On the last day of February, the Indiana Pacers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-104 in front on 19,432 fans at Quicken Loan Arena. T.J. Warren scored 30, and both Domas Sabonis and Myles Turned posted double-doubles. The following day, Indiana lost by a single point 67-66 to Illinois at the State Farm Center in front […]
Five star recruit Daishen Nix has decommitted from UCLA, and will join the growing number of NBA hopefuls who will jump straight from high school to the G-League. Some are predicting a bleak future for college basketball because talented teens like Nix are shifting holding areas from college programs to the NBA’s feeder league. Not me. I’m thrilled. […]
Nothing screams “The NCAA has it twisted and backwards” like the headline to its announcement on likely changes to its rules governing a student-athlete’s ability to profit for his or her brand value: “The NCAA’s highest governing body has taken unprecedented steps to allow college athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness” What […]
“Trayce Jackson-Davis announces he will return to Indiana,” reads the headline at 247sports. In other self-evident news, Americans are tired of staying at home to avoid spreading the Coronavirus. Maybe Jackson-Davis had been asked repeatedly whether he had decided whether he would jump to the NBA after his freshman year, and felt the need to end the questioning […]
Postgame handshake lines are moronic and theatrical exercises for fans who want to believe the results of games aren’t important enough to make or ruin anyone’s day. Fans just can’t embrace the idea that basketball opponents dislike one another as they compete – or after. So when the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons failed to congratulate […]
There is a reason most high school students don’t jump straight into their profession. They need to mature toward becoming adults. The worst part of maturation is that the last people to know they needs maturity are the people themselves. Add Khristian Lander to the long list of high school juniors who believe they know more than they […]
Rob Gronkowski is coming out of retirement to play with Tom Brady again in Tampa, so media and fans reflexively wonder about whether former Colts quarterback Andrew Luck might follow suit to return to the Colts.. He will not, and I’ll tell you why – he is a smart guy. Luck has a Stanford brain, and […]
This is a story depicting an event that never happened in 1995 but should have: Thursday, December 28, 1995 Both general manager Jerry Krause and Michael Jordan confirmed rumors of a one-sided and bizarre physical confrontation between the portly executive and the three-time MVP. “I had enough from Michael, so I swung,” the physically unimposing Krause […]
The Last Dance takes a fascinating look at the final season of one of the most compelling teams in the history of the professional – the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan is reaffirmed as a relentless and demanding leader. General manager Jerry Krause is portrayed as a socially inept oaf whose arrogance almost derailed that final […]
Jalen Green is the best high school basketball player in the country, and he’s going to jump straight to the pro’s rather than cool his heels in college for eight months while waiting to play in the NBA. Isaiah Todd, a five-star recruit who had previously committed to Michigan, made the same decision earlier this week. […]