Category Archives: NBA

Breakfast w/Kent – Are Colts done? Can IU compete with OSU? Did Born Ready hang up?
October 4, 2016

Top 10 ways the Indiana Pacers may have become a championship contender this offseason
July 19, 2016

The Indiana Pacers are better today than they were one month ago. That is team president Larry Bird’s job, and on paper he’s improved the Pacers through two trades, (a third trade was executed, but facilitated a salary dump for the Dallas Mavericks), two free agent signings, and the replacement of his coach. The only potential issue is […]

Top 10 reasons Tim Duncan is one of the best five players/people in NBA History
July 12, 2016

Tim Duncan played four seasons at Wake Forest before joining the San Antonio Spurs as the #1 overall draft pick in the 1997 NBA Draft, so he has never called Indiana home, but he is an Indiana type of basketball player. The eulogies for Duncan’s career came and went quickly yesterday after he announced his […]

Top 10 reasons to be very optimistic about the Pacers in 2016-2017
July 11, 2016

The Indiana Pacers have enjoyed an offseason of under the radar activity that improved the team marginally with every stroke. Kevin Durant generated headlines by leaving Oklahoma City for Golden State, but the Pacers have built a team better suited to playing winning basketball compared to last year’s version. In fact, they might emerge from […]

Top seven quick fixes for what is broken in the NBA
July 6, 2016

I’m here to help. That’s what I do. Solving problems requires two steps, identifying them and correcting those rules or systems that are their cause. The NBA is not broken. Its robust revenue generation is causing the salary cap to explode over the next two seasons. That success is so profound it is providing […]

Top 10 reasons Kevin Durant’s signing with Warriors was gutsy, not “weak” or “spineless”
July 5, 2016

Kevin Durant signing a two-year deal (the second is a player’s option) with the Golden State Warriors is being called “weak” and “spineless” by too quick to judge media types who don’t see the big picture. The easiest play would have been for Durant to stay home and indulge his love for Oklahoma City, a […]

Kevin Durant to Warriors is a strong move by a strong man despite Stephen A. Smith
July 4, 2016

Kevin Durant announced today on the Players Tribune that he is joining the Golden State Warriors to form what many will say is the greatest accumulation of talent in NBA history. That’s debatable. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter What is beyond argument is that Durant has made a decision that is best for […]

Top seven reasons to be appalled and baffled by day one of NBA free agency
July 1, 2016

It’s the silliest season ever for the NBA. Day one of free agency is normally filled with crazy deals struck during the initial feeding frenzy. Each year, we screech, “(Insert player’s name here) is worth (insert millions of dollars)?! No chance! Our society has gone haywire!” Today is a little different. Haywire has a new […]

Top 10 stories from the NBA Draft including the Pacers, Yogi, Hammons, and Furkan Korkmaz
June 24, 2016

Dreams are granted. Dreams are crushed. That’s the NBA Draft in a nutshell. Last night’s draft was filled with fun and surprises, as were the two days prior for fans of the Indiana Pacers. A trade sent one Indy native to Utah of all places, brought home another native, filled a gaping hole at power forward, […]

Top 10 ways for Pacers fans to view the George Hill for Jeff Teague trade
June 23, 2016

One hometown hero swapped for another. It’s easy to be conflicted about this deal. We watched George Hill lift an otherwise mediocre Broad Ripple High School team to relevance a decade ago before doing the same thing with IUPUI and helping the Pacers to consecutive Eastern Conference Finals, but we also enjoyed Jeff Teague at […]