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Patrick McKelvey | Friday, January 31, 2020
I’m a Knicks fan. I’ve been a Knicks fan my whole life. Outside of a few semi-magical seasons, I’ve been treated to two decades of bottom-of-the barrel, borderline unwatchable basketball. Sometimes a season will start out promising. But disappointment always rears its head by January. When you’re a Knicks fan, you learn to enjoy the
Holden Perrelli | Monday, April 1, 2019
LeBron James will miss the last six games of the regular season for the Los Angeles Lakers, according to a joint statement from team president Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka. The Lakers are citing a groin injury that cost James 17 consecutive games during the season as the impetus for the decision, with
Paris Shirley | Friday, March 22, 2019
When LeBron James packed up his bags for the bright lights of Los Angeles last summer, he flipped the script on many of the commanding narratives of the modern NBA. It was a revolution in the movement of player empowerment that began with his superteam-constructing actions eight years prior in Miami, and simultaneously a “Game
Will Richard | Friday, February 8, 2019
In the past few years, we have observed a shift in the sports culture: The era of building and developing through the draft has, in most cases, died off. Rather, the new movement in sports culture reflects a heightened emphasis on aggressive moves through front-office management via trades or free agency to acquire as much
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, November 5, 2018
Only 10 games into the 82-game NBA season and things are starting to shake out as teams work through injuries and new additions. Although no significant conclusions can be made until at least the All-Star break, these are my much-too-soon observations. Minnesota Timberwolves Featuring the backcourt duo of Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose, the Wolves
Mia Berry | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The infamous J.R. Smith game-1 debacle and the Warriors’ eventual sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals all but assured that there would be The Decision: Part II within the coming weeks. The Lakers won the sweepstakes the second time around, but unlike the promises of championships that came when he teamed
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, January 24, 2018
It hasn’t been a great couple of weeks for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers have a record of 3-8 since their Christmas Day defeat to the Golden State Warriors and have fallen to third in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors. Last Saturday, the Cavaliers were defeated 148-124 at home
Observer Sports Staff | Monday, August 29, 2016
Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak announced Monday his team agreed to terms with former Irish forward Zach Auguste. The terms of the deal were not announced and Auguste is not guaranteed to make the team’s roster for the 2016-2017 NBA season since the Lakers have a deep frontcourt. Auguste played with the Lakers in
Ryan Klaus | Tuesday, February 23, 2016
There is perhaps nothing more unpalatable in sports than farewell tours. Yes, a statement that bold can be at least somewhat attributed to recency bias, given the seemingly never-ending and excruciatingly tiresome onslaught of coverage concerning Kobe Bryant’s final season. But other retirement circuits over the past few years — Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter
Josh Dulany | Monday, November 17, 2014
I’ll never forget watching Kobe Bryant pull off one of the greatest meaningless performances of all time. It was Game 5 of the 2010 NBA Finals in Boston. The Lakers were down 11 points, and suddenly Kobe couldn’t miss. He nailed a jumper one-handed falling out of bounds, he got the roll on a long 3-pointer and