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Sports Central
June 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything.   |
Sports Central
June 14, 2010
Bill Hazell |
Celtics/Lakers, on to the Final Act For the first time in four years, no one has a clue who's winning this thing. What could be better? |
Sports Central
June 13, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: All Apologies As much as I've tried to talk myself into the Celtics being overrated, it's all but a foregone conclusion. The Celtics are going to be the 2008 NBA champions. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2010
Paul Foeller |
NBA Finals: Keys to Victory How great is the Lakers/Celtics rivalry? After the Finals end this year, the two teams will have combined to win more than half of the championships in NBA history. |
Sports Central
December 12, 2008
Bill Hazell |
The Green-and-Golden Age Renaissance Green vs. Yellow means a lot to us NBA nuts, and in a league where upsets don't come often, the chances of another Celtics/Lakers Finals in 2009 seem bright. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2008
Brian Cox |
All Things Old Become New Again For the 11th time in league history, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers will square off for the NBA title. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Finals Edition It was a very entertaining NBA Finals from start to finish. |
Sports Central
June 29, 2009
Sean Crowe |
The NBA Finals Left Me Feeling Empty The NBA Gods righted themselves after the 1985-86 season by giving us the Lakers/Celtics rematch we deserved. Here's the hoping the NBA Gods do the same thing next season. |
Sports Central
June 18, 2007
Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever. |
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
June 24, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Bryant's Lakers, Legacy, Stumble in Finals If Kobe Bryant was going to stake his claim as the greatest of all ballers, he needed to win the 2008 NBA Finals. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Kobe Going Greek? Eleven players who were on NBA rosters last year went to the international game for no taxes and more money. And just last month there were rumblings that Kobe Bryant was offered $83 million for three years. Tax free! |
Sports Illustrated
April 13, 2001
Phil Taylor |
L.A. stories still just rumors The rumors about Kobe Bryant being traded -- to Toronto, to Vancouver, to Orlando, to just about every team in the league -- are multiplying, but despite all the speculation, I don't think Kobe's going anywhere, at least not this summer... |
Sports Central
January 7, 2009
Bill Hazell |
The Top 10 Games of 2008 (Pt. 2) A look at what made the NHL Stanley Cup finals and NBA finals so memorable this year. |
Sports Central
May 28, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Kobe vs. LeBron: Too Good to Be True How many times in NBA history have two of the top 10 players of all-time met in the NBA Finals with both players in their prime? |
Sports Central
June 1, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
Think About Jack I am about to say four words I thought I never would say -- I feel for Kobe. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2008
Corrie Trouw |
Scouting the NBA Finals An analysis of the NBA Finals matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Failed Michael Jordan Heirs Fans and sports writers have dubbed a few young stars as the "next Jordan," but have any lived up to the hype? |
Sports Central
January 24, 2006
Chris Cornell |
The Significance of Kobe's Big Night To put Kobe Bryant's incredible achievement of solo 81 points in a single game into perspective, one only needs to look at the record books. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2010
Bob Ekstrom |
Can L.A. and Boston Just Get a Room Already? Welcome to senior prom, NBA style. |
Sports Central
June 24, 2009
Matt Thomas |
A New Laker Dynasty? There is far too much parody to consider with any sort of reasonability the fact that a single win in a single championship series is anything other than a great season worth remembering. |
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 22, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Roatation: NBA Week 8 Whether it's the two best players in the league squaring off for one of the only times that particular season, an NBA Finals rematch, old rivalries renewed, or some combination of all three, the NBA always delivers the goods on Christmas Day. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 3: What's Up, Doc? While the Celtics still have control of the series despite the loss last night, coach Rivers might want to rethink his strategy for Game 4. |
Sports Central
April 22, 2009
Wailele Sallas |
Kobe vs. LeBron, At Any Cost? Would there be anything better than seeing the two best players in the NBA attacking each other for seven games? |
Sports Central
March 20, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Truth: Paul Pierce is Real NBA MVP Something happened to the Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce this season. All of a sudden, he is the best player on the floor when he needs to be. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: NBA Finals Matchups Before the page is turned on this magical 2007 season, let's flip back in history and relive the top 10 NBA Finals matchups. |
Sports Central
July 27, 2004
Eric Williams |
An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant "I guess congratulations are in order. You won. You got what you've wanted all along. You got your max contract and Shaq got shown the door. You are now the unquestioned leader of this new-look Laker team." |
Sports Central
September 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 1) The first in a series of predictions about the upcoming NBA season. |
Sports Central
December 10, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
NBA Superstars Trading Places How has the NBA got to this point? |
Sports Central
December 16, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Kobe, For Better or (More Likely) Worse Sure, 12-9 might look fine now, but the Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble. They have already played their softest-quarter schedule this season, and tougher games lie ahead. Deep-sixing the team's other stars and keeping Kobe is the crux of the problem. |
Salon.com
June 23, 2000
Anthony York |
Bird flies the coop There's nothing sweeter to a Lakers fan than watching the former Celtic once again denied a career-capping championship. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: Role Models When Game 4 of the NBA Finals was on the line, it wasn't the greatest closer in the game who carried the lakers to a 3-1 series lead, it was their role players. |
Sports Central
August 7, 2007
Chad Kettner |
The Celtics Are Moving Forward Was the Kevin Garnett trade worth it for the Celtics? |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Sir Charles speaks -- as usual Barkley weighs in on all things basketball... |
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 24, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
In Hollywood, Everything's Zen There was a time when mutual contempt between Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson gave the NBA its reason for being. |
Sports Central
April 11, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Reveling in the Lakers' Demise The Los Angeles Lakers have both fair-weather and irrationally faithful fans. Kobe Bryant does not have the necessary leadership skills to drive the team to be champions. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Summer Blockbusters Recasting some of Hollywood's biggest summer blockbusters using key players from the NBA finals. |
Sports Central
February 1, 2010
Scott Shepherd |
Beantown Letdown The Boston Celtics are a good team. But they are no longer a great team. |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NBA Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest NBA champions of all time. |
Sports Central
February 9, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 15 A look at the top storylines from around the NBA this week. Plus, H-O-R-S-E coming to the All-Star Game, it's almost too good to be true. How can the league could possibly screw this up? |
AskMen.com
Bryan Toporek |
Shaq's Last Stand Shaq came to the Cavaliers this year to win a ring for the King, LeBron James. But could these playoffs be the grand finale of The Big Cactus' illustrious NBA career? |
Sports Central
June 7, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Finals: Making Sense of it All Everyone was excited to see a rematch of the 2008 championship round between the Celtics and Lakers. |
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. |
Sports Central
October 2, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 3) NBA's All-Decade Team: the best of the best. |
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
June 9, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 2: Too Little, Too Late The Lakers aren't dead yet. Twice in the last four NBA Finals the team with the three consecutive home games has swept all three games and gone on to win the series. |
Sports Central
January 26, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 13 Here's a look at five players having all-star worthy seasons while playing for exceptionally bad teams. |
