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-104 posts tagged "NBA"
Thomas Zwiller | Monday, November 9, 2020
On Oct. 11, when LeBron James hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy, it concluded a season that had stretched on for over a year because of a lengthy season suspension due to COVID-19. It had been an exhausting, tiring conclusion to a season that had seen the players live in a bubble for three months. However,
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, October 19, 2020
To the surprise of no one, I’m going have to dedicate this Sports Authority to the NBA … at least in part. My admittedly extreme bias toward the NBA aside, we have to acknowledge the accomplishment that was the NBA bubble and the NBA’s response to the early spikes of COVID-19 back in March. I
Jimmy Ward | Friday, September 11, 2020
In August 2014, after a 16-year WNBA career and six All-Star appearances, Becky Hammon made history when San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich rang her phone and offered her a job on his bench as an assistant coach. Hammon accepted the challenge and become the first woman to hold a full-time coaching position in
John Kalemkerian | Friday, August 28, 2020
Joel Embiid exited the 2020 NBA playoffs without much fanfare, walking off the court after a short exchange with the Boston Celtics, who completed a four-game sweep of Embiids’ Sixers on Sunday. Philadelpia knows a thing or two about playoff runs coming to an end, most notably highlighted by Kawhi Leonard’s 2019 game seven buzzer-beater
Inigo Yturralde | Monday, August 24, 2020
Luka Magic. Those are the only two words that anybody should be saying right now. Luka is the best thing that could have happened to Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks organization. He is the present and future of the NBA. In game four of the first round series between the Dallas Mavericks and Los
Hayden Adams | Wednesday, August 19, 2020
I kick myself for not making a bigger deal out of it. Going through quarantine I expected that the return of sports would be this triumphant moment for society, or at least the majority of sports fans. For some people that may have been true, but for me, the return of sports went largely by
Inigo Yturralde | Friday, April 17, 2020
The NBA G League is the new kid on the block when it comes to minor league affiliates. Founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), the league comprised eight teams. In 2005 the league was called the NBA Development League or NBA D-League for short. Different to most major leagues, drawing comparisons
Inigo Yturralde | Monday, April 6, 2020
The NBA is already one of the most philanthropic sports leagues in the world. Pure charity, giving back to communities and people in need and who love the game of basketball is one of the main motivators for the league’s extensive community outreach projects, but what else is a factor? The NBA does such a
Aidan Thomas | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Well, the sports drought continues. The return of all our beloved professional sports leagues is ambiguous, and what’s even more uncertain is how each league will approach their shortened seasons. It’s an interesting and rare chance for each league to get creative in how they do this. Today, I’ll offer a little proposal on what
Liam Coolican | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
In last week’s Observer Roundtable, while discussing the NBA All-Star Game, I wrote that the it was “nearly unwatchable.” In years past, neither side played any defense whatsoever. Every play ended in either an uncontested dunk or three pointer. It was interesting at first, merely to observe just how offensively talented NBA players are when