In a league where more than half of all teams make the playoffs, it can still be agony for fans to have their hopes dashed year to year. Contending is the ultimate goal, but long before that, the road to the playoffs can be grueling
The Milwaukee Bucks have successfully acquired a group of long, versatile defenders to match up with offenses that are becoming increasingly difficult to stop. Unfortunately for the players and front office, head coach Jason Kidd is letting them down with his backward defensive schemes. Kidd
Tom Thibodeau’s willingness to expose his best players to unmerciful workloads has become a common punchline for basketball jokes. In his last five full seasons as a head coach, his teams have never finished higher than 25th in bench minutes. The bitter aftertaste of Thibodeau’s
By now, the collective basketball world has deciphered the obvious: The Houston Rockets are the NBA’s second-best team. They sport a 25-8 record. James Harden is the runaway MVP candidate. Chris Paul is smiling for the first time in six years. And Clint Capela is
Coaches constantly wrestle with the balance between old and new, integrating the newest trends and discoveries with their deeply ingrained thoughts on how the game of basketball is supposed to be played. Perhaps it’s my relative youth (I’m knocking on the door of 26, so
Happy holidays, Hardwood Knocksers! Now, let’s get busy. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale In the latest episode, Andy and Dan go around the NBA after diving head first into an extensive listener-driven mailbag. Our journey takes use from the surging Chicago Bulls and streaking Oklahoma city Thunder, to
Is Lonzo Ball on the verge of stardom? Will the Los Angeles Lakers bring back their “Showtime” identity? Which big-name free agents will make Los Angeles their new home this offseason? The youngest team in the league’s media coverage this year has been a circus
The Toronto Raptors know how to win in the regular season. They’ve proved as much, securing home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference each of the last four years. Over that span, they have had one of most potent attacks in the league. In fact, since