On Dec. 3, Nikola Vucevic put on a show at Madison Square Garden, tallying 34 points (on 13-of-19 shooting), 12 rebounds, three assists and two blocks as the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 105-100. He had his full repertoire going that night—from flip
On November 10, the outlook for the Utah Jazz seemed bleak. They were 5-7 and had just lost to the Miami Heat, only managing to muster 74 points. Worse, though, was the fact that franchise centerpiece Rudy Gobert went down with a knee injury that
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale This one’s for the Luka Doncic fans. And the Michael Porter Jr. enthusiasts. And the DeAndre Ayton lovers. And the Marvin Bagley III apologists. “Tanking” is an uncomfortable word for NBA teams—unless, of course, they’re already tanking their brains out. (Sup, Sacramento Kings,
DALLAS — Nobody said being a teenager in the NBA was going to be easy. But Dennis Smith Jr., the Dallas Mavericks’ 19-year-old rookie point guard, sure made it look like a breeze in his professional debut against the Atlanta Hawks, tallying 16 points (on
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale THROWBACK ALERT. Former co-host of Hardwood Knocks-turned-founder of NBA Math Adam Fromal (@fromal09) reunited with Dan Favale to discuss the 2017-18 Denver Nuggets—the toast of the NBA’s up-and-comer discussion. You can’t blame anyone for being high on the Nuggets. The combination of Nikola
The German-born NBA player pool is relatively small, consisting of only three players from 2016-17. Telling you last season’s leader among that group shot 45.6 percent from 16 feet to the three-point arc doesn’t mean all that much. That’s right, Dirk Nowitz… wait, Dennis Schroder?
For all its complexities, the NBA salary-cap rules are fairly easy to navigate from a theoretical standpoint. The league and the NBA Players Association both want to encourage spending on player salaries, which is why a soft cap (one that can be exceeded) is in
If the 1980s saved basketball from sinking into oblivion, the 1990s helped take the game to another stratosphere. Players like Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing formed rivalries and partook in playoff showdowns still revered to this day. But you’d