Howdy, Hardwood Knocksers! Get ready to cover some serious ground in advance of the NBA’s robust Christmas Day slate. We have picks for every game, plus a mailbag, and then, yes, some LeBron James rumors to tackle! Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Who will win the battle of the
The NBA will open its All-Star voting on Dec. 21, which basically means the league is begging Andy and Dan to build a 24-player pool for February’s showcase. Though the Association has tweaked the rules, allowing for captains who select their teammates irrespective of conference affiliation,
Not too long ago, NBA Math held a straw poll among its writers, prompting everyone to vote on midseason awards. Most of my choices were pretty boilerplate: James Harden as the MVP, Ben Simmons as Rookie of the Year, Victor Oladipo for Most Improved Player
Swishes with Sampson is back, and I’ve circled the NBA to bring you an excellent buffet of delicious mind-food lined up for your taking. There are no rules to this game I play, and the objective is simple: I pick out four things I think
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 to the debut of Swishes with Sampson, where I’ll take a weekly look around the NBA and share five things I found, let’s say, interesting. Some of them may be good, and some may be bad. Some of them might be otherwise. I’ll let
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale David Fizdale is out as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, as first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff is, for the meantime, in. Figuring out what this means for the Grizzlies’ future takes a couple leaps of faith. It
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale To borrow a phrase from the legendary Blue’s Clues: MAIL TIME. In this week’s Hardwood Knocks mailbag, you, our loyal listeners, give us plenty of material with which to work. Your questions were fantastic, and they allowed us to tackle each of the following, among