Category Archives: NBA

SNBS – IU NEEDS a win tonight; Scott Agness of The Athletic talks Pacers, Warren, and Oladipo
January 23, 2020

Team-first basketball leads likable Pacers past Lakers to surprising 19-9 record
December 18, 2019

I love watching the Pacers. They beat the Lakers last night to win their 19th game of the season, but winning is only part of the work they have done to win my heart. In the star-driven NBA where brand value often trumps success in the eyes of fans, the Pacers are an anomaly. They excel without […]

SNBS – @Pacers Justin Holiday & TJ McConnell talk about how they win thru selflessness
December 12, 2019

SNBS – Mark Montieth talks Pacers, PG, Myles, and Vic’s return; Domas Sabonis talks rebounding
December 10, 2019

SNBS – Pacers TJ Warren & Justin Holiday talk about challenge of playing James Harden tomorrow night
November 14, 2019

SNBS – Colts Reich stands by Vinatieri; Tell talks switch to CB; NBA load management is bad business
November 13, 2019

NBA discourages toughness, rancor, and fan engagement by suspending Embiid and Towns
November 1, 2019

The greatest explanation of toughness and competition in sports is communicated in a speech by Sean Connery’s character in The Untouchables: “You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! […]

NBA zero-tolerance policy for idiot fans misses the mark – need physical disincentive
October 21, 2019

There is one consequence that ensures an idiot will keep his mouth shut in a situation where he might otherwise spew racial epithets and profanity – the threat he will get his ass kicked. In major league sports, the last time I can remember a player going into the stands to issue a physical counter-measure against a fan […]

SNBS – Nate McMillan and Malcolm Brogdon talk about tonight’s Pacers preseason finale
October 15, 2019

LeBron James ignores human rights and gets pragmatic in his criticism of Daryl Morey
October 15, 2019

“I don’t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke. And so many people could have been harmed not only financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and say and what we do, even […]