iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Few teams in the NBA are as tough to forecast ahead of the 2017-18 season as the Portland Trail Blazers. They won just 41 games last year and are not appreciably better on paper, but their 20-tilt tear with
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the NBA’s most facinating teams to watch leading into 2017-18. On the one hand, they lost Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets, a soul-sundering move no matter how you spin it. On
Pinpointing LaMarcus Aldridge’s current value to the San Antonio Spurs is tricky, and, frankly, the answer differs depending on who you ask. But what can’t be disputed is the public’s enduring memory of the big man’s play. The 31-year-old power forward is coming off a
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale The Detroit Pistons followed up their disappointing 37-win campaign in 2016-17 with one hell of an offseason. They hard-capped themselves on Day 1—Day 1!—of free agency. They traded the two years and $10.4 million remaining on Marcus Morris’ contract
Despite the 2000s acting as a nadir for the NBA due to low-scoring games and iso-centric ugliness dominating most offenses, the 2010s have brought the game to a new plateau. Gone are the puny point totals of yesteryears, replaced by record-shattering offensive ratings and historically
Once upon a time, there were five positions on a basketball court at a time: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center. Now, the game has evolved to a point of positional fluidity where individual players don’t align perfectly with their archetypal
I love the old coaching paradigm: Spacing is offense, and offense is spacing. It sounds so simple and downright obvious, especially when most who have played or watched basketball know the importance of the three-point shot these days. As evident as it may be, so
While the 1990s were a sort of zenith for the NBA—both in terms of popularity and on-court product—the 2000s couldn’t keep the good times rolling. Struggling to find a face of the league post Michael Jordan, the NBA became even more hyper-focused on iso-ball. And