Category: Western Conference
Monday, February 11th, 2013
In one offseason the Houston Rockets have gone from an afterthought in the Western Conference to one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. While the blockbuster trade for James Harden has a lot to do with it, it's also the risky free agent pickups of Omer Asik and ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2012
For so long the Los Angeles Clippers have been one of the punchlines in the NBA with so many failed first round picks but the Clippers took a huge leap a season ago. After so much heartache, Los Angeles won 40 games in a shortened season, they made it to ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
Once the Lakers were booted out of the playoffs early by the Oklahoma City Thunder, it looked like the torch was being past to the young Thunder. It looked as if the Lakers window of opportunity with Kobe Bryant was closing quickly. Then Los Angeles made a few blockbuster moves ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
When it comes to basketball, this summer has been wild. Not only did the United State’s Men’s Basketball team bring back the gold medal from London, but there were numerous moves made in the offseason and it sets up for some great story-lines in 2013. The team that made the ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Olympics | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 20th, 2012
It was just two seasons ago when the Dallas Mavericks were celebrating an NBA Championship. Now, if you take a look at their roster, you will notice that many of the players that helped bring the Larry O’Brien Trophy to Big D are gone. After an organizational decision to not ...
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Lamar Odom was traded by the Lakers twice last season. One trade was expected to land him in New Orleans but was nixed by Commissioner David Stern. Shortly after that, Odom was sent to Dallas where he could never get his game together. Odom seemed like he never recovered from ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2012
A couple of days before the draft the Rockets made a handful of trades to acquire extra draft picks heading into Thursday night. After making the trades, Houston went into draft night armed with 12th, 16th and 18th picks in the first round. It looked like acquiring all those picks ...
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Monday, June 25th, 2012
Finishing with the third best record in the Western Conference and getting to the second round of the playoffs may be acceptable for some franchises but for the Los Angeles Lakers, it was the second straight year when they were shoved out of the postseason earlier than expected and it ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2012
There were high hopes for the Los Angeles Clippers this season, especially after they traded for Chris Paul at the beginning of the season. Even though they are watching the Western Conference Finals from home right now, the season has to be classified as a success. In Vinny Del Negro’s ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
No matter what happens from here on out in the NBA playoffs, one thing that’s clear is that there will be a new NBA Champion. The Dallas Mavericks were swept out of the first round by the Oklahoma City Thunder and have been forced to watch the playoffs from home. ...
Posted in Dallas Mavericks, NBA | 3 Comments »
