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NBA Season Preview: Top 10 Shooting Guards

Shooting guards in today’s NBA are a mixture of the former top dogs and new emerging stars. One common similarity of all these players are that their team depends on them to score them points and…Read More

GameDay Preview: 3 Questions With Hawks Blogger William Sevidal

Our Friend William Sevidal from the Hawks blog Soaring Down South joins us to answer 3 pressing questions about the Hawks, and tonight’s match-up against the New York Knicks. 1) The Hawks were dealt…Read More

Maybe Offense Can Win An NBA Championship

The old adage is that defense wins championships, and until the last 48 hours I believed that pretty strongly.  For those who have been following my comments on various posts, I keep harping that the…Read More

The Eastern Conference Playoff Picture

We already examined how much teams improved/regressed during the off-season, but now we’ll talk about how they stack up against each other.  Meaning, we gave Orlando a zero for their summer and…Read More

Off-Season Grades: Southeast Division

In part III of this series, we’ll be looking at off-season moves of the teams that make up the Southeast Division: the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic & Washington…Read More

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Backup Plans Disappearing: Rudy Gay & Joe Johnson Likely Not Going Anywhere

The Memphis Grizzlies have astounded everyone by offering a near-max contract to Rudy Gay.  Since they…Read More

Free Agency Myths & Irrelevancies

With LeBron-frenzy-ation reaching new heights as we approach hunting seasonfree agency’s opening…Read More

Donnie Walsh’s Wish List Revealed

In very odd timing, the Knicks front office revealed this summer’s major targets, and none of…Read More

New 2010 Draft Predictions

Again, this comes from my friend Shai. It’s long, so take a deep breath, and enjoy: Evaluating…Read More

Is Joe Johnson Worth A Max Deal?

I really love Manu Ginobili, and I would’ve loved to see what he could do as a Knick, but I gotta…Read More

Fwd: If “Iron Man 2″ Was A NBA Team

Here’s a fun little (aka long) post I wrote for the main FanSided page: Big summer franchise movies…Read More

Could Carmelo Anthony Be An Option?

After yet another crushing first round loss for Carmelo Anthony, one has to wonder how much longer he’s…Read More

Fwd: Three Best NBA Quotes In Last 24 Hours

From the main FanSided page: 1. Okay, everyone knows about this quote ‘cuz the Chicago Bulls’…Read More

How To Root In The Playoffs As A Knicks Fan

It’s Fan Appreciation 101 to root for your team to win, but as anyone who’s taken higher…Read More

Great Free Agency News For Knicks!

As ESPN reported today: The New York Knicks and other teams hoarding salary-cap space got some good…Read More

Non-(MSG)Garden Variety: Ladies’ Night, Bagheads, & Agents Unite To Control The Free World (uh… or Free Agency)

Across ESPN’s TrueHoop and a few other sites, there has been a back-and-forth about female basketball…Read More

Does D’Antoni Hate Rookies?

After Jordan Hill’s solid play Sunday against the Knicks, Tom Ziller of NBA Fanhouse examined…Read More

Free Agency Updates: LeBron Loves Joe Johnson, while Dwayne Wade Ogles Amar’e Stoudemire

In an ESPN.com article, Mark Stein writes: It is widely assumed that LeBron James and Chris Bosh…Read More

What Free Agents Could Realistically Come To NYC? Part III

In Part I we talked about what each of the teams competing for free agents had to offer.  In Part II,…Read More

Somehow Knicks Remain Undefeated In Three Games Against Atlanta Hawks

This year the Atlanta Hawks picked up former Knick Jamal Crawford, who is second on the team in scoring…Read More