Commissioner Adam Silver’s decision was made official Wednesday night, a little more than a day after the Cleveland Cavaliers announced Kevin Love would miss the next six weeks following arthroscopic surgery on his left knee: Carmelo Anthony would join the Eastern Conference All-Star team, making
Two elements defined the 15-year period in Boston Celtics history between the retirement of Larry Joe Bird and the landing of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett: sustained mediocrity and Antoine Walker three-point attempts. Walker came to Boston fresh off of an NCAA title with the
Somewhat lost within the tufts of smoke emanating from the blazing ruin of the New York Knicks’ season is last summer’s defining addition, Derrick Rose. This is not written ironically, as it could have been on Jan. 9, when Rose actually went missing. It’s more
When Andre Drummond fights for a board with three members of the opposition and successfully corrals it, he gets credit for a single rebound. The same is true when he hauls in the ball with no one in the immediate vicinity. But should those plays really
It’s one of the NBA’s most exciting plays. A deadly ball-handler directs everyone out of the painted area, clearing the court so he can take his defender in a one-on-one battle. With some flashy handles, a few eye-fakes and terrifyingly quick changes of direction, he
Not every assist is equal, and the same is true for seemingly equivalent per-game lines. Two NBA players averaging five assists aren’t identically adept passers. Right off the bat, we’ll admit we’re overlooking plenty of factors here. Passes squeezed into tight spaces count the same as easy feeds
The Toronto Raptors have a center ranked in the top 30 of our total points added (TPA) hierarchy, but it’s not Jonas Valanciunas. While the starting 5 sits at No. 269, sandwiched directly between Joffrey Lauvergne and James Michael McAdoo, Lucas Nogueira has risen sharply.
During the 2014-15 season, Joe Ingles’ first in the NBA, I remember sitting in a hotel room with some fellow door-to-door salesmen, watching the Utah Jazz play and listening to those coworkers laughing about the rookie small forward. “How is this guy in the NBA?” served