Archive for the 'NBA Playoffs' Category

Day 124 of 124: Anybody Home?

When it’s the morning after the last day of regular season basketball, and the stats aren’t loading, and everyone’s rested their main guys last night anyway, and I haven’t gotten together with Patrick and Erik for our End of Year Awards yet… all I’m left with is a playoff preview… If it’s interesting to me, [...]

Fantasy Stockwatch: The Playoff Effect Part 1

Is it too early to start thinking about next season? After the monstrosity that was the Finals Game 6, I say it is actually the perfect time. Whether it is fantasy or reality, it’s impossible not to take playoff performance into account when evaluating a player for the upcoming season. Sometimes a guy’s performance is [...]

Simulating the NBA Finals

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GMTR’s Twitter Approved Playoff Previews

1. Cleveland vs 8.Chicago – The Bulls split the season series and are healthy, but come on. This is LeBron’s year if Shaq doesn’t screw it up. 2. Orlando vs 7. Charlotte – 5 reasons to love the Bobcats. 1 reason not to love them: Theo Ratliff is their starting center. 3. Atlanta vs 6. [...]

Day 169 of 170: Derrick Rose Keeps Me Up All Night

Line of the Night: Or at least up later than I made it with Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live. D-Rose (1.38) got the Bulls a half-game closer to making the playoffs with a career-high (but fairly pedestrian for Kevin Durant) 39 points. He also had 5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 blocks while shooting [...]