Toronto and its basketball team have developed a special love and obsession for the number six, thanks to Canadian rapper Drake, who came up with the city’s nickname, “The Six,” and was dubbed the organization’s global ambassador in 2013. The Raptors, in fact, just unveiled their
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
It’s okay Warner Bros. You no longer need to film Space Jam 2. The NBA has blessed us with many great storylines since the offseason, including a live sequel of the greatest basketball film in history unfolding before our eyes. The Western Conference has been
Take a look at the NBA’s defensive efficiency rankings, and you’ll notice the Boston Celtics at the very top, allowing just 95.7 points per 100 possessions. That number isn’t merely good; it would be the best defensive rating since the 2011-12 season, when Tom Thibodeau’s
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 @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale If only every absurdly hot start to the 2017-18 NBA season could last forever. Sadly, though, life on the hardwood doesn’t work like that. Some blistering beginnings are for real. Others? Not so much. They’re protracted smokescreens—players and teams capitalizing on fiery streaks
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Certain NBA players and teams always fall short of expectations to start the regular season. But a few select cases are more dire than others. Take the Cleveland Cavaliers. They’re sporting a bottom-five defense, lackluster offense, plenty of injuries
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Finally, at long last, following an offseason in which nothing happened, the NBA is giving us something to talk about. (Wink, wink.) For realsies, though: Now that the 2017-18 NBA season is more than a week old, it feels like a