News -- May 2013
5/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for May 15 : Here is today’s daily NBA fantasy lineup for Star Fantasy Leagues, where you can get a 40% deposit bonus on your initial ...
5/15 HoopsHabit: Indiana Pacers: Did Roy Hibbert Deserve The Defensive Player Of The Year Award? : Roy Hibbert is the starting center for the Indiana Pace [...]The post Indiana Pacers: Did Roy Hibbert Deserve The Defensive Player ...
5/14 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Why Is Scott Brooks Sticking With Kendrick Perkins? : A player with championship experience is often one wort [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Why Is Scott Brooks Sticking With ...
5/13 FanSided: NBA Defensive Player Of The Year Marc Gasol Does Not Make All Defense Team : When you’re the winner of the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award, one would assume that you’d, you know, ...
5/13 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for May 13 : Here are today’s daily fantasy basketball picks for Star Fantasy Leagues, where you can get a 40% bonus on your initial ...
5/13 numberFire: Serge Ibaka's Not a Viable No. 2 Scoring Option : The Grizzlies can hold him down through forcing poor shot selection and late-in-the-shot-clock offerings.See More
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5/6 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets: 5 Best and Worst Trades in Team History : Every NBA franchise has moves that determined the team& [...]The post Houston Rockets: 5 Best and Worst Trades in Team History ...
5/5 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: 5 Best Individual Performances of Round One : The 2013 NBA playoffs have been filled with plenty of a [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: 5 Best Individual Performances of Round ...
5/5 NBA Jerks: NBA Conference Semifinals Preview and Schedule: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies : Like many of cinema’s greatest moments, the NBA Playoffs are better when ad-libbing than when sticking to the script at hand. ...
5/5 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Preview : The NBA Playoffs are never clear cut and rarely go as p [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Oklahoma City Thunder ...
5/2 numberFire: Hack-Asik: The Reasonable Strategy Behind the Madness : It may not have been pretty, but as a high-variance strategy, it had the best chance at being effective.See More
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News -- April 2013
4/30 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets: How They Can Upset The Oklahoma City Thunder : The playoff series between the Houston Rockets and Okla [...]The post Houston Rockets: How They Can Upset The Oklahoma City Thunder ...
4/30 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (4/30) : Monday’s NBA Playoff Action featured three games with the Bulls and Thunder looking to move on to the next round. Here’s a ...
4/29 numberFire: NBA Playoff Primer: April 29, 2013 : How is Brooklyn supposed to win when they aren't taking advantage of their offensive rebounding ability?See More
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4/29 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned From Rockets vs. Thunder Series : In a series that featured such an interesting narrative [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: 5 Things We’ve Learned From Rockets ...
4/27 HoopsHabit: NBA: 5 Best Individual Performances Of The 2012-13 NBA Season : When a player is having a transcendent performance, you [...]The post NBA: 5 Best Individual Performances Of The 2012-13 NBA ...
4/20 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs Preview and Schedule: Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder : The time that players and fans alike salivate for all year is finally here. After 80-plus games, and plenty of high jinks and ...
4/18 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets Preview : At 1:26 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, April 1 [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets ...
4/16 HoopsHabit: Miami Heat: 3 Teams That Are Legitimate Challengers To The Throne : The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, starting o [...]The post Miami Heat: 3 Teams That Are Legitimate Challengers To The ...
4/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for April 15 : Yesterday’s daily fantasy basketball picks were a lesson in the importance of late season scratches, as LaMarcus Aldridge ...
4/15 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 81 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's road match-up between the Kings and Thunder...
4/15 HoopsHabit: NBA Draft 2013: Indiana’s Cody Zeller Player Profile : Here we continue to examine the top prospect for the 20 [...]The post NBA Draft 2013: Indiana’s Cody Zeller Player Profile ...
4/11 Hickory-High: It’s A League Of Give And Take. :   Preface – Jordan White at Hardwood Paroxysm wrote about potential and getting to the point where we need to give ...
4/10 HoopsHabit: NBA: If the season ended today: Playoffs : The NBA playoffs are just less than two weeks away, wit [...]The post NBA: If the season ended today: Playoffs appeared first ...
4/10 The Picket Fence: What the Raptors SHOULD Do : This article appears on RaptorsRepublic. In my last article, I put forth the argument that the current path the Raptors are on ...
4/8 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 07.04 : Carmelo Anthony ograniczył się tylko do 36 punktów, ale Knicks wygrali na gorącym terenie w Oklahoma City i było to ich 12. ...
4/5 HoopsHabit: NBA: Top 10 Power Forwards Playing In The NBA : The power forward position in the NBA is a mixture of a [...]The post NBA: Top 10 Power Forwards Playing In The NBA appeared first ...
4/5 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets: Why James Harden Is A Better MVP Candidate than Kevin Durant : Heading into the 2012-13 NBA season, James Harden was g [...]The post Houston Rockets: Why James Harden Is A Better MVP Candidate ...
News -- March 2013
3/30 HoopsHabit: NBA: Top 10 Underpaid Players of 2012-13 : "Much like my grandmother takes every Sunday morning to meticulously go through dozens of different grocery store inserts to find ...
3/27 HoopsHabit: NBA: Comparing Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs Starting 5s : Oklahoma City Thunder are the reigning Western Conferen [...]The post NBA: Comparing Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs ...
3/26 Hickory-High: What Happens at 7:07 PM : Back in the day when I was still a capable guard and ballin’, my center and I would orchestrate a method before tip-off ...
3/23 HoopsRumors: Northwest Notes: Thunder, Jazz, Millsap, Martin :
The Magic made things competitive against the Thunder last night but ultimately Oklahoma City pulled out the win with a strong ...
3/20 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Grizzlies (3/20/13) : The prospect of playing Denver in the playoffs just became very, very scary to Thunder fans.See More
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3/15 A Royal Pain: Kings’ Cole Aldrich Finding Comfort And Playing Time In Sacramento : Coming out of Kansas, former Jayhawk Cole Aldrich had NBA GM’s salivating at his size and shot blocking ability. Expected ...
3/10 Foul Line Extended: The NBA’s Under-Rated Power Forwards : See the table below for players in the 2013 NBA season averaging: 10 Points/game 5 Rebounds/game 60% True Shooting Totals Per ...
3/9 HoopsHabit: NBA Best of the Week Awards: March 9 edition : It is time for HoopsHabit’s NBA Best of the Week Awards [...]The post NBA Best of the Week Awards: March 9 edition appeared ...
3/6 HoopsHabit: Serge Ibaka: Oklahoma City forward should have been suspended for Blake Griffin incident : Late in the nationally televised game between the Oklah [...]The post Serge Ibaka: Oklahoma City forward should have been suspended ...
3/6 NBA Injury News: Serge Ibaka fined $25k, not suspended for hitting Blake Griffin in the groin : Is there a double standard in the NBA regarding fouls, suspensions, and fines? Matt Barnes of the Los Angeles Clippers ...
3/5 Sports Out West: Lakers vs. Thunder: Kobe Bryant would’ve ‘smacked’ Serge Ibaka for cheap shot : When Oklahoma City Thunder big man Serge Ibaka gave Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin a cheap shot in the groin area, ...
3/4 NBA Injury News: Clippers' Blake Griffin takes shot to groin from Serge Ibaka (VIDEO) : Apparently the unwritten rule in the NBA is that if you get frustrated, you should hit an opponent in the groin. Seems to ...
3/1 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Nuggets (3/1/13) : With Oklahoma City dominating the Hornets in rebounding, OKC may be starting to turn a corner on its main weakness. The real test ...
News -- February 2013
2/25 The Wages of Wins Journal: Sloan Paper Reviews: “The Dwight Effect” : Dre reviews Kirk Goldsberry and Eric Weiss' paper on interior defense that they will be presenting at this years Sloan Analytics ...
2/14 Hickory-High: 2013 NBA Anti-Awards: Mid-Season Review : Rolling into the All-Star break of this wild season it’s time to check in on the favorites for The NBA Anti-Awards. These ...
2/13 HoopsHabit: 2013 NBA Finals: Is a Heat-Thunder Rematch Inevitable? : Last year, when the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunde [...]The post 2013 NBA Finals: Is a Heat-Thunder Rematch Inevitable? appeared ...
2/9 HoopsHabit: San Antonio Spurs: How Far Into the Playoffs Can They Go? : Recently, NBA fans (San Antonio Spurs fans in particula [...]The post San Antonio Spurs: How Far Into the Playoffs Can They Go? ...
2/2 HoopsHabit: Russell Westbrook: His Greatest Strength Is His Weakness : Russell Westbrook is a fire-breathing dragon. He’s fiercely competitive and plays with an angry streak matched by few in ...
News -- January 2013
1/31 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 1/31/13 : With Rudy Gay gone, it looks to be all post play, all the time from the Grizzlies.See More
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1/28 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : This week I thought I’d take a look at the shot taking/making of offenses “at the rim” and behind the arc. Theoretically, ...
1/28 NBA Injury News: Shannon Brown Receives Flagrant Two, but Stephen Jackson Could Get Fined : The Phoenix Suns lost Shannon Brown for part of their game against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday after a hard foul on Manu ...
1/27 HoopsHabit: NBA: Power Ranking The 10 Best NBA Power Forwards : The power forward position is one that has undergone a dramatic change in the NBA. Instead of traditional inside presences with ...
1/25 numberFire: The REAL Western Conference NBA All-Star Selections (by the Stats) : Serge Ibaka should be angry. Very angry. And it's all at the expense of LaMarcus Aldridge.See More
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1/25 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 44 Preview: Sacramento Kings vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's match-up between the Thunder and Kings...
1/25 Cowbell Kingdom: Kings’ Speech: Game 44 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Looking ahead to tonight's Kings' match-up against OKC with Thomas Robinson...
1/24 numberFire: NBA Stat Geek's Victory Plan: Sit Kendrick Perkins : Are the Thunder better off with Kendrick Perkins riding the bench? The numbers sure point that way.See More
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1/22 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Tuesday 1/22/13 : Can Blake Griffin provide otherworldly performances two nights in a row? Believe it.See More
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1/22 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Clippers (1/22/13) : Not even Sergio Leone could have directed the Thunder season to start any better.See More
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1/17 The Wages of Wins Journal: Predict the Future Contest to Fight Cancer: Update and Cheat Sheet : Dre gives an update on the Wages of Wins contest to fight cancer. He also provides a cheat sheet for those still trying to make ...
1/9 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Get To Know Him - Larry Sanders : The Milwaukee Bucks do not get a lot of nationally televised games, despite a young roster filled with a lot of potential ...
1/7 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Wizards (1/7/13) Warning: this could get ugly, especially with Serge Ibaka leading the way on the offensive boards.See More
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News -- December 2012
12/26 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Is Scott Brooks Too Attached to Kendrick Perkins? : The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to struggle against the Miami Heat. The Heat beat the Thunder for the fifth straight time on ...
12/24 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : This week’s study was suggested by college basketball guru and FSWA (Fantasy Sports Writers Association) gate keeper ...
12/22 HoopsHabit: Serge Ibaka and LaMarcus Aldridge: The Scariest Power Forwards in the NBA : The NBA has an abundance of great power forwards, but there are two that fly under the radar that belong in the discussion of ...
12/20 HoopsHabit: NBA: Thunder vs. Timberwolves and Mavericks vs. Heat Preview : Tonight’s NBA on TNT double-header includes two very interesting games. First up, we have the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the ...
12/19 HoopsHabit: NBA Power Rankings: End of The World Edition (December 19, 2012) : The NBA Power Rankings are out for the week ending December 19th, 2012. We have a lot of competition this week, mostly at the ...
12/17 The Basketball Champs Belt: 12/17: Thunder Overpower the Spurs : On Monday evening in Oklahoma City, the Thunder won their eleventh consecutive game and again defended the Belt by overpowering ...
12/17 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 7 : Siódma odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce zajął Luol Deng, czy udało mu się utrzymać ...
12/14 Cowbell Kingdom: Game 22 Preview: Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder Previewing tonight's match-up between the Thunder and Kings in Bricktown...
12/13 A Royal Pain: NBA All-Star Voting 2013 Early Results Announced – Void Of Sacramento Kings : Not exactly shocking, but no Sacramento Kings were listed in the top 25 vote-getters for the 2012-13 Western Conference All-Star’s. ...
12/12 NBA Jerks: FanDuel Daily Fantasy NBA Picks for Wednesday 12/12 : Wednesday night in the NBA features 13 games, as the mass majority of teams in the league are going to be in action. That means ...
12/10 Z krainy NBA: Niszczący i zniszczeni tygodnia #6 : W tym tygodniu wyróżnione zostają zespoły, które jeszcze niedawno zaliczano do najgorszych w całej NBA. Teraz jeden z nich ...
12/10 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 6 : Szósta odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce zajął Luol Deng, czy udało mu się utrzymać ...
12/10 NBA Injury News: Stephen Jackson Fined $25,000 For Threatening Serge Ibaka : Stephen Jackson's now famous (infamous?) tweet threatening Serge Ibaka has gotten him a $25,000 fine. Players trash talk ...
12/6 Hickory-High: Evaluating Shot Selection : Thanks to the innovation of Hoopdata, and the creative work of Kirk Goldsberry and others, shot location information has ...
12/5 Z krainy NBA: Top 10: 04.12 : Serge Ibaka i Paul George przejęli kontrolę nad wtorkowym notowaniem top 10. A kto był waszym faworytem?
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12/4 Nets Take Over: Nets vs Thunder Recap: Can't Finish : First Quarter: Right after the ball was tipped , Kevin Durant nailed a wide open three taking advantage of a blown defensive ...
12/4 Nets Take Over: Without Evans and Lopez, Avery Counting On the Fans : The front court grows thinner as the schedule goes on. Thankfully, the injuries are not too serious as far as we know. But for ...
12/3 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 5 : Piąta odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce zajął Luol Deng, czy udało mu się zachować ...
12/3 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : This week I took a look at which statistic had a greater impact on a game’s outcome, transition points or points in the ...
News -- November 2012
11/30 HoopsHabit: NBA Stat Central #7: Assorted Team Rankings : Welcome to NBA Stat Central, one of our weekly columns here at HoopsHabit.com. We take a deeper look at a different set of statistics ...
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Na derby przyszedł czas : Doczekaliśmy się. Pierwsze prawdziwe derby Nowego Jorku zostaną rozegrane już dzisiejszej nocy. To spotkanie zdecydowanie ...
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 4 : Czwarta odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce utrzymał Nicolas Batum, czy udało mu się ...
11/25 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 24.11 : Miała być nudna noc, a drużyny znów zafundowały nam świetne widowiska. 2 dogrywki w Washington, jedna w Philadelphii, wielki ...
11/22 Gothic Ginobili: Player Capsules 2012, #286-288: Serge Ibaka, Jon Brockman, Gerald Green : As our summer mainstay, Aaron was writing a 370-part series discussing almost every notable player who was -- as of last season ...
11/19 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 3 : Trzecia odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce zajął Nicolas Batum, czy utrzymał swoją ...
11/19 Hickory-High: Video Playbook: Versatility in Memphis : What a week it was in Memphis. In the span of eight days the Grizzlies won four in a row, including wins against the Miami ...
11/16 Z krainy NBA: W Memphis o palmę pierwszeństwa : Nie ma w NBA skuteczniej grających drużyn niż Grizzlies i Knicks. Obie mają na koniec 6 wygranych z rzędu, a Nowojorczycy ...
11/12 Z krainy NBA: LeBron James i Kenneth Faried graczami tygodnia : LeBron James z Miami Heat oraz Kenneth Faried z Denver Nuggets otrzymali nagrody dla najlepszych graczy tygodnia w swoich konferencjach ...
11/12 Z krainy NBA: Top Foreigners – Odc. 2 : Druga odsłona rankingu graczy spoza USA. W ubiegłym tygodniu pierwsze miejsce zajął Pau Gasol, czy utrzymał swoją pozycję? ...
11/12 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 11.11 : Dwight Howard skorzystał na absencji DeMarcusa Cousinsa i zdominował mecz z Sacramento Kings. Przebudził się wreszcie Russell ...
11/11 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 09.11 : Już szron na głowie, już niby nie to zdrowie, a Tim Duncan wciąż na topie. Zawodnik Spurs pokazał DeMarcusowi Cousinsowi ...
11/10 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 09.11 : Już szron na głowie, już niby nie to zdrowie, a Tim Duncan wciąż na topie. Zawodnik Spurs pokazał DeMarcusowi Cousinsowi ...
11/9 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 08.11 : Zgodnie z wczorajszym tytułem gospodarze byli bardzo gościnni, pozwalając na zwycięstwa Thunder i Clippers.
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11/7 Z krainy NBA: Grzmotem w Dinozaury : Pomimo słabej skuteczności Duranta, Oklahoma City Thunder rozgromiła Toronto Raptors 108-88. Z dobrej strony pokazali się ...
11/6 The Picket Fence: Trade Proposal Tuesday (Edition #1) : I’ve decided to start a new tradition here, at the Picket Fence. Not every Tuesday, but once in a while, I’m going ...
11/2 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Truth behind Russell Westbrook’s Greatness Dre examines the myth that Westbrook > Lawson because he has bigger games or wins when it counts....
11/2 Hickory-High: Video Playbook: Tony Parker’s Game Winner : Last year Jordan Kahn (@AyoItsJordan) was a staple of the basketball coverage here at Hickory-High with a series of masterful ...
News -- October 2012
10/26 Hickory-High: The NBA Anti-Anti-Awards : Yesterday, Ian released his annual pre-season picks for the NBA Anti-Awards. Those awards recognize some of the most negative ...
10/24 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #3 Oklahoma City Thunder : #3 - Oklahoma City Thunder2011/12 Record: 47-19, lost NBA Finals2012/13 Projected Record: 60-22, playoffs ...
10/24 The Hoops Manifesto: 2012/13 NBA Team Rankings & Previews: #3 Oklahoma City Thunder : #3 - Oklahoma City Thunder2011/12 Record: 47-19, lost NBA Finals2012/13 Projected Record: 60-22, playoffs ...
10/24 The Wages of Wins Journal: Lawson or Westbrook? Dre examines Lawson and Westbrook and which is a better PG....
10/24 Z krainy NBA: Nieomylny Gortat, słabi Suns : Marcin Gortat zagrał najlepszy mecz w tegorocznym preseason, nie myląc się ani razu w meczu przeciw Warriors. To nie wystarczyło ...
10/22 Z krainy NBA: Słodko-gorzki powrót Howarda : W pierwszym meczu od pół roku, Dwight Howard zaliczył klasycznie dla siebie double-double. To jednak nie wystarczyło do pokonania ...
10/10 HoopsHabit: Awards Watch : 2012-13 NBA Awards Watch Throughout the 2012-13 season, we’ll be keeping an eye on the individual awards with their current ...
10/10 Z krainy NBA: We are the Champions cz. 3 – Oklahoma City Thunder :
Byli już faworyci do zwycięstwa swoich konferencji (Miami Heat i Los Angeles Lakers). Kto może im zagrozić? Dziś na celowniku ...
News -- September 2012
9/30 HoopsHabit: Northwest Division 2012-13 NBA Preview (Video) : This could be one of the toughest divisions in basketball with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, ...
9/22 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder 2012-13 NBA Preview : Oklahoma City Thunder 2011-12 Vitals: 47-19, 1st in Northwest Division, 2nd in Western Conference 103.1 PPG/96.9 OPP PPG 2012-13 ...
9/7 A Royal Pain: Uncomplicating Tyreke Evans’ Game, Thomas Robinson Returns To Kansas : Two brief bits of news this morning, neither of which is really worthy of a full story but interesting enough to spend a few minutes ...
News -- August 2012
8/20 HoopsHabit: 2012-13 NBA Awards Predictions : It’s still a few months away but the 2012-13 NBA season is closing in and it’s never too early to make some awards ...
News -- July 2012
7/21 Hickory-High: Rants, References and Revelations : Rants, References and Revelations is a weekly collection of links and responses, covering the latest developments in the basketball ...
News -- June 2012
6/26 Miami Heat Index: Chris Bosh: From Off the Bench To On Top in the 2012 Finals :
No one knew if Chris Bosh would start in the NBA Finals, and he ended up outplaying the entire Thunder frontcourt.
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6/26 Chasing 23: 2012 NBA Finals Recap The NBA Realist offers some last thoughts on the 2012 NBA Finals....
6/23 Miami Heat Index: 2012 Championship HEATcast :
The Miami HEAT won the 2012 championship and every angle of the NBA Finals was discussed on the HEATcast along with a quick ...
6/23 The City: Defensive Player of The Year According to A4PM : Tyson Chandler was awarded the 2012 DPOY yesterday. Nobody was surprised by this, including myself. People did seem to be quite ...
6/21 Spreadsheet Sports: Small Ball Time for the Thunder : After Oklahoma City’s Game 2 letdown against the Heat there were two main opinions as to why it happened among the NBA media. ...
6/14 The Hoops Manifesto: NBA Big Questions: 2012 NBA Finals Edition : The Hoops Manifesto has rounded up the Bloguin crew for a special NBA Finals edition of NBA Big Questions. Here's what to ...
6/14 Orlando Magic Daily: Magic Wands: NBA Finals Preview with Hoops Manifesto :
We have one game in the books for the NBA Finals. So why not get a taste of a little preview. I joined the crew at Hoops Manifesto ...
6/13 The Wages of Wins Journal: A quick look at the Thunder vs. the Heat Dre runs down the Thunder vs. the Heat Continue reading →...
6/13 Miami Heat Index: HEATcast: Everything You Need To Know About the Finals Before They Start :
Before the Miami HEAT and Oklahoma City Thunder tip-off the NBA Finals, the HEATcast discussed the biggest question marks ...
6/13 NBA Wired: NBA Finals Preview: Heat vs. Thunder : Miami is here for two reasons: Chris Bosh's return and LeBron James' renewed openness to failure.Both recovered in different ...
6/13 Chasing 23: 7 questions for the 2012 NBA Finals : On the eve of the 2012 NBA Finals, E-Dog offers his answers around some of the most pressing questions surround the main event. ...
6/6 The Wages of Wins Journal: The Thunder model of success in the NBA Dre looks at the Thunder's success and asks if it was skill or luck. Continue reading →...
News -- May 2012
5/29 The Wages of Wins Journal: OKC: Ditch Perkins if you want any hope Dre looks at an easy way for the Thunder to improve: stop playing Kendrick Perkins. Continue reading →...
5/29 Orlando Magic Daily: Poor drafting the cause for Magic's fall? : The Orlando Magic's fall was sudden and hard. The team went from a perennial contender to a postseason afterthought trying to ...
5/27 NBA Wired: WCF Preview: Thunder vs. Spurs : When Kevin Durant was asked if he could envision his young Thunder team following a similar life arc as the San Antonio Spurs- ...
5/25 Hickory-High: Roster Report: Thunder and Spurs A position-by-position breakdown of the Spurs and Thunder matchup in the Western Conference Finals. Continue reading →...
5/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Spurs/Thunder Preview : Well, that was disappointing.
The Western Conference semfinals presented a pair of great matchups--Lakers/Thunder and Spurs/Clippers--that ...
5/24 The City: Defensive Player of The Year According to A4PM : Tyson Chandler was awarded the 2012 DPOY yesterday. Nobody was surprised by this, including myself. People did seem to be quite ...
5/23 The Wages of Wins Journal: What’s up with Westbrook? Dre looks at Westbrook's transformation from an average guard to a star. Continue reading →...
5/8 Chasing 23: 2012 NBA All-Defensive Team – The NBA Realist’s Selections The NBA Realist offers up his picks for the 2012 NBA All-Defensive Team....
5/5 The Wages of Wins Journal: Playoffs recap for May 3rd 2012: Durant fires back at LeBron : Dre here. I didn’t get Arturo the data for generating his nightly update in time. I’ll take the reigns for today. ...
5/4 The Hoops Manifesto: 2011/12 NBA Awards: Defensive Player of the Year : With the NBA regular season coming to a close it's time for awards week at The Hoops Manifesto. We've teamed up with some ...
5/4 The Hoops Manifesto: 2011/12 NBA Awards: All-Defensive Teams : With the NBA regular season coming to a close it's time for awards week at The Hoops Manifesto. We've teamed up with some ...
5/4 The City: Defensive Player of The Year According to A4PM : Tyson Chandler was awarded the 2012 DPOY yesterday. Nobody was surprised by this, including myself. People did seem to be quite ...
5/1 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 4/30/12 A look back at some of the most impressive numbers from the NBA Playoff's opening weekend. Continue reading →...
5/1 Hickory-High: Oklahoma City and Dallas: Game 1 Video Playbook A look at what went wrong for the Mavericks down the stretch of Game One against the Thunder. Continue reading →...
News -- April 2012
4/29 Hickory-High: Oklahoma City and Dallas: By The Tape : A video breakdown/preview of the playoff series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks. Continue reading → ...
4/29 Hickory-High: Oklahoma City and Dallas: By The Numbers : A stats-based preview of the playoff series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks. Continue reading → ...
4/23 The Wages of Wins Journal: Best dynamic duo performances of the season Dre runs down the games of the year that had two players playing amazing. Continue reading →...
4/21 Hickory-High: First Team All NBA: Point Guard Does Rajon Rondo deserve a spot on the All-NBA First Team? Continue reading →...
4/19 Hickory-High: On The Crest A statistical look at which players improve their performance in clutch situations. Continue reading →...
4/6 Hickory-High: NBA Stock Report : Myles Ma is back with the NBA Stock Report, making buy, sell, and hold recommendations for the 76ers, Cavaliers, Bobcats, Thunder ...
4/3 Z krainy NBA: Thunder bez złudzeń : Oklahoma City Thunder pokonali we własnej hali Chicago Bulls 92:78. Do zwycięstwa Grzmot poprowadzili ich liderzy, Kevin Durant ...
News -- March 2012
3/17 Z krainy NBA: Nuggets bez Nene i bez zwycięstwa nad Thunder : Kevin Durant i Russell Westbrook poprowadzili swój zespół do wyjazdowego zwycięstwa 103:90. Kluczowa dla losów spotkania ...
3/9 Hickory-High: The Oklahoma City Constraint Theory : One of Oklahoma City’s bread and butter plays is the pick-and-roll. Their ball handlers rank fourth in the NBA in points per ...
3/2 The Wages of Wins Journal: George Karl is still a bad coach Dre looks at underplayed big men in the NBA and how Karl is the biggest offender. Continue reading →...
News -- February 2012
2/25 Z krainy NBA: A w Oklahomie była burza :
To nie pierwszy raz, kiedy Los Angeles Lakers zawodzą swoich najwierniejszych fanów. Zespół, który od zawsze był postrachem ...
2/8 Z krainy NBA: Bez miłości we wtorkową noc :
Bez Kevina Love, za to z Derrickiem Williamsem prawdopodobnie w pierwszej piątce zagrają Wolves. Thunder zagrają drugi dzień ...
2/7 Z krainy NBA: Wysokie loty w Orlando :
Shaquille O’Neal w zeszłym tygodniu oficjalnie oddał swoją pelerynę Supermana Blake’owi Griffinowi. Ten przyjeżdża ...
2/2 Z krainy NBA: Ibaka sam zablokował Mavericks – skróty i statystyki :
Steve Nash został liderem asyst w historii Suns, którzy wreszcie wygrali. Serge Ibaka zaliczył rzadkie double-double złożone ...
News -- January 2012
1/31 Z krainy NBA: Nie będzie braterskiej miłości :
Orlando Magic są coraz bliżej dna, bo jak inaczej nazwać ich dyspozycję w ostatnich meczach? Szansy na odkupienie poszukają ...
1/28 Z krainy NBA: Thunder nie zwalnia tempa :
Kevin Durant i Russell Westbrook po raz 36. zdobyli razem przynajmniej 50 punktów i poprowadzili Oklahomę City Thunder do czwartego ...
1/21 Orlando Magic Daily: Is Ryan Anderson Worth An Extension? : It is extension season in the NBA. Kevin Love has his on the table and Russell Westbrook has his freshly minted. For almost ...
1/16 The Wages of Wins Journal: LaMarcus Aldridge should know he’ll be an All-Star : The following comes courtesy of James Brocato (@shut_up_and_jam) from the Seattle Supersonics/Oklahoma City Thunder blog Shut ...
1/10 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 1/9/12 : Last Night’s Numbers is nightly recap of some impressive individual and unit performances from around the NBA. Today we look ...
1/4 Z krainy NBA: Mavericks w końcu zagrali swoje :
Tak jak pisałem wczoraj w zapowiedzi, jak się przełamywać to z najlepszymi. Tak też zrobili Mavericks, pokonując na własnym ...
News -- December 2011
12/31 Z krainy NBA: Kto jak nie on, znakomity buzzer Duranta : Cóż za mecz w Oklahomie! Na takie końcówki czeka z pewnością każdy kibic tego sportu. Kevin Durant znakomitym rzutem za ...
12/29 Z krainy NBA: Nikola Mirotic MVP Euroligi w grudniu :
Nikola Mirotic z Realu Madryt został wybrany najlepszym graczem Euroligi w grudniu. Ten wybrany w tegorocznym drafcie zawodnik ...
12/24 Miami Heat Index: 2012 NBA Western Conference Preview: Fanalyst Rankings :
There are two sides to every NBA Power Ranking: the Fanalytical and the Fanatical. The Miami Heat Index and Mrs. NBA played ...
12/20 Z krainy NBA: Biyombo jednak zagra w Bobcats :
Zaledwie kilka dni po tym, jak zapadł wyrok w sprawie Bismacka Biyombo i tego, że będzie musiał wykupić kontrakt z dotychczasowego ...
12/20 Hickory-High: NBA Anti-Awards: Pre-Season Favorites : With the regular season approaching, bloggers and basketball writers will soon be announcing their predictions for winners of ...
12/15 Z krainy NBA: W Tel Avivie o drugie miejsce – zapowiedź grupy C Euroligi :
Po krótkim przesileniu na stronę NBA wracamy także z Euroligą. Już jutro bowiem rozpoczną się przedostatnie mecze grupowe. ...
12/5 Dancing With Noah: Let’s Progress…Together – Oklahoma City Thunder : The Thunder used to be in Seattle and I live in Seattle, so it seems like a good place to start previewing teams. And if you read ...
12/2 Dancing With Noah: And Like That, He’s Gone : I was an angry basketball fan last night when OKC shat the bed once again in the fourth quarter. I was texting out blames to Russell, ...
News -- November 2011
11/29 Orlando Magic Daily: Never-Ending NBA Preview: Here Comes The Thunder :
The NBA season is upon us... or at least it would be if this lockout had not lasted so long. The NBA season is a mere month ...
11/25 Z krainy NBA: Czwartkowe wygrane Maccabi i Realu :
Czwartkowe spotkania w grupie C nie przyniosły żadnych zaskakujących rezultatów. Zgodnie wygrali gospodarze – Maccabi ...
11/17 Z krainy NBA: Plotek transferowych ciąg dalszy :
Jak widzicie wśród tekstów pojawiających się ostatnio na stronie zdecydowanie przeważają informacje i plotki transferowe. ...
11/12 Z krainy NBA: NBA poza USA, raport z dni 10-11.11 :
Za nami 2 kolejne dni rozgrywek, w których głównie skupiliśmy się na Eurolidze. Tam bowiem została dokończona czwarta ...
11/12 A Substitute for War: Why the Knicks should consider the **** move: Dumping the Amare Stoudemire era now : One of my biggest pet peeves recently is the assumption by Knick fans and others that it’s possible for the team to acquire ...
11/11 Z krainy NBA: Kyrie Irving rozważa grę w Europie :
Kyrie Irving, numer 1 tegorocznego draftu zaczyna tracić cierpliwość i chciałby już pograć w kosza zawodowo i za pieniądze. ...
11/6 Z krainy NBA: NBA w Europie, raport z dni 03.11 – 04.11 :
Za nami kolejne 2 dni gier w Europie. Dominowały rozgrywki Euroligi, ale swoje mecze także zagrała liga turecka, francuska ...
News -- October 2011
10/27 Z krainy NBA: Real Madryt zawalczy o Marca Gasola :
Real Madryt koszykarski chce być galaktyczny. Mają już w składzie Rudy Fernandeza i Serge’a Ibakę, a teraz jeszcze ...
10/26 Z krainy NBA: Serge Ibaka w Realu Madryt :
Real Madryt zbiera skład coraz bardziej galaktyczny. Pierwszym mistrzem Europy, który zasilił ich szeregi był Rudy Fernandez, ...
10/8 Celtics Life: Rondo Practicing with Thunder; Don't get any Ideas OKC! : So Oklahoma City center Nazr Mohammed has organized team workouts at his alma mater Kentucky. But the workouts are not limited ...
10/2 The Wages of Wins Journal: Does Anyone Understand Advanced Stats? Dre looks at Zach Lowe's take on Advanced Stats and questions if people really get the numbers....
News -- September 2011
9/28 Z krainy NBA: Czy ktoś zagrozi USA? :
Zacznijmy od tego, że oglądając ostatnio Mistrzostwa Europy w koszykówce, można było oprzeć się wrażeniu, że na świecie ...
9/20 Z krainy NBA: Raport z Eurobasketu – cz. 4 :
Dziś czwarta i ostatnia część raportu z Eurobasketu, czyli czas na graczy z najlepszej czwórki mistrzostw. Jest w czym wybierać.
Zaczynamy ...
News -- August 2011
8/24 NBA Wired: The NBA's Top 5 Up-and-Coming Duos Countdown: Introduction : Dynamic duos. Left jab, right hook combos. Kris and Kim Humphries. Every successful NBA team needs them (Next season, your ...
News -- July 2011
7/12 BBR Blog: 2012 APBRmetric Player Rankings: By Position : As a follow-up to this afternoon's list of the Top 593 Players of 2012, here's a positional breakdown for the 452 players who ...
News -- June 2011
6/29 A Substitute for War: The NBA’s 50 Most Interesting People of ’10-11 (Part I) : A countdown of the 50 most interesting people in the NBA this year based on what they have and have not done. This post will count ...
News -- May 2011
5/29 The Hoops Manifesto: **** Hindsight : With the Oklahoma City Thunder on the verge of being booted out of the NBA Playoffs at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks, it's ...
5/29 Z krainy NBA: OKC: gdzie rodzi się przyszłość NBA : Michał Fedusio
Mimo porażki w finale konferencji z Mavs, Oklahoma City Thundr i jej młodzieniaszki pozostawili po sobie ...
5/27 Dancing With Noah: And Like That, He’s Gone : I was an angry basketball fan last night when OKC shat the bed once again in the fourth quarter. I was texting out blames to Russell, ...
5/27 With Malice: No Time To Be Rebuilding... : .I can't believe that, after going to the Eastern/Western Conference finals in their 3rd/4th seasons, that Rose's Bulls and Durant's ...
5/27 A Substitute for War: 8 thoughts on the Thunder’s elimination : 1. For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma City Thunder exit the playoffs in a way that leaves us all excited for the future. ...
5/26 Z krainy NBA: Dirk już w finale : Piotr Zarychta
Dallas Mavericks zrobili to po raz kolejny. Znowu przegrywali w końcówce, by wyjść zwycięsko z tego ...
5/26 Hickory-High: Individual Pace : Over the weekend I put a post together for The Two Man Game, looking at the role pace had played in Games 1 and 2 of the Dallas ...
5/26 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 5/24/11 : This is Last Night’s Numbers, a (mostly) daily feature where we run through the NBA games from the night before, highlighting ...
5/25 Z krainy NBA: Dirk Nowitzki Show : Piotr Zarychta
Wydaje mi się, że taki tytuł do jakiegoś wpisu na blogu już dawałem, ale po tym, co Niemiec zrobił w ...
5/25 The Hoops Manifesto: **** Hindsight : With the Oklahoma City Thunder on the verge of being booted out of the NBA Playoffs at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks, it's ...
5/23 Z krainy NBA: Role players Mavericks zrobili mecz : Piotr Zarychta
Dallas Mavericks zagrali najlepsze półtorej kwarty, jakie widziałem w tym sezonie w wykonaniu jakiejkolwiek ...
5/18 Z krainy NBA: Dirk Show : Piotr Zarychta
Dirk Nowitzki zagrał może nie mecz życia, ale na pewno gdzieś w jego okolicach. Długimi momentami sam prowadził ...
5/17 The City: Thunder Rolls through Memphis in 7 : Led by James Harden and Nick Collison, OKC managed to topple Memphis in 7 games. Yes, I realize that’s one of the stranger ...
5/15 A Substitute for War: The Miami Heat’s success: A basketball triumph or travesty? : Recently I heard a topic come up of what the Miami Heat winning the title would mean for basketball. On one hand, it’d ...
5/15 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #3 Dallas vs. #4 Oklahoma City/#8 Memphis : Dallas Mavericks 57-25, 2nd in NBA Southwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Rick Carlisle (57-25) PTS/G: 100.2 (11th of ...
5/14 NBA Wired: Midseason Trade for MVP of the Decade : Kendrick Perkins might be the NBA’s MVP of the next 10 years. Kendrick's role is that of mentor and protector on OKC. ...
5/12 Basketball 4 Thought: A New Model of Success as exemplified by the OKC/Memphis Series [...] ...
5/5 Z krainy NBA: Odrodzeni Thunder doprowadzają do remisu : Piotr Zarychta
„Naprawdę nie zrobiliśmy nic innego niż w meczu numer 1, ale byliśmy bardziej zaangażowani ...
5/4 Z krainy NBA: Thunder - Grizzlies - zapowiedź meczu numer 2 :
Memphis Grizzlies niesieni falą awansu do drugiej rundy po pokonaniu San Antonio Spurs wygrali pierwszą potyczkę w rywalizacji ...
5/2 Z krainy NBA: Thunder kolejną ofiarą Grizzlies :
Memphis Grizzlies pokonali San Antonio Spurs regularnym graniem pod kosz do swoich wysokich i świetną obroną na linii podania. ...
5/1 The City: Round 1 ezPM Player Ratings : Round 1 of the playoffs ended last night, so it’s time to look at which players stood out both in a good way and a bad way. ...
News -- April 2011
4/30 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #4 Oklahoma City vs. #8 Memphis : Oklahoma City Thunder 55-27, 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Scott Brooks (55-27) PTS/G: 104.8 (5th ...
4/29 The City: Round 1 Recaps: OKC and Miami Win in 5 : OKC Beats Denver in 5 (3.32 – 1.80 WARP) I thought this series might be closer (picked OKC in 6), but it looks like those ...
4/29 Z krainy NBA: Thunder idą blokami do drugiej rundy :
Kevin Durant zagrał kolejny kapitalny mecz, prowadząc Oklahoma City Thunder do wygranej w piątym spotkaniu pierwszej rundy ...
4/27 Z krainy NBA: Nuggets jeszcze na powierzchni :
Denver Nuggets uciekli spod topora, który miał ściąć im głowę i wysłać na urlopy. Główna w tym zasługa ...
4/24 The City: Evaluating the 2008 NBA Draft : Conventional wisdom is that it takes about 3 seasons for a draft to shake out, in terms of evaluating talent. The 2008 draftees ...
4/22 BBR Blog: Playoff RAPM Power Rankings : What happens if you create power rankings using Jeremias Engelmann's 4-year Regularized Plus-Minus ratings (the most predictive ...
4/19 The Hoops Manifesto: The Real Big Three Rankings: Final Standings :
The results are in which NBA trio was the most productive this season for their team? No real shock Miami's LeBron James, ...
4/18 The Hoops Manifesto: The Real Big Three Rankings: Final Standings :
The results are in which NBA trio was the most productive this season for their team? No real shock Miami's LeBron James, ...
4/18 The City: Western Conference Round 1 Preview: Thunder vs. Nuggets : For each playoff series I calculated ezPM for the regular season matchup between the two teams (4 games in each sample, except ...
4/18 Back Picks: Oklahoma City: Two Precocious Superstars : On the day of its 2011 playoff debut, the young Oklahoma City Thunder are a trendy pick to make noise in the West. The AccuScore ...
4/16 BBR Blog: Playoff Preview: #4 Oklahoma City vs. #5 Denver : Oklahoma City Thunder 55-27, 1st in NBA Northwest Division (Schedule and Results) Coach: Scott Brooks (55-27) PTS/G: 104.8 (5th ...
4/15 Hickory-High: NBA Anti-Awards: Final Edition : With the regular season now in our rear-view mirror, bloggers and basketball writers will be posting their choices for winners ...
4/14 The City: The City 2011 6th Man : A lot of folks get enraged when “the stats” suggest that Derrick Rose is not MVP. When “the stats” say ...