With the San Antonio Spurs, I think we all know what you get: a team that is pretty much blue-collar, without all the pretense that other NBA teams seem to have in terms of star players with their attitudes. And no doubt, coach Gregg Popovich has something to do with that. That perhaps may explain [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Spurs Shoot 57 Percent, Overwhelm Kings 113-100
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Pacers Win Third Straight, Blast Trail Blazers 100-87
With Jim O’Brien no longer the coach of the Indiana Pacers, the team obviously has had to get acclimated to the coaching style of interim coach Frank Vogel. Since Vogel has taken over, the Pacers have gone 2-0 and have been especially aggresive on the boards, soemthing that was almost non-existent when O’Brien was the [...]
2011 NBA Calendar
February 4th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in 2011 NBA All-Star Game, NBA Draft Lottery, NBA Finals, NBA Regular Season, NBA Trading Deadline Below are NBA events scheduled to take place, effective February 4, 2011: Feb. 18-20 — All-Star game (Los Angeles). Feb. 24 — Trade deadline, 3 p.m. EST. April 13 — Regular season ends. April 14 — Rosters set for playoffs, 3 p.m. EDT. April 16 — Playoffs begin. May 17 — NBA draft lottery. June [...]
James Explodes For 51, Heat Hold Off Magic 104-100
LeBron James exploded for 51 points Thursday night as the Miami Heat took on the Orlando Magic at Amway Center. James scoring in huge numbers is nothing unusual with him as he can be a scoring machine at any given time. The 51 scored by James, while welcome by the team, would be a point [...]
2011 NBA All-Star Game Reserves Announced
As I had said earlier in an article I posted earlier today, the selection of the reserve players for the NBA All-Star Game is a process that will not please everybody as there are many deserving players. Having said that, the National Basketball Association on Thursday announced the Eastern and Western Conference rosters. As you’ll see [...]
What Gives Yao? Four Other Centers That Deserve To Play in The All-Star Game
I noticed something earlier today I glanced at it, and then did a double take. What I saw was that Yao Ming, was the starting center for the Western Conference All-Stars? That can possibly be the case, as he is injured yet again this season and has just played in five games the entire season! [...]
Cold-Shooting Bucks Scorched By Suns 92-77
It is common knowledge that the Milwaukee Bucks are the lowest scoring team in the National Basketball Association, averaging around 91 points per contest. During Wednesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center, the Bucks once again showed their true colors. They managed to shoot a frigid 31 percent while the Suns [...]
2011 NBA All-Star Game Reserves – Who Deserves A Nod?
The beautiful – and contentious – thing about selecting reserves for both the Western and Eastern conferences for the NBA All-Star game is that you cannot please everyone in terms of who is selected and snubbed. Yet the current system that’s in place will be around presumably for some time to come. Having said that, I [...]