News -- June 2013
6/10 Hickory-High: Imbalanced Shooters : During last night’s game, early in the second quarter, this tweet from Evan Zamir caught my attention. Kawhi Leonard ...
6/7 FanSided: NBA Free Agent Rumors: O.J. Mayo A “Big” Target For Minnesota Timberwolves : Dallas Mavericks guard O.J. Mayo currently holds an early termination option in his contract, an option that he is expected to ...
6/3 Celtics Life: Not buying the Ray Allen wants to come back to Boston rumor :
People close to Ray Allen claiming he is thinking about opting out of his contract hoping to return to Boston for 1 year ...
6/1 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Ranking The 5 Best Individual Performances So Far : June 6. On this date, the moment that each NBA team hop [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Ranking The 5 Best Individual Performances ...
News -- May 2013
5/29 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Why The James Harden Trade Was A Huge Mistake : When the Oklahoma City Thunder made the premature decis [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Why The James Harden Trade Was A ...
5/29 FanSided: Kevin Martin Willing To Give Oklahoma City Thunder A Discount? : After spending parts of six seasons in Sacramento and a few more in Houston, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Kevin Martin apparently ...
5/25 The Picket Fence: Lessons Learned from the Playoffs (Round 2) : And now it’s down to four. Well, one thing’s for sure. These playoffs have highlighted the difference between the ...
5/24 HoopsHabit: Dwight Howard: Ranking 5 Best Landing Spots For Free Agent : With the free agency period right around the corner it [...]The post Dwight Howard: Ranking 5 Best Landing Spots For Free Agent ...
5/21 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: What If Kevin Durant Had Been The One To Get Hurt? : No matter how well Kevin Durant played, the Oklahoma Ci [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: What If Kevin Durant Had Been The ...
5/19 Celtics Life: Which teams does Kevin Garnett put over the top? Breaking down potential KG trades :
Today is Kevin Garnett's birthday.
I have known KG's birthday for as long as I can remember, because I share the same ...
5/17 NBA Injury News: Russell Westbrook, James Harden haunt OKC : Despite fighting to the end in a series of narrow losses to Memphis, the Oklahoma City Thunder's decision to trade James ...
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 ...
5/14 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 HoopsRumors: Poll: Unrestricted Free Agent Shooting Guards :
This year's free agent market is fairly underwhelming, especially if you believe that top unrestricted free agent Chris Paul ...
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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5/10 A Royal Pain: Marcus Thornton is the Real Reason Kings Shouldn’t Sign Monta Ellis : While today’s news that Chris Hansen voluntarily raised his bid to buy the Kings again was slightly disconcerting, I am going ...
5/9 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets: Royce White Shows Immaturity by Taking Shots at Kevin Durant : The Houston Rockets are out of the NBA playoffs, battli [...]The post Houston Rockets: Royce White Shows Immaturity by Taking ...
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 ...
5/6 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (5/6) : The second round of the NBA Playoffs got underway on Sunday with a pair of games. Here’s a recap of the two matchups. Oklahoma ...
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 ...
5/4 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Thunder vs. Rockets Recap : The Kevins helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past t [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Thunder vs. Rockets Recap appeared first ...
5/4 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (5/4) : Friday night featured the end of four NBA series as winners moved on to the next round. Missed the action? Here’s a recap of ...
5/2 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs Daily Recap (5/2) : The 2013 NBA Playoffs rolled along Wednesday night with three big Game fives. Two teams continued their quest to win a series ...
News -- April 2013
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 ...
4/25 HoopsHabit: NBA: Ranking the 10 Most Valuable Players in the League : It’s all but a foregone conclusion that LeBron James of [...]The post NBA: Ranking the 10 Most Valuable Players in the League ...
4/24 NBA Jerks: 2013 NBA Playoffs: Injury Update : This was originally going to be a piece on how David Lee’s series-ending hip injury pretty much killed all of Golden State’s ...
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 ...
4/19 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Houston Rockets Playoff Profile : It feels like a long time since the Houston Rockets wer [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Houston Rockets Playoff Profile appeared ...
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 ...
4/17 HoopsHabit: NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder Playoff Profile : Only a year removed from falling 4-1 to Miami Heat in t [...]The post NBA Playoffs 2013: Oklahoma City Thunder Playoff Profile ...
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: NBA Finals 2013: Predicting A Winner : The NBA 2013 Playoffs are still not locked in place, and with everyday developments like Kenneth Faried’s injury in Denver and ...
4/13 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch: Ranking Top Candidates for NBA Sixth Man Award : "He needs to be someone that is making a difference to his team when he is on the floor. He needs to be someone that, in close ...
4/12 HoopsHabit: NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA : Today teams in the NBA are constructed carefully and ta [...]The post NBA: Ranking the 10 Worst Shooting Guards in the NBA appeared ...
4/11 NBA Jerks: Week 24 Fantasy Basketball Sleepers Stock Market: On Holiday : The final games of the season are upon us and the seasoned fantasy daytrader knows that the tweaking isn’t over until the ...
4/11 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 4/11/13 : Chris Copeland may be giving up lots of size to Nazr Mohammed, but his low cost makes him worth the risk.See More
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Carmelo ...
4/11 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Projecting a Spurs-Thunder Western Conference Finals : The San Antonio Spurs (57-21) and the Oklahoma City Thu [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Projecting a Spurs-Thunder Western ...
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 HoopsHabit: Memphis Grizzlies: Do They Need To Shoot More 3s? : The Memphis Grizzlies have a lot of things that rest of [...]The post Memphis Grizzlies: Do They Need To Shoot More 3s? appeared ...
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. ...
4/7 HoopsHabit: New York Knicks: How Their Age Could Hurt In The Playoffs : The New York Knicks have been hot recently. They’ [...]The post New York Knicks: How Their Age Could Hurt In The Playoffs ...
4/5 Hickory-High: Harden Week: Second-Round Maestro; Daryl Morey, James Harden, and Moses : Michael Shagrin is a senior at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, a contributor to Hickory-High and ClipperBlog of ESPN’s ...
News -- March 2013
3/24 HoopsHabit: Los Angeles Clippers: Why Jamal Crawford Is the Sixth Man of the Year : Jamal Crawford‘s excellent play with the Los Ange [...]The post Los Angeles Clippers: Why Jamal Crawford Is the Sixth Man ...
3/24 Spreadsheet Sports: Sunday 3-24 NBA Fanduel Analytics : Please see Introducing the Spreadsheet-Sports Daily Fantasy Sports Analytics System for more information on how these rankings ...
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 ...
3/19 HoopsHabit: NBA: Power Ranking The 10 Best Shooting Guards In The NBA : Ranking the NBA's best shooting guards.The post NBA: Power Ranking The 10 Best Shooting Guards In The NBA appeared first on HoopsHabit. ...
3/19 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Is Kevin Martin a Better Fit Than James Harden? : The Oklahoma City Thunder are still a force to be recko [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Is Kevin Martin a Better Fit Than ...
3/16 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/15 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for Mar. 15 : The last time I wrote up a FanDuel lineup I prognosticated a one game renaissance for the Suns Jared Dudley. That happened – ...
3/14 Cowbell Kingdom: Analyzing the connection between the Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets There is a pipeline between these two franchises...
3/14 Hickory-High: Five Players Stepping Up, Post All-Star Weekend : With this year’s All-Star Weekend nearly a month past, a handful of players have taken their games to new heights ...
3/13 Pick and Pop Diaries: Week 20 Power Rankings : 1. Miami 47-14An 18 game winning streak is just the icing on the cake for what is far and away the ...
3/11 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Monday 3/11/13 : OKC is ready to bring the Thunder to San Antonio tonight, as Durant and Westbrook dominate our optimized rosters.See More
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3/9 HoopsHabit: Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook’s Improvement Is Making James Harden A Distant Memory : From the moment James Harden was traded to the Houston [...]The post Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook’s Improvement ...
3/8 Pick and Pop Diaries: 45 Thoughts On the Northwest Division : This weekend I (along with everyone else in the Northeast) have been snowed in due to Nemo the Blizzard. In between shoveling ...
3/8 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks for March 8 : Wednesday’s lineup was moderately successful. No late scratches, no in-game injuries, and no Kirk Hinrich comebacks – ...
3/7 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Knicks (3/7/13) : The new sign of the Apocalypse: Russell Westbrook and the Thunder only committed two turnovers against the Lakers.See More
Kevin ...
3/5 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Brief: Thunder/Lakers (3/5/13) : Kevin Martin may be struggling, but Russell Westbrook is playing well enough to carry the entire city of OKC on his back.See More
Kevin ...
News -- February 2013
2/25 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : Thanks to the All Star Break, we’ve got a Weekly Stats Recap with 43% more stats for you to enjoy. But before we dive ...
2/22 NBA Jerks: Winners and Losers at the NBA Trade Deadline : The NBA’s trading deadline has come and gone, and the stories on this day are not who was traded, but who wasn’t traded. ...
2/20 NBA Jerks: FanDuel Daily Fantasy NBA Picks for Wednesday Feb. 20 : The second half of the NBA season is officially back and we’re back making daily fantasy basketball picks at FanDuel.com. ...
2/17 Spreadsheet Sports: The Case of James Harden and the Challenge of Evaluating Net Rating Stats in the NBA : With the proliferation of advanced stats in the NBA the concept of Offensive, Defensive and Net Rating has grown in importance. ...
2/14 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 2/14/13 : Going against a Gasol-less front line, Blake Griffin could be the breakout star of the night. And he joins four other Clippers ...
2/13 HoopsHabit: Washington Wizards: Why Their Rough Start Was A Blessing In Disguise : After a horrible start, in which they were the worst te [...]The post Washington Wizards: Why Their Rough Start Was A Blessing ...
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 ...
2/11 NBA Jerks: Week 16 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Redemption Week : With more than half the season behind us, fantasy owners are either sitting pretty atop their league standings or getting ready ...
2/11 Hickory-High: Weekly Stats Recap : For this week’s Stat Study, I decided to look at average FGA, FTA, and 3PA in an effort to forecast winners. After each ...
2/6 HoopsHabit: NBA: Top 10 Surprises During the 2012-13 Season : Every season brings with it the unexpected. Trades can happen out of thin air, teams can come out of nowhere to achieve far ...
2/4 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Monday 2/4/13 : Is it possible that the Clippers have been playing so poorly that they're now undervalued in the Fantasy market?See More
Kevin ...
2/4 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Mavericks (2/4/13) : If Durant and Westbrook aren't on, even the Cavs are able to take down the mighty Thunder. A sign of things to come?See More
Kevin ...
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
1/27 numberFire: Los Angeles Lakers Stat Monkey Brief: Lakers/Thunder (1/27/13) : Forget Westbrook and Durant, it's Kevin Martin that Andrew Sugar says the Lakers should focus on to get the win.See More
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1/26 Cowbell Kingdom: Kevin Durant, Scott Brooks and Kevin Martin on Sacramento Members of the Thunder reflect on past, present and future of basketball in the capital city...
1/26 Cowbell Kingdom: CK Press Box Report: Oklahoma City Thunder 105, Sacramento Kings 95 The Kings fall to the defending Western Conference champions in OKC's only visit to Sacramento...
1/24 The Basketball Champs Belt: The NBA's Most Efficient Scorers : By Michael Hogan There are many approaches to assessing the effectiveness of an NBA player. Some of these can quickly become complicated, ...
1/23 numberFire: NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Wednesday 1/23/13 : It's becoming a common refrain: go against the Kings' big men when there's good value. Today's lucky victor is Luis Scola.See ...
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
J.J. Redick
Avery Bradley
Russell ...
1/17 numberFire: Los Angeles Clippers Stat Monkey Brief: Clippers/T'Wolves and Wizards : Looking for your Sixth Man of the Year? Yulian Fedulov gives Jamal Crawford some love.See More
Kevin Martin
Eric Bledsoe
Jamal ...
1/9 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets: James Harden Belongs In The MVP Discussion : The red-hot Houston Rockets had no problem devouring the still-struggling Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night, as they cruised past ...
1/9 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/T'Wolves (1/9/13) : Westbrook and the Thunder fell to the lowly Wizards on Monday, but tonight provides an easy sort of redemption.See More
Kevin ...
1/1 HoopsHabit: Los Angeles Lakers: How Far Into the Playoffs Can They Go? : When you think of basketball powerhouses, the Los Angeles Lakers always come to mind. But this year, things haven’t been ...
News -- December 2012
12/31 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #10 (December 31st, 2012) : Welcome back to NBA Awards Watch, where we take a weekly look at the top-three candidates for each individual award for the 2012-13 ...
12/27 numberFire: Oklahoma City Thunder Stat Monkey Brief: Thunder/Mavericks (12/27/12) : One step up and two steps back - after winning 12 straight, OKC's now in a funk.See More
Kevin Durant
Russell Westbrook
Kendrick ...
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 Cowbell Kingdom: Following indefinite suspension, Sacramento Kings reinstate DeMarcus Cousins after one game After suspending him Saturday, the Kings big man was back practicing with the team on Christmas Eve...
12/24 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #9 (December 24th, 2012) : Welcome back to NBA Awards Watch, where we take a weekly look at the top-three candidates for each individual award for the 2012-13 ...
12/21 HoopsRumors: Kevin Martin Wants To Stay With Thunder :
As one of the main pieces in the James Harden swap, Kevin Martin was asked to fill some big shoes in Oklahoma City. ...
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 ...
12/18 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #8 (December 17th, 2012) : Welcome back to NBA Awards Watch, where we take a weekly look at the top-three candidates for each individual award for the 2012-13 ...
12/14 Cowbell Kingdom: Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 71: On defending DeMarcus Cousins, Virginia Beach and Kevin Martin’s new home Crosstalk discussion this week on pressing Sacramento Kings' topics...
12/9 The Basketball Champs Belt: 12/9: The Thunder Outgun the Pacers : On Sunday night in Oklahoma City, the Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers 104-93 to again defend the championship belt of basketball. ...
12/7 A Royal Pain: Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins Says Confidence Is Broken, But Is There A Bigger Problem? : In a recent interview with the Sacramento Bee’s Ailene Voisin, Sacramento Kings “star” DeMarcus Cousins came ...
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 ...
12/3 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #6 (December 3, 2012) : We’ve reached the sixth edition of our NBA Awards Watch for 2012-13! We’re here every Monday throughout the NBA season ...
12/3 Z krainy NBA: Niszczący i zniszczeni tygodnia #5 : Dzisiaj wyróżnione zostają dwa zespoły, które przed sezonem uchodziły za głównych faworytów do udziału w finale zachodu. ...
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 ...
11/29 NBA Jerks: James Harden Returns to OKC, but Who Won the Trade? : James Harden has become a top-5 scorer in the NBA after being traded to the Houston Rockets. He’s averaging 25 points, 5 assists ...
11/29 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #5 (November 26, 2012) : Welcome back to the fifth edition of our NBA Awards Watch! We’re here every Monday throughout the NBA season to take a look ...
11/26 Z krainy NBA: Na derby przyszedł czas : Doczekaliśmy się. Pierwsze prawdziwe derby Nowego Jorku zostaną rozegrane już dzisiejszej nocy. To spotkanie zdecydowanie ...
11/21 Z krainy NBA: Serial w 14 odcinkach : W czwartek w USA Święto Dziękczynienia i nie będzie meczów, więc w terminarzu na środę mamy upchnięte aż 14 pozycji. ...
11/19 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #4 (November 19, 2012) : Welcome back to the fourth edition of our NBA Awards Watch! We do this every Monday during the NBA season, where we take a look ...
11/12 With Malice: The Lakers, the off-season : .Ok... frank appraisal.First of all, I think that LA will be better off for having had a season under their collective belt under ...
11/12 Hickory-High: Game of the Week: Memphis at Oklahoma City : Game of the Week, in which I preview the best matchup available on national television, returns after a brief hiccup: A ...
11/12 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #3 (November 12, 2012) : Welcome back to the third edition of our NBA Awards Watch! This is done each and every Monday during the NBA season, where we ...
11/11 Z krainy NBA: Niedzielna uczta : Żar na wyjeździe u najgorętszej ekipy Zachodu, pojedynek turboszybkich rozgrywających w Oklahoma City i Jastrzębie w Mieście ...
11/9 Z krainy NBA: Dla kibica w kapciach: 08.11 : Dziś trochę wcześniej niż zazwyczaj, ale mamy już dla was mecze z wczorajszej nocy. Zapraszamy do oglądania.
Tak wczoraj ...
11/9 Z krainy NBA: Staty i skróty: 08.11 : Zgodnie z wczorajszym tytułem gospodarze byli bardzo gościnni, pozwalając na zwycięstwa Thunder i Clippers.
Chicago Bulls ...
11/8 Z krainy NBA: Gościnni gospodarze : W czwartek jak zwykle tylko dwa mecze, ale jak zwykle z górnej półki. Do Chicago przyjadę Oklahoma City Thunder, a do Portland ...
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 ...
11/7 HoopsHabit: NBA Power Rankings: November 7th, 2012 : The first full week of NBA games are in the book and some of the usual suspects are dominating. The San Antonio Spurs stand atop ...
11/6 HoopsHabit: NBA Awards Watch #2 (November 5, 2012) : Welcome back to the second edition of our NBA Awards Watch! This is done each and every Monday during the NBA season, where we ...
11/5 Miami Heat Index: Week 2 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Game-Winners Edition :
It helps to have players that can knock down a winning shot when games appear closer than they should while teams figure ...
11/5 Z krainy NBA: Nagrody dnia: 04.11 :
Kyle Lowry wreszcie pokazuje 100% swoich możliwości, na przeciwnym biegunie Rodney Stuckey, który chce wygrać całosezonowe ...
11/5 Z krainy NBA: Niespodzianka w Oklahomie : DeShawn Stevenson /fot. Flickr
Dzisiejszej nocy Oklahoma City Thunder podejmowała na własnym parkiecie Atlantę Hawks. Ku zaskoczeniu ...
11/2 Cowbell Kingdom: Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Extra: Sam Amick talks Lakers’ struggles and Clippers’ culture change Breaking down two the Sacramento Kings' toughest opponents in the Pacific Division...
11/2 Z krainy NBA: Gdzie pobiegł Westbrook i co odzyskał Duncan? : Z powodu przełożenia derbów Nowego Jorku, dzisiaj odbyło się zaledwie jedno spotkanie. San Antonio Spurs podjęli na własnym ...
11/2 Cowbell Kingdom: Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 65: Sam Amick of USA Today : by Jonathan Santiago & James Ham In the first half of this week’s show, Sam Amick, the newest addition to a revamped ...
11/2 Z krainy NBA: Parker znów na ratunek : W drugim kolejnym spotkaniu w tym sezonie Tony Parker w ostatnich sekundach spotkania zapewnił zwycięstwo San Antonio Spurs, ...
11/1 Z krainy NBA: Rewanż za finał Zachodu : Dzisiejszej nocy dla fanów NBA dużego wyboru do oglądania swoich ulubieńców w akcji nie ma. Z powodu huraganu Sandy, derbowy ...
News -- October 2012
10/31 HoopsHabit: NBA Power Rankings: October 31st, 2012 : The season has officially started for a few teams and since our last set of rankings, we’ve had a major trade go down. The ...
10/31 Hickory-High: One More Roundtable on James Harden : We’re well aware that most of the basketball world has already processed and moved on from the James Harden trade. ...
10/29 Hickory-High: Five Lineups I’m Dying To Watch : The regular season is just a day and a half away, but the remaining hours will feel mightily stretched by the weight of ...
10/28 HoopsHabit: James Harden Trade To Houston: Grading Each Team’s Haul : James Harden is now a member of the Houston Rockets after being traded late Saturday night by the Oklahoma City Thunder. We’re ...
10/28 Hickory-High: Thoughts On Thunder, Rockets, Harden : I checked my phone one last time before bed Saturday night and saw the news that James Harden had been traded to the Rockets ...
10/28 The Picket Fence: Harden Now a Rocket, And What It All Means : Seemingly out of the blue came the news that Oklahoma traded James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook to Houston ...
10/28 Z krainy NBA: James Harden w Rockets! : Na 3 dni przed rozpoczęciem sezonu regularnego w NBA zespoły jeszcze nie zakończyły roszad w swoich składach. Dzisiejszej ...
10/27 Celtics Life: James Harden traded to Rockets : According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded James Harden, Cole Aldridge, Lazr Hayward ...
10/16 Z krainy NBA: Udane otwarcie na Brooklynie : 6 zwycięstw gospodarzy na 6 spotkań w poniedziałkową noc. Brook Lopez i niespodziewanie Andray Blatche poprowadzili Nets ...
10/15 Hickory-High: The Previews Of The Roundtable: Southwest Division : Exhibition games have begun and the regular season is fast approaching. The staff here at Hickory-High is previewing the ...
10/1 Hickory-High: The Previews Of The Roundtable: Northwest Division : NBA basketball is going to be here before you know it and the staff of Hickory-Highis licking their chops. This is the ...
News -- September 2012
9/20 Cowbell Kingdom: Jimmer Fredette, Isaiah Thomas, Aaron Brooks and the Sacramento Kings’ hydra at point Tyreke Evans is no longer the Sacramento Kings' point guard of the future, but now who is?...
9/7 HoopsHabit: Houston Rockets 2012-13 NBA Preview : Houston Rockets 2011-12 Vitals: 34-32, 4th in Southwest Division, 9th in Western Conference 98.1 PPG/97.9 OPP PPG 2012-13 Roster: ...
News -- August 2012
8/26 The Hoops Manifesto: NBA Top 50 Salaries: Who's Overpaid? : Hoopsworld has a great listing on their site of The Top 50 Highest Paid Players in the NBA for the 2012/12 season. Now normally ...
8/24 The Hoops Manifesto: NBA Top 50 Salaries: Who's Overpaid? : Hoopsworld has a great listing on their site of The Top 50 Highest Paid Players in the NBA for the 2012/12 season. Now normally ...
8/17 HoopsHabit: Five NBA Teams Destined To Be Disappointing : NBA teams start with a clean slate each year but they aren’t always realistic with their chances to win the championship. ...
News -- July 2012
7/21 HoopsHabit: Jeremy Lin: Will He Be Better As The Man in Houston? : Jeremy Lin, as of right now, is the man for the Houston Rockets. He’s got a very young team surrounding him and he’ll ...
News -- June 2012
6/27 Hoop Focus: Trade Analysis: Chase Budinger, Lior Eliyahu To Minnesota; No. 18 Pick To Houston . . . → Read More: Trade Analysis: Chase Budinger, Lior Eliyahu To Minnesota; No. 18 Pick To Houston...
6/26 Hoop Focus: “Not A Chance” Dwight Howard Would Remain With Rockets . . . → Read More: “Not A Chance” Dwight Howard Would Remain With Rockets...
6/10 With Malice: The Lakers, the off-season : .Ok... frank appraisal.First of all, I think that LA will be better off for having had a season under their collective belt under ...
6/5 Back Picks: How Good is Rajon Rondo? : The Boston Celtics are two games from their third NBA Finals in five years, and for the first time in that span, point guard Rajon ...
News -- March 2012
3/29 Z krainy NBA: Ławka zapewnia Dallas zwycięsto nad Rockets : Mimo nie najlepszej skuteczności Dirka Nowitzkiego, Dallas Mavericks okazali się lepsi od swoich rywali w Konferencji Zachodniej, ...
3/17 Hickory-High: Under The Radar : Kyle Soppe takes a look at some players producing at an elite level, but toiling in relative obscurity. Continue reading → ...
News -- February 2012
2/28 BBR Blog: PI+ Stat of the Day: Kings of the Midrange : Via the Shot Finder, this season's best 2-point jump shooters from 15 feet and out: Rk Player Season Tm G FG FGA FG% Ast'd %Ast'd ...
2/25 BBR Blog: PI+ Stat of the Day: Most Effective Lineups in a Game : Thanks to the PI+ Lineup Finder, here are the 5-man units with the best +/- in a single game this season: Net (Totals) Rk Lineup ...
2/13 Z krainy NBA: Rajon Rondo show – skróty i statystyki :
Rajon Rondo zaliczył swoje drugie w tym sezonie triple-double i przyczynił się do wygranej z osłabionymi kontuzjami Bulls. ...
2/6 Z krainy NBA: Kevin Love jak Pepe z Realu – piętnuje Argentyńczyka. :
Minnesota wreszcie wyrównała bilans zwycięstw i porażek. Zwycięstwo nad Houston Rockets jest tym bardziej cenne, że “Rakiety” ...
2/2 The Dream Shake: Game 22 Thread: Rockets @ Spurs :
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News -- January 2012
1/29 Z krainy NBA: Gortat z Gasolem o mecz gwiazd :
Po trzynastomeczowym maratonie z piątku, NBA przygotowała na sobotę tylko 6 spotkań. Szlagierów brakuje, ale ciekawych spotkań ...
1/25 Z krainy NBA: Rockets ciągle w gazie :
Houston Rockets wygrali siódmy mecz z rzędu, tym razem z Minnesotą Timberwolves 107:92. Najlepsi na parkiecie byli Kevin Martin ...
1/16 The City: Initial PSAMS Update for 2012 : (Click here and follow back-links to read up on PSAMS methodology.) I’ve updated the data in the PSAMS page. Click there ...
1/10 A Royal Pain: Sacramento Kings’ John Salmons Is Who We Thought He Was : I, among many others, made no qualms about their feelings when John Salmons was re-acquired by the Sacramento Kings in a June ...
1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 NBA Breakouts : Here are ten players who I think will bust out in a major way this year. Many candidates are off to hot starts thus ...
News -- December 2011
12/31 Z krainy NBA: Rockets mają swoje Big 3 :
Houston Rockets okazali się lepsi od San Antonio Spurs. Co prawda w ich back-to-back, ale po meczu z Clippers, w którym żaden ...
12/28 Orlando Magic Daily: Courtney Lee Seen Center Of Magic Trade Storm : Courtney Lee misses a lot about Orlando.
There were undoubtedly a lot of good memories in Lee's rookie and only season in Orlando. ...
12/17 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 ...
12/10 Hickory-High: Rants, References, and Revelations : Everyone was expecting a wild opening to this compressed free-agency period but this seems to have surpassed all expectations. ...
12/10 Orlando Magic Daily: (If) Lakers Acquire Chris Paul, Howard Next? :
On the eve of training camps opening, on the day the NBA's lockout officially ended, on the day David Stern said the ...
12/9 Z krainy NBA: NBA nie dopuszcza do trade’u Paula :
I to by było na tyle jeśli chodzi o plotki związane z przejściem Chrisa Paula do Los Angeles Lakers. Około godziny 3 czasu ...
News -- October 2011
10/6 The City: Position- And Shot-Adjusted Marginal Scoring (Part V): Total Scoring : Having now covered inside, mid-range, 3-pt, and free throw scoring, the last mile of the journey brings us to the total scoring ...
10/3 The City: Position- and Shot-Adjusted Marginal Scoring (Part IV): Free Throw Shooting : So far in this series I’ve looked at inside, mid-range, and 3-pt scoring. In this post, I will define the rating for foul ...
News -- September 2011
9/14 A Substitute for War: NBA Franchise Power Rankings: #24 – Houston Rockets : Previous rankings: #30 - Charlotte Bobcats (+ introduction) #29 - Phoenix Suns #28 - Denver Nuggets #27 - Detroit Pistons #26 ...
9/10 Z krainy NBA: Podsumowanie 2010-11: Houston Rockets :
Wracamy po długiej przerwie z podsumowaniami dotyczącymi ostatniego sezonu rozgrywek NBA. Udało się wrócić cało z urlopu ...
News -- August 2011
8/11 The Wages of Wins Journal: Beating their Opponents: Introducing Wins Prevented Arturo takes a look at measuring player shutting down the opposition and finds some obvious and not so obvious results....
News -- July 2011
7/26 BBR Blog: Who Ruled the Top Defenses in 2011? : Which players excel against the best defenses, and which ones get their numbers by feasting on the weakest Ds? To answer those ...
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
6/11 Bulls Confidential: Dallas gives hope to us all : If the Miami Heat lose to the Dallas Mavericks it won't just be great for everyone who can't stand the Heat, but it will continue ...
News -- May 2011
5/19 BBR Blog: Shocker of the Day: Losing Your Leading Scorer Hurts Your Offense : In gathering links for StatHead yesterday, I came across this post at the Wages of Wins, wherein Prof. Berri mentions that the ...
News -- April 2011
4/13 Hickory-High: Last Night’s Numbers – 4/12/11 : This is Last Night’s Numbers, a (mostly) daily feature where we run through the NBA games from the night before, highlighting ...
4/13 BBR Blog: Mailbag: The Redd-Randolph All-Stars : Here's an idea sent my way courtesy of BBR reader Rob P.: "Can you think of players who had excellent 'per-36-minute' stat lines ...
4/7 Hickory-High: Free Throws by Possession : Over his first two seasons, frequency of free throw attempts received a lot of attention as the **** in Derrick Rose‘s armor. He ...