Who is the 2020-21 NBA MVP? Usually, there is not much controversy and the best player seems apparent to most fans/voters. Specifically, the MVP is usually the best player on the best team. That’s the nice thing about the NBA,…
SI’s 1996-97 Fearless Predictions Revisited
In March 2020, while we were just starting this long pandemic, I resolved to do more deep dives on NBA history stuff. The first result was an article revisiting Sports Illustrated’s Hank Hersch “10 Fearless Predictions” for the 1995-96 NBA…
Are the Knicks for Real?
With a relatively easy victory over the Raptors yesterday, the Knicks have now won nine straight and sit tenuously in the fourth seed at 34-27. Naturally, New York is aflutter over the Knicks playing meaningful games in April and generally…
Too Many 3-Pointers?
At the end of today’s Celtics-Nuggets game, Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan tweeted “Celtics and Nuggets a combined 15-for-67 on threes today. Yeah, that three-point shot is a great idea. It really enhances the game. By the way, Nuggets score…
Revisiting the Manning-Nique Trade
The trade deadline has come again and this year’s relatively mild events had me thinking back to, perhaps, the biggest late season trade when the Atlanta Hawks traded franchise icon Dominique Wilkins to the Clippers for Danny Manning in February…
Can LaMelo Win ROY?
LaMelo Ball’s recent wrist injury likely ends his season with 41 games played. He has been the best rookie this season but does his abbreviated season disqualify him from contention? Well, that really depends on how good the competition is. …