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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Don’t Want Monta Ellis Anymore
Despite a great start to his tenure with the Dallas Mavericks, Monta Ellis might have once again turned himself into a persona non grata.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden With One of Those Nights
When James Harden gets the combination of feeling good about his shot and referees blowing their whistle on every contact he makes at the rim, he’s unstoppable.
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Chicago Bulls – Nikola Mirotic Keeps Thriving, Jimmy Butler Returning Slowly
If Jimmy Butler is coming back, it surely means someone else is injured, right? Joakim Noah missed the Chicago Bulls win over the Charlotte Hornets to clinch a playoff spot, but the usual efficiency from Pau Gasol and another excellent performance from Nikola Mirotic made his absence a little less significant.
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NCAA Tournament – Teams of the Sweet Sixteen
In the Sweet Sixteen stage of the 2015 NCAA tournament, we have five remaining teams from the ACC (Duke, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Louisville, North Carolina State), three from the Pac-12 (Arizona, Utah, UCLA), two from the Big Ten (Wisconsin, Michigan State), two from the Big 12 (Oklahoma, West Virginia), one from the MVC (Wichita State), the WCC (Gonzaga) and the SEC (Kentucky).
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Shines in Battle of Tanking
Despite being a team in the midst of an abysmal tanking era, the Philadelphia 76ers are a good unit defensively, which makes the performance given by Jeremy Lin in a rare Los Angeles Lakers win (101-87) even more impressive.
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San Antonio Spurs – Still the Masters
The meeting between mentor and disciple, Gregg Popovich and Mike Budenholzer, ended in a massive knockout in favor of the San Antonio Spurs, manhandling the Atlanta Hawks on the road 114-95.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James Hasn’t Given Up on Another MVP
While everyone is talking about James Harden, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook for MVP, LeBron James is just as worthy of the award this season, and if he doesn’t end up winning it for a fifth time it’ll have more to do with voters fatigue than actually being inferior in ability.
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NCAA Tournament – Kansas & Virginia Make it a Bad Day for Number Two Teams
While two Number one seeds, Duke and Wisconsin, kept the chains moving and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, two number two seeds said goodbye to the tournament rather early, as Wichita State upset in-state rivals Kansas and Michigan State, for a second straight year, stood in the way of Virginia.
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Kevin Durant Shutting Down Gives Russell Westbrook Extra Motivation
It’s as if someone decided to put every possible hurdle in front of the Oklahoma City Thunder this season. From championship contenders, to a team that might not make the playoffs. Russell Westbrook is doing some wonderful things (alongside some awful ones), but all of them without Kevin Durant, who won’t play again this season.
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Steve Nash Retires With Two MVPs but No Title or NBA Finals
It’s funny to hear about Steve Nash retiring because he’s been irrelevant in terms of actually playing basketball for almost two seasons. He simply tried very hard to fight reality, time, age and his own broken down body, as the last chapter of his NBA career was as forgettable as his beginning.