Bernucca: NBA playoff races are 16 days to glory, for some
Sixteen days to glory. The title of Bud Greenspan’s documentary of the 1984 Olympics also is fitting for the NBA season, which has just 16 days remaining and a dozen playoff spots still up for grabs....
View ArticleSH Blog: Chauncey Billups way ahead of schedule, Ronnie Brewer undergoes...
As the time for training camp reaches near, we will start to hear more in detail about about the mindset and the health status of players around the league. It’s a small dosage, but we have some...
View ArticleNBA Players React to Boston Marathon Tragedy
Tragedy struck in Boston on Monday afternoon when two bombs exploded near the finish line to the 2013 Boston Marathon. Below is a video of President Barack Obama’s response followed by the Twitter...
View ArticleFive Things To Watch: Portland Trail Blazers
The 2012-13 season was not a kind one to the Portland Trail Blazers. Forget the NBA Rookie of the Year Award given unanimously for only the fourth time in history to Damian Lillard. Forget, too, the...
View ArticleSprung: Freedom, chemistry behind Trail Blazers’ early success
BROOKLYN – Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts doesn’t run any crazy offensive scheme. He just tries to get the most out of his talented players. Often this season, that has meant letting his...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: NBA, Players Remember Nelson Mandela
Many amazing men have walked the earth having had a profound impact on the world with their lives. Men like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr.. Their deaths were monumental and...
View ArticleThe NBA Remembers Dr. Jack Ramsay
Monday morning Hall of Fame head coach and NBA broadcaster Dr. Jack Ramsay, 89, died. The cause of death was immediately known, though he had endured a long battle with cancer and had been recently...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: NBA Athletes and Personnel Honor American Legend Maya Angelou
An American legend died. No, we’re not talking about someone from the NBA or even the professional sports industry. However, her—yes HER, impact has crossed all sorts of socio-economic...
View ArticleBernucca: Grizzlies Take Grit ‘n’ Grind to Another Gear
Just six NBA teams have played at a .600 pace this season. A seventh briefly reached the threshold last week, and you have to wonder how in the world they got there. Consider that this team: Is in the...
View ArticleBernucca: For Some Teams, Playoffs Have Already Started
On Saturday night, while most basketball fans were watching the Final Four, the NBA playoffs got under way. Not officially, of course. That doesn’t happen until April 16. But for the Detroit Pistons,...
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