Tag: Hoops
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2023 Western Conference All-Star Picks
This is the same format as Eastern Conference, so I’ll going to start with is why I picked Morant over Curry as I know that many may disagree here: The Warriors are actually just under .500 which is actually what their record currently is overall. The entire Grizzlies team also revolves around Ja Morant’s gravity…
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2023 Eastern Conference All-Star Starters & Reserves
Courtesy of NBA.com All-Star selections are something no one seems to agree on entirely, so I’m not going to bore you by driveling on about why my picks are: I’m simply going to present them, providing short concise credentials for starters only. Before I begin however please decide whether you’d either hear me out or…
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Lay-off Nash: Ime and Snyder can’t fix who’s already broken in Brooklyn either
Courtesy of nytimes While I wasn’t at all surprised by the announcement today that Steve Nash and the Brooklyn Nets ‘agreed to part ways’ (although multiple legitimate news sites have all reported he was ‘fired’), I am surprised that anyone could possibly think a change in coaching could cure what ails this team: It’s three…
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2022-23 NBA Regular Season Predictions- Western Conference: Top 3 Playoff Seeds
3. LA Clippers Record: 51-31 Power-rating: 8 Courtesy of SI.com With Kawai Leonard playing extremely limited minutes off the bench and sitting out for entire games, the Clippers will be looking for George to be the major regular season contributor. Although George played the first three games and scored 40 against the Kings, he missed…
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2022-23 NBA Regular Season Predictions- Western Conference: Playoff Teams 4-6
6. Dallas Mavericks Record: 48-34 Power-rating: 8 While former Houston Rocket Christian Wood has been rumored to be a non-winning player who puts up empty stats, he’ll get the opportunity to prove everyone wrong and make an impact next to Luka although coach Jason Kidd’s decision to have him come off the bench is unexpected…