Hard to believe there’s only about one month remaining in the NBA regular season, but here we are. Down the stretch come the horses, and they’re sorted realistically into three different categories: the front-runners for the title (top teams in each conference), those jockeying for
Eight NBA teams are vying for the Western Conference’s final six playoff seeds, and things are starting to get weird. Everyone is worthy, and no one is safe. iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Can the Spurs survive the NBA’s toughest remaining schedule without Kawhi Leonard? Could the Thunder
The slate is full this week as we come back for our first post-All-Star Break edition of Coach Spins’ Clipboard. From some key play over the last 15 games to musings on defensive statistics after the Sloan Conference, we dabble in every type of topic
NBA Math’s Arjun Baradwaj (@arjunebug21) and Chris Crouse (CW_Crouse) join Hardwood Knocks to talk about everything they learned, saw and heard while attending the 2018 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. From NBA playoff realignment and tanking, to potential league expansion and team relocation, to legalized
MAIL TIME! But first, some breaking-news items. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Will Dwyane Wade retire after this season? Is Gregg Popovich subtly recruiting LeBron James on behalf of the Spurs? How much does Ersan Ilyasova help the 76ers? Andy and Dan douse the NBA’s latest talking points
The NBA All-Star break provided no respite from the league’s 24/7/365 news cycle. Kawhi Leonard might be done for the season in San Antonio. The Hornets are undergoing front-office changes that could result in them trading Kemba Walker over the summer. Jimmy Butler is tired.
In a vacuum, the New York Knicks’ perplexing deal sending Willy Hernangomez to the Charlotte Hornets isn’t all that surprising. The recent trade demand for the 23-year-old all but guaranteed he would be heavily shopped before the Feb. 8 deadline. But the expected nature of
Andy and Dan preview and predict the winner for every major All-Star Weekend event: Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, Slam Dunk Competition, Rising Stars Challenge and Sunday night’s main attraction itself. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale After that, the dynamic duo takes a stab at forecasting how the Western Conference’s