It’s time for everyone to cut the crap. We are officially at the point where no one knows what a superstar is anymore. Maybe we can blame Twitter, or maybe we can blame…no, we can blame Twitter. With 140 characters being able to tell a story by simply pressing “SEND”, it’s apparent that Kevin Durant isn’t a superstar and that we have all been fooled. Maybe he’s not scoring enough (you stupid 31.8 ppg), maybe he isn’t rebounding enough (silly him for leading his...
It’s hard to quantify how much of an impact injuries have had on the NBA Playoffs. Kobe Bryant isn’t playing, Derrick Rose may or may not return, Rajon Rondo has been out for months, and so on. It sucks because we wait all year for four rounds of non-stop basketball, climatic finishes and huge box scores that make our eyes pop open. So, it serves as no surprise that Russell Westbrook being out of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lineup for the rest of the...
This is the day of the NBA where almost every superstar has to leave his team for one reason or another. We all know what “decisions” got the trend started. A Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Deron Williams later and Dwight Howard is attempting to be the latest superstar to leave the team that drafted him behind. However, in this case, Howard is making a very bad attempt at jetting out of Florida. Howard actually played the loyalty card! When he could have gotten...
We all remember the NBA lockout that existed, right? Of course we do, the thing to ponder and that will grow more baffling as this summer of free agency continues is whether the owners and general managers remember it. After the Mavericks won the 2011 NBA title, the offseason began and so did tension-filled negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The owners wanted to be saved from themselves, they didn’t want big market teams to have the advantage of taking away great players...
Who are the top three point guards in the NBA? Charles Barkley addressed the question back on April 18, and my how things have changed over the past two weeks. Barkley said his top three guards are: 1. Rajon Rando 2. Tony Parker 3. Russell Westbrook That top three is looking pretty good now that we’re into the first round of the playoffs, and with Derrick Rose going down with a knee injury in the first game of the playoffs. When Barkley first listed...
When I first heard Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups had been lost for the season with a torn left Achilles’ tendon, I wondered if he had played his last NBA game.
The next question that came to mind: Is Billups a Hall of Famer?
It’s a question I brought up a couple years ago on WCBias when he lifted the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals – his seventh consecutive conference finals appearance.
SEVEN STRAIGHT!
Not even Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal or Kobe Bryant could claim...
FACT: Hell is real and you go there if you do bad things. FACT: According to the authoritative Wikipedia, there are 9 layers of Hell as described in Dante’s “Inferno”. FACT: There is a 10th layer of Hell and it is reserved for friends who trade other friends Trevor Ariza in fantasy basketball leagues and it is a mix of the previous nine layers plus an extra layer of imps and demons and Beelzebubs. Damn, you Greg Snider. See you in Hades. • The...
Not sure if you heard the news, but LeBron James is going to Miami. Not Los Angeles (sorry Lambo). Not New York (sorry Slim). Not Chicago (sorry Pembertonian, and 68% of our readers who voted in the LeBron poll). Not Cleveland (sorry: umm, we don’t know any Cavs fans here at the Bias). But I do know someone who isn’t too happy about LeBron’s decision, and it’s a breath of fresh air to finally hear Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert say what I suggested last...
Initial thoughts from tonight’s 103-94 victory by the Boston Celtics over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals: Who was the best fighter in the gym tonight? A. Hillary Swank. B. Sylvester Stallone. C. Ron Artest. Who’s guarding Ray Allen? Lakers are up 2-0 if someone gets a hand in his face. On second thought, you could have put Michael Jordan on Allen and it probably still wouldn’t have mattered. Props to the Lakers fans for actually cheering tonight. Remember...
I wasn’t in the tweeting mood during Monday’s Western Conference Finals opener, which the Los Angeles Lakers won 128-107 over the Phoenix Suns, but if I were, here’s what this bird woulda chirped: If Lamar “The Candy Man” Odom plays like this the rest of the way, give the Lakers the trophy now. Someone get this guy some Runts, or some Nerds, or something. McDonald’s LeBron James-Dwight Howard commercial reminded me of the ill-timed Kobe Bryant-LeBron James puppet show last year. Note to Ronald:...
