Tag Archives: Kobe Bryant
Taylor Smith’s Week 20 NBA Power Rankings: Mavericks on Top, Lakers Falling
Apparently, nobody really wants that eighth seed in the Western Conference. Every team currently ninth or lower in the West has dropped their most recent game, and no team has gone better than 5-5 in their last 10. The eighth place Blazers are just 6-4 in that stretch, but appear to have a stranglehold on [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (March 3rd): Kevin Durant’s Thunder Strikes
Knowing and mastering fantasy basketball is more than just drafting well and landing a big trade or two. It takes relentless pursuit for the “next big thing”, striving to win every singe category, and improving in any way possible. The second you get complacent, you can start to fall. We’re marching into the home stretch [...]
Is LeBron James too nice for his own good?
There’s an old Twilight Zone episode that goes a little something like this. A scientist constructs the perfect baseball player. He is so unhittable that not a single opponent can reach base against him. When other teams in the league find out that he’s actually a machine and not a man, they contest the rule [...]
Should Kevin Durant Be Considered For NBA MVP?
I get it. Kevin Durant is young. He’s only in his third year, and while he has his Thunder vying for the NBA playoffs, he’s unlikely to lead them to a title this year. Agreed, Durant won’t win the MVP award this year. But he should. This isn’t about LeBron James. But if it were, [...]
Week 18 NBA Preview: Lakers Vs Nuggets Highlight Top Games Of The Week
It’s getting down to crunch time in the NBA, as we have a bit of a log-jam in the Eastern Conference, with the Chicago, Miami, Charlotte, and Milwaukee battling it out for the final three spots. We won’t know until the end of the season who will be the odd team out, while the Western [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (Feb. 17th): Shannon Brown Relishes Extra Minutes
We had a nice little break from all the action, and while we still have rumors abound swirling around us, let’s try to get things back on track. We’re waiting a week before we really dive into our Rookie Watch or Waiver Wire columns, to see how the trades shake things up and such, but [...]
Taylor Smiths’ 2010 All-Star Weekend Preview
NBA Commissioner David Stern should be a happy fella. Today, the league’s best and brightest all descend upon the fair, yet randomly quite snowy, metroplex of Dallas-Fort Worth in what promises to be the largest and flashiest NBA All Star extravaganza to date. The weekend’s main event (the All Star Game itself) is to be [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (Feb. 11th): Stephen Curry Makes History
We’re back to checking out the league’s primo content deliverers, the guys who can dish out dimes like no other, swish three’s like they’re getting paid for it (even though they actually are), and block shots like they’re diseases. But really, this column is all about giving props to the stars, and tiny shout-outs to [...]
NBA All-Star voting needs tweaking
The NBA announced its starters for the 2010 All-Star game Thursday night on TNT. To no surprise, the fans voted the typical no-brainers into the starting line-ups. LeBron James edged past Kobe Bryant as the leading vote getter. Both amassed over 2.5 million votes from the fans. James and Bryant will be joined by fellow [...]
