May 4th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in “Perk” Has Been There Done That Leave it up to the Big Hoss. “Perk did it,” Kevin Durant told Yahoo Sports, when responding to who engineered the players-only meeting. “He wanted us to do it, and everybody listens to Perk. The intimidation factor must make a difference. The experience counts, too. A shiny championship ring [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Reason For Thunder’s Game Two Bounce Back: Players Only Meeting?
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Rose And Boozer Expected To Play Tonight Against Hawks
How Much Will The MVP Be Affected In Game Two? Derrick Rose will be presented the Most Valuable Player award tonight in his hometown before Game two’s tip-off against Atlanta. There was no doubting he would receive the hardware, and there’s also no doubting he was going to play following his team’s loss in Game [...]
Home Teams Protect House In Game 2 With Superb Offensive Efforts
Durant’s A Bad, Bad Man Western Conference Memphis Grizzlies (8) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (4) 5/1: Game One–Grizzlies 114, THUNDER 101 (1-0, Memphis) 5/3: Game Two–THUNDER 111, Grizzlies 102 (1-1, Tie) There were a bunch of interesting stats from this game, but here’s the only important one: the Thunder shot 52.8% from the floor. No [...]
Is Chris Paul Really A Big Fan Of New York?
The Big Apple Is Getting Giddy Sitting courtside watching his buddy [LeBron] in Game two against Boston. Just like his Olympic teammate, he also likes donning the Yankees fitted. Could this be another attention-grabbing, overhyped free-agent attraction? Isn’t it obvious, that Paul’s heading to New York this Summer because of a toast he made at [...]
Former Rockets Coach Rick Adelman Rejected Mentor Role
Adelman Had Other Plans According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, the Rockets wanted Rick Adelman back to help show the ropes to his potential successor. A guidance counselor? Adelman was uninterested in such a position. “We agreed to keep those conversations to ourselves,” Rockets GM Daryl Morey said last month. “We feel like [...]
Do Celtics Have An Answer For LeBron?
LeBron Is Having His Way Writers and ESPN are already championing this series as the triumph of the young versus the old, with the Celtics unable to keep up with the Heat. They point to the injuries they have sustained as evidence. The Heat deserve some credit for being very fast, very athletic, using this [...]
LeBron’s Second Half Takeover Cripples Celtics 102-91
Is The Heat Getting Too Hot For The Celtics To Handle? LeBron’s turn. After Dwayne Wade set the tone with a dazzling display of dominance in Game one, “The King” followed up his teammate’s dominance with a display of his own in Game two. However, his performance really didn’t get under way until midway in [...]
Lakers-Mavs: A Rare Playoffs Treat
Even The Beverly Hills Cop Is Getting Excited An interesting stat came to mind as the Lakers/Mavs series is set to start. Kobe and Dirk have never played each other in the playoffs. The table below tries to find out if this quirky stat is because they just missed playing each other in some years [...]