The thought comes after recalling a good film I treasure called “The Replacements”. The film stars Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves, a comedy but inspiring film about football which was hit by a strike due to the inability of the players to give in to the team/s demands.
Mike Krzyzewski, the coach who led a team of NBA stars to Olympic gold in Beijing and will try to guide the US to a repeat in London, became the winningest coach in major college basketball on Tuesday.
As it stands right now, the best that NBA fans can hope for is a shortened NBA season. Digging into history (with special thanks to Wikipedia), the last lockout trimmed down NBA games to 50 per team and was the third lockout in NBA history.
It was speed versus height that kicked off the 2009 NBA All-Star game from Phoenix. When the game got underway, it certainly looked like the East were going to use their quickness to run over the much taller West lineup. But that was until the former Laker duo of Shaquille O’ Neal and Kobe Bryant [...]
This doesn’t seem like an interesting thing to talk about on most seasons. Why is it so hyped now? It’s because it’s their first loss at home of the season. They’ve won all of their 23 games at home prior to their loss to the Lakers. The Lakers beat the Cavs 101-91. Lamar Odom stole [...]
