Browsing Tag Carmelo Anthony
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30 July 2012 at 11 : 57 AM
Increased news coverage spoils Olympic results
Basketball fans have to stop surfing the Internet and watching sports news on the US Basketball team till the Olympic tournament finishes. ESPN, CBSsports, Google, Yahoo and other media outlets report the results of the Olympic events as they happen in advance of US television telecasts. It is futile to understand for what reason since it will ruin the ...
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22 May 2012 at 08 : 25 AM
An insight into the ‘diva’ basketball athlete
'You are the best player on your team (college, youth, pro). Everyone knows this and every game it can be seen.' 'In the final minutes of a game, your coach calls a play you don't like and another player gets that play called for him--he misses. Your team loses the game.' Do you blame the coach for not giving you the ball? This NBA season more than ...
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17 April 2012 at 23 : 33 PM
Race to the Playoffs Part 1 – East Conference
The NBA Playoffs are approaching us quickly with most teams having five more games left till the end of the regular season. This year's condensed season has provided us with amazing story lines, highlights and drama. It has brought new found fame to rising stars, surprising trades and unfortunately a huge amount of injuries. As our focus slowly turns to ...
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9 March 2012 at 11 : 27 AM
‘Melo to the Bulls (a fantasy trade scenario)
With six days until the trading deadline, all the sports news outlets are buzzing with rumors or falling over themselves to get a blockbuster story. Dwight Howard looks like he will get traded and many teams are rumored to be in the running to acquire him. The Chicago Bulls, although humming along the Eastern conference and their season with the top seed in ...
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27 December 2011 at 10 : 54 AM
Basketball is BACK!
I am certain that I have at least millions of people agreeing with me when I say "The best Christmas present was the fact that basketball is back!" The big stadiums, polished courts, stage lights and thousands of fans have a reason to be set alight as the sound of the players running, ball bouncing and the beautiful 'swish' is now heard! Basketball ...
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29 November 2011 at 19 : 07 PM
Was there any point in the Lockout?
So the season is set to being on Christmas Day, December 25th with a triple header that will showcase 6 of the NBA's most popular teams (Celtics vs Knicks, Heat vs Mavericks, Lakers vs Bulls). Seems like a great way to start the shortened 66 game season off with a bang! By opening up the season with 3 marquee games the NBA is bringing in the new year ...
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15 April 2011 at 10 : 57 AM
Eastern Conference 1st Round Matchup: Celtics vs. Knicks
First Round Playoff Matchup – Eastern Conference (3) Boston Celtics 56-26 vs. (6) New York Knicks 42-40 In this battle of 2 of the NBA’s older and more historic Franchises, The Boston Celtics face off versus the New York Knicks in their 1st Round Playoff Matchup. Finishing 3rd overall in the East, The Celtics have home-court advantage, and ...
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7 April 2011 at 11 : 10 AM
Playoff Bound! Lets Go!!
Lets Cut straight to the chase, Knicks clinched a playoff berth. With a Bobcats loss and a Knicks win, FINALLY!!! After almost 10 season's! I'm shocked to be quite Honest! Tonight we played the 76er's in Philly for the 6th spot and they battled. They lost Chauncey to a thigh bruise and almost lost A'mare, but he Found his heart and came back in the ...
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30 March 2011 at 19 : 29 PM
Finally! A WIN!
Well Well Well who do we have a Here?! The Knicks? with a WIN against an actual playoff team, I'm not to sure what to say about this Win because the Knicks had it lucky without the Orlando Magic star Point Gaurd Jameer Nelson, who usually has his way with the Knick Guard's. The Knicks played a tough game from the get go, being down in the beginning ...
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26 March 2011 at 14 : 29 PM
New York. New York. Home of the Bright Lights and Big Losers?
New York Knick fans have got to know this storyline all too well, closing in to the end of the regular season, and your under .500 and your slowly but surely losing your way out of the playoff run. Even with Carmelo Anthony undoubtedly the best PURE scorer the NBA has seen, its mind boggling as to how they are tablet losing to lackluster teams who seem ...
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