The NBA season is getting exciting as every game takes on more meaning. The trading deadline is right around the corner. The college basketball season gets into competitive conference play demonstrating future star talent for the upcoming draft. But most importantly, every NBA fan realizes if their team is a contender or pretender, a playoff hopeful or lottery bound. And to stress upon that statement, we hear about Kevin Garnett’s calf injury (which never was serious to be begin with, every media front made it bigger …

Merry Christmas everybody. Since everyone has been terrific this year, The Ref previews all of the holiday games with picks and analysis. The debate begins as some of the best teams go at it on Jesus’ birthday, and The Ref has an interesting take on this year’s games. Enjoy and be safe this holiday!
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In my previous post, I talked about the Dallas Mavericks and their 10 game winnings streak. Well, I predicted it would go to at least 11, hard thing to do when they faced off against the Nets at home and Prokhorov and Cuban are fighting like 7 year old bullies in the school yard. Anyway, I’m going up North this time to talk about the best team in the East, and arguably the NBA: the Boston Celtics.
After their thrilling last second heroics against Philadelphia to push the winning …

Both the Chicago Bulls, and the New Orleans Hornets have found a new head coach. Both had Tom Thibodeau as main targets, which allowed for Tommy T. to pull his name from the Hornets as he landed his top-choice-job in Chicago. The Hornets, somewhat jilted, then decided to go with Monty Williams.
Both Thibodeau and Williams have no NBA head coaching experience, however they’ve been assistant coaches to very solid teams. Tommy T. is currently on the bench for the 2010 Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics, while Monty was an assistant …

This edition of News and Rumors will be of the extended tidbit sort. Here are a few topics that have come up within the last few days with the opinion of Shooter – the most important opinion of all!
New Jersey Nets Basketball: It’s More Than Just a Russian Owner

Why not start with my favorite team, the New Jersey Nets. Now I know I don’t have much to brag about (and by much, I mean anything), but the Nets have a future. This future is definitely brighter than it is now – …

Boston 96, Miami 86 (Celtics win series 4-1)

There was a little scare in the second half, but Paul Pierce confirmed his next visit to Miami will be “on vacation”.
Pierce’s 21 points and excellent all-around play held off a furious attack led by Dwyane Wade and company to clinch the first round playoff series. They now await the winner of the Cleveland/Chicago (most likely Cleveland) series, whose game was currently at halftime as of press release.
Ray Allen also led the Celtics with 24 points, shooting 5-6 from beyond the arc. Rajon …

Heat 101, Celtics 92 (Celtics lead 3-1)
Sorry Boston, we’re fresh out of brooms. Also, Dwyane Wade is going to need a chiropractor (or three).
Wade managed to extend Miami’s season at least one game further with his clutch performance today against the Celtics. While his 46 points is noteworthy, he scored 30 points in the second half, including 19 points in the 4th quarter. I can’t remember a greater single-handed performance by a player in recent memory.
To be honest, I thought the Heat were in trouble in the third quarter, thanks …