There are several story lines emerging early this NBA Season. The Warriors might be better than they were last year. The Rockets have become a dumpster fire. The Kings can’t seem to go two months without a players-only meeting. Kobe…
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Merry Porzingmas
Posted in Basketball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: Dunks, Latvia, NBA, Porzingis, Uncle Tony, Vaugely Racist Holiday Gatherings
Behold the King
Let me start this off by saying LeBron James was the Finals MVP, but didn’t get it. This does not matter. Finals MVP is just an arbitrary title. We all know who the real MVP: King James recently confirmed this when…
16 Wins: NBA Playoffs Preview
Editor’s Note: We know the playoffs already started. Thanks. The NBA regular season is in the books and holy crap was it a ride. We came in expecting the same old same old. Lebron and the Cavs would dominate. The…
Posted in Basketball, Featured Tagged with: Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, New Orleans Pelicans, Playoff Rondo, playoffs, Portland Trailblazers, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards
The MADNESS Preview: Sweet Sixteen
I hope you all really enjoyed the first two rounds and aren’t too upset about your brackets being busted! But how fun were those first two rounds? UAB beat Iowa State, and then Georgia State came from behind to beat…
Posted in Basketball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: Basketball, Frank Kaminsky, Georgia State, March Madness, NCAA, Notre Dame, RJ Hunter, Sweet Sixteen, Wichita State, Wisconsin
The MADNESS Preview: Round 1
First of all if you want to play along with the BGS Crew join this ESPN League: The password is bgsbracket. Also, I cannot stress enough that this is not a bracket building piece. I’m not here to help you win…
Posted in Basketball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: Butler, Davidson, First Round, Iowa, March Madness, NCAA, Ohio State, Texas, VCU
Breaking Down NBA Trade Deadline 2015
This year’s trade deadline was awesome. How crazy were the flurry of deals at the end? I was so hype. Being on twitter during the last hour was insane as speculative deals started flying around. And then at the end when tons…
Posted in Also Featured, Basketball Tagged with: Brandon Knight, DJ Augustin, Enes Kanter, Goran Dragic, JaVale McGee, Kevin Garnett, NBA, Reggie Jackson, trade deadline
Coach Bud & Four All-Stars: The 2014-2015 Hawks
If any of you actually put yourself through watching the All-Star Game, you know that Coach of the Year candidate Mike Budenholzer coached an Eastern Conference All-Star team with four Hawks on it. At one point he actually started a…
Posted in Basketball, Columns Tagged with: Al Horford, analytics, Basketball, coach bud, hawks, Jeff Teague, Kyle Korver, Kyle trying to be smart, NBA, Paul Milsap
FIFY: The NBA’s Dunk Contest Problem
We’re about a month away from the NBA’s annual All-Star Weekend. What used to be a ton of fun has generally turned into a blasé affair of no defense, drawn out skills competitions, and KIA commercials masquerading as dunks. The…
Posted in Basketball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: All-Star Weekend, Christian Laettner, Derrick Favors, Dominique Wilkins, Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard, Hasheem Thabeet, Joel Embiid, Jordan Crawford, Josh Smith, LeBron James, Nate Robinson, NBA, Nerlens Noel, Timofey Mozgov
Drop The Mic: Top 5 Athlete Interviews
In light of the Seahawks recent march towards the NFC title game and Marshawn Lynch’s incredible fine-avoiding interviews, I thought we’d look back at some of the greatest interviews I’ve been privy to witness in my short life. So often…
Posted in Also Featured, Baseball, Basketball, Football, NFL, NHL, Sports Tagged with: A.I., Allen Iverson, English, Ilya Bryzgalov, Michael Crabtree, More goals, More shoots, Munenori Kawasaki, Nail Yakupov, Press Hop, Richard Sherman, Skip Bayless, The Universe
Hawks Offseason Report: Thabo Sefolosha
This offseason the Hawks disappointed many (me) by not making many moves despite having close to max level cap room after trading Lou Williams and waiving Jon Salmons. However, the Hawks did sign Thabo Sefolosha formerly of the Oklahoma City…
