If luck truly is the byproduct of preparation colliding with opportunity, then Spencer Dinwiddie finally caught a break in November 2017, when he took the place of injured Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell. And if the first quarter of the season is any indication,
Now that the 2017-18 NBA season has eked pasts its quarter-pole mark, rumor has it we’re free to hand out report grades for every team. So, ya know, let’s do that. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Hardwood Knocks already tackled the Western Conference, which you can, and should,
Welcome back to Swishes with Sampson, where I glance around the NBA and pick out five things I particularly enjoyed (or didn’t enjoy) over the past week. I’m a man who plays by my own set of rules (don’t tell my wife I said that),
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Now that the 2017-18 NBA season has eked pasts its quarter-pole mark, rumor has it we’re free to hand out report grades for every team. So, you know, let’s do that! Hardwood Knocks will begin with the Western Conference’s jumble of craziness. And
Tyson Chandler and DeAndre Jordan. They’re the go-to examples of a distinctive NBA archetype: the athletic center who patrols the paint on defense and rolls to the rim on offense. They’re also the players to whom scouts and analysts compared Willie Cauley-Stein ahead of the
Welcome to the second production of Tin Hat Stats here at the small-sample theatre! Last month, we talked about the inevitable fall of Nikola Vucevic’s true shooting percentage (it fell from 62.4 to 55.2), the eventual rise of the Houston Rockets three-point numbers (they are
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Y’all: Here’s the mail. It never fails. It makes us wanna wag our tails. When it comes, we wanna wail MAAAAAIIIIIL! In this week’s Hardwood Knocks mailbag, our deep dive into listener questions leads to hypothetical trades for the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies,
The New Orleans Pelicans shocked the NBA world last year when they acquired DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings at the end of All-Star Weekend. In a league that is getting smaller by the day, the move went against conventional wisdom, pairing two of basketball’s