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
Pablo Prigioni. Raymond Felton. Chris Smith. Toure’ Murry. Langston Galloway. Shane Larkin. Jose Calderon. Jerian Grant. Derrick Rose. Chasson Randle. Brandon Jennings. The directory above contains all the point guards Carmelo Anthony has played with during the last half-decade. Say whatever you want about the
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale So much for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lack of flexibility. Though they entered the summer barren of cap space and with very few trade assets, the Thunder somehow turned their restrictive position into the additions of Paul George, Patrick
We are in the golden age of point guards. No longer are the duties of the position restricted to getting everyone involved and looking to score in opportunistic situations. Along with initiating the offense, lead guards in today’s NBA are tasked with putting up large
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
Pretty much every 2017 NBA free agent you care about has signed a contract—except, for some reason, JaMychal Green and Nerlens Noel. But those are topics for a different day, in a different place. Because right here, right now, in the world of Hardwood Knocks,
Perception is reality. Players who produce a lot of points are sometimes misidentified as someone you should want on your NBA team. And by comparison, those who don’t are susceptible to being overlooked. Last season, some foolishly debated whether Draymond Green deserved a spot on
“There’s no way I can justify my salary level, but I’m learning to live with it.” —Ian Mahinmi. Well, Drew Carey…but actually Ian Mahinmi. As free agency continues to trudge on, we’re seeing the fallout of the frivolous spending of the 2016 NBA offseason. Guys