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Salon.com June 20, 2000 Gary Kaufman |
I hate this game NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. |
Sports Central April 20, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Playoffs: Opening Statement Games After one game in each series, there's only one thing that we know for sure: we don't know anything yet. |
Sports Central November 13, 2003 Derek Daggett |
LeBron/Carmelo Can't Do it Alone The NBA is not struggling because of a lack of rivalries. The Spurs/Lakers and the Kings/Lakers are great, exciting basketball. No, the game is struggling because NBA players, for all intents and purposes, have forgotten how the game should be played. |
Sports Central January 25, 2010 Scott Shepherd |
Eighth is Enough Which players will be named to the all-star team? Which players will be traded at the deadline? Which coaches are going to get fired? Which teams are going to tank to try and get a better draft pick? |
Sports Central March 22, 2010 Scott Shepherd |
Why March Madness is Overrated Not only do I not believe that everyone loves March Madness, I'm not sold on the fact that they even believe it. |
Sports Central June 3, 2009 Sean Crowe |
Save the NBA, Fire David Stern The 2009 NBA playoffs have showcased everything that's great about the current version of the NBA. Unfortunately, it's also showcased everything that's wrong with the 2009 NBA. |
Sports Central May 4, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
The Perfect Storm There will need to be a perfect storm of circumstances for a higher seeded team to pull off an upset in this round of the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central March 16, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 19 In case a week of watching college basketball has skewed what you remember about the game being played at its highest level, this week's Starting Five consists of a few friendly reminders from the NBA world to help you focus on what March basketball is all about: playoff seeding. |
Sports Central March 11, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
9 Reasons to Expand the NCAA Tournament It's time for the NCAA tournament to expand to 347. |
Sports Central April 3, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
Absence of Drama Down NBA's Homestretch As we head into April, the NBA has just flipped the calendar for the final time in one of its most anti-climactic seasons in modern memory. |
Sports Central December 13, 2004 Piet Van Leer |
Why College Hoops is Better Than Pro Hoops Why is college basketball so much better than the NBA? Here are ten reasons to dribble and dunk on. |
Sports Central November 17, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Commish Stern Has Got Some Balls The NBA's new game ball leaves a lot to be desired -- and criticized. |
Sports Central April 19, 2006 Matt Russell |
Why Watch the NBA Playoffs? Here are 10 reasons why you should watch the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central February 26, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
The NBA, Where Anything Happens? A look around the NBA using its ad "Where Amazing Happens" as a catch-phrase. |
Sports Central October 13, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For this NBA Season (Pt. 3) Here's a look at the preseason favorites to win some of the NBA's most prestigious awards. |
Sports Central March 30, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 21 This week's Starting Five takes a look at the Western Conference playoff race as we try to sort through the madness that is taking place on the left coast and figure out which three teams will win the coveted home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. |
Salon.com March 22, 2001 Luc Hatlestad |
March Madness: Not so mad All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good. |
Sports Central April 15, 2004 Mason Williams |
2004 NBA Playoffs Preview It's time for the NBA playoffs to take center stage. |
Sports Central January 3, 2005 Bijan C. Bayne |
Getting a Fix on the NBA Though scoring is up slightly this year, the lack of basketball savvy displayed in the majority of the NBA product is neither worth the expense of a paid ticket nor a satellite network fee. The question, of course, is why? |
Sports Central May 23, 2007 Ross Lancaster |
This Season, These Playoffs: Worst Ever? It's safe to say that with the tanking that infiltrated the regular season and a lackluster playoffs, this has best one of the worst NBA seasons in memory. |
Sports Central May 21, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Stars Align in Conference Finals The NBA conference finals offer a basketball game of great significance every day for two straight weeks. |
Sports Central April 17, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Western Conference Playoff Preview This was a weird NBA season. |
Sports Central May 28, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Main Event Let's be honest. This year's NBA playoffs haven't been anything special. While the game often slows down and scoring drops once the second season starts, this year has had a litany of ugly rock-fights. |
Sports Central January 4, 2012 Louie Centanni |
Why the 66-Game NBA Season Should Stay Between playing more frequently, forcing stars to show effort nightly, and reintroducing the concept of team basketball, the 66-game NBA season seems to be a great experiment - one that should become the norm for years to come. |
Sports Central December 29, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 9 A look back at five of the most memorable and significant moments of 2008 in the NBA. |
Salon.com March 15, 2001 Andrew Leonard |
National underdog days The first 48 hours of the NCAA Tournament symbolize everything that's right about America. They ought to be national holidays. |
Sports Central October 26, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 4) Before the NBA season starts, here's one last look at the Western Conference. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
March Madness Preview: Breaking Down The Bracket Two missed free throws with no time left on the clock cost the Memphis Tigers a spot. The Buffalo Bulls were denied their invitation courtesy of a last-second game-winning shot in overtime by Ohio University. |
Sports Central January 2, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Evolution of an NBA Fan Despite all the warts and sheer incompetency associated with upper levels of NBA leadership, many factors on the court have converged to make the regular season one worth watching, even if you normally ignore much of the period until the playoffs. |
Sports Central June 6, 2005 Chris Speckman |
NBA Playoffs: Score More, Bore Less For the first time in a while, the NBA playoffs have been memorable and exciting. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 All-Time NCAA Tournament Upsets Every year, 65 teams get invited to the big dance that is the NCAA Men's College Basketball Championship. And every year, there are a few surprises. This list honors a few great unexpected winners of tournaments past. |
Sports Central March 29, 2006 Isaac Miller |
NBA Role Players to Watch Because teams tend to build around superstar, there's a lot of talent hidden in the NBA -- like these five, some of the best players you've never heard of. |
Sports Central March 20, 2013 Matt Thomas |
Fact or Fiction: Heat the Best Ever? If you spend any time watching that four-letter all sports network these days, you've undoubtedly noticed that the Miami Heat are on a run for the ages. Though the verdict is still open on how far this win streak will go. |
Sports Central April 11, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Three NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs have begun and this year the race to the finals looks more open than usual. Teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, and Magic all look like the favorites to reach the Finals. |
Sports Central June 4, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title. |
Sports Central April 18, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Round One Predictions This has all the makings of a historic spring. |
Sports Central May 23, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Things We've Learned From the NBA Playoffs The NBA playoffs are usually generous when it comes to player meltdowns, tearing up age-old adages, and having certain teams rise to the top. |
Sports Central March 19, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
The Best Way to Go Dancing If a conference isn't truly sending one of its best teams, the chance of madness goes down. And unless you're that obsessive about making your bracket the "perfect" one, no one should want less of March in for this week. |
Sports Central March 23, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 20 March Madness it is not, but the last three weeks of the NBA season still holds much significance in the basketball world. |
Sports Central May 16, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Keys to the NBA Conference Finals The 2011 NBA conference finals are underway and this final four gives us youth, age, and plenty of superstar power. |
Sports Central March 25, 2009 Ross Lancaster |
Missed Opportunities and No Cinderella The media-driven creation of parity in college basketball is dead. |
Sports Central February 8, 2011 Joshua Duffy |
Calling Cinderella: Who Will Crash This Year's Tournament? Everybody loves an upset. Here are three to keep an eye on during this year's NCAA tournament. |
Sports Central March 24, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
The Race For the Final Playoff Spots The NBA's schedule-makers could not have laid out the season's final week any better for the three West teams fighting for the last playoff spots in one of the most competitive conferences ever. |
Salon.com June 20, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
NBA in disarray Come back, Mr. Jordan: The NBA Finals are in danger of going down as the lowest-rated playoffs since 1981, while couch potatoes turn off college games, too. What's wrong with hoops? |
Sports Central March 17, 2005 Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Salon.com March 12, 2002 King Kaufman |
Open the NCAA Tournament to all comers A 324-team field would add excitement and give hope to underdogs. Almost as good, it'd get rid of the dumb conference championships... |
Sports Central March 21, 2005 Joseph Sammour |
The NBA's Elite Eight We're going to be focusing on the second round of the NBA playoffs, which will involve the NBA's answer to the Elite Eight. For each team, I'll explain who they will beat in the first round, and how much further they can go. |
Sports Central April 28, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
Top 10 Active NBA Players Without a Title Here is a list of the top 10 active players without an NBA title. |
Sports Central December 20, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Forgotten Mavericks, Spurs Are Rising Two NBA teams flying under the radar are the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks. |
Sports Central January 13, 2006 Jeff Pohlmeyer |
NBA, You Call This a Sport? (Part 2) Discontent with the NBA. |