. In 2008, the team shocked the NBA world taking the Celtics to 7 games in the opening round series, cementing their future as a team to be taken seriously. The following two seasons, the Hawks put up back to back 45 plus win seasons including 53 a year ago. The team barely beat Milwaukee (The Bucks lost the series more than Atlanta won it) and was …
On the day, we remember a visionary trying to bring peace in all races is celebrated with time off, documentaries and of course, all you can eat basketball. The day was filled with high flying action from the college and NBA game. The action started at noon time and went into two in the morning. It’s the next best thing to the first two days of March Madness. As Thanksgiving is to football, Martin Luther King is to basketball.
Not only were we treated to excellent games …
