The Indiana Pacers maintained their perfect start improving to 5-0 courtesy of a 97-80 victory over Derick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. Everything has gone right for the Pacers in the early season. Paul George has elevated his game to the next level while the bench has been drastically better with C.J. Watson, Donald Sloan…
NBA Season Preview 2013-14: Southeast Division
The NBA 2013-14 season is just over one week away. Training camps and preseason action is fizzling out as the nature and likely story lines of the upcoming season become more obvious. The Southeast division will once again be all about the Miami Heat and their attempt to reach a fourth consecutive NBA finals and…
Miami Heat ‘Quietly’ Shaping Up As Favorites For 2014 Title
A lot of the offseason discussion has focused on what the contenders can do to usurp the two-time champion Miami Heat, but as the 2013-14 season gets closer it might just be time to look at the franchise aiming for an historic three-peat. As much as some of the NBA’s other top teams have improved,…
LeBron James’ Legacy Is Now Untouchable
LeBron James has played as much basketball as just about any other player over the last few seasons. Few superstars have had their on-court game as severely critiqued and interrogated as James. However, he finished the 2013 NBA season having won two straight NBA titles and having won two straight NBA playoff MVP awards. It’s…
How Many Championships Can The Miami Heat Win?
The Miami Heat’s ‘big three’ won their second consecutive championship with a Game 7 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. The second championship was significantly more difficult to win than the first one and many more questions have been asked about the core of this team that included full length series tests against…
Miami Heat: Thinking About The 2014 Roster
It may seem like a strange time to broach the subject with the 2013 NBA Finals hanging by a knife’s edge following a Game 5 victory for the San Antonio Spurs, which gives them a 3-2 lead in the series. However, the Miami Heat will have learned a crucial lesson during the 2013 NBA playoffs,…
Analyzing Round One of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs
The regular season is done and finally we know now what the first round match-ups are. Let’s look at each Eastern Conference series and give our predictions. Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks- This is the number one vs number eight match-up, an like many of these it is a mismatch. he Heat finished the regular…
Resting NBA Players: Are the Fans Getting Robbed?
The hot topic centered around the final days of the NBA regular season oddly enough is not whether the Los Angeles Lakers are going to make the playoffs. The hot topic is whether or not stars should be playing in their team’s final regular season games as opposed to resting for the playoffs. Some are…
NBA Playoff Projections: A Different Look Than Last Time
There has been a lot of shifting since the last time we took a look at possible playoff scenarios. Now that we are about a month away, we can also make some predictions based on what we think will happen the rest of the regular season. Since the races are so tight we have to…
NBA MVP Race: Should We Just Give the Trophy to Lebron?
The NBA regular season is winding down. Since the playoffs do not figure into the MVP voting, who will win this year’s award? Many believe Lebron James has already laid claim to the award. It’s hard to argue otherwise. He is clearly the best players on the best team. Lebron and his Miami Heat have…