Sports brings up a ton of issues about life and how we deal with adversity. With last night’s NBA game, I thought I’d delve into this concept. Roots of Sport and The Warrior Mentality Many people liken major sports today to the old Gladiator games of ancient Rome where prisoners literally killed each other for […]
We are finally here at the end of the NBA season. The NBA Playoffs are the best part of the season by far. Unlike the NFL where every game matters, the NBA regular season is really long. So, the playoffs pit the best teams against each other, and this year it appears the NBA got […]
The NBA for the first time in 5 years is not a foregone conclusion who will play in the NBA Finals. After 4 straight years of Golden State versus Lebron’s Cleveland Cavaliers, for once we will have a different team in the East. However, we may even get a different team out of the West. […]
I am a little late to the party here, but in watching Milwaukee’s super star, The Greek Freak, I can see why he has ascended to the top of the NBA in this series against the Celtics. Background In 2013, the Milwaukee Bucks selected an 18 year old relative unknown player from Greece named Giannis […]
With March Madness behind us, I’ll finally focus on the NBA again. The NBA Playoffs give us the best basketball the world has to offer. Finally, the most talented players on Earth play for something with maximum effort. The 82 game season is a real grind, and as such, it is hard for teams to […]
The NBA can be argued is at its strongest since the end of the Jordan era in 1998. The interest in the sport is at a high in ratings. The television contract is extremely lucrative. The players are among the highest paid entertainers in the world according to Forbes this week. However, one thing is […]
The Conference Finals finally gave us 2 series pushed to the brink with back to back Game 7s. Maybe for most, the intrigue wasn’t there, but both teams who won were down 3-2 in their respective series and both had to win Game 7 on the road. That’s awesome. Let’s review. Conference Finals Review Eastern […]
Ok, so on Tuesday, I reviewed where we were in the NBA Conference series, and of course, my predictions couldn’t have been more wrong. One thing about the NBA playoffs you can count on is uncertainty and how each game changes the narrative for the following game. Let’s recap what’s happened this week: Eastern Conference […]
This time of year, it is a little slow for sports, to be honest. We had the Preakness on Saturday – Justify won the 2nd leg, as expected (my bets didn’t pan out, also as expected). Baseball has passed the quarter pole. Football started OTAs. Yes, the NHL is about to go into the Stanley […]
As the NBA playoffs are in full swing with Conference Finals alternating nights, the other teams not in the playoffs have a stake in the action tonight. Tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern/6:30 PM Central before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Celtics and Cavs, the NBA Lottery will take place right here […]