Russell Westbrook is the newest addition to Jordan brand after the departure of Dwyane Wade to Li-Ning. Lets hope that Jordan does a better job on Westbrook’s signature sneakers than they did with Wade’s. The ‘Fly Wade’ series under Jordan was an awful excuse for a shoe. You know the shoe is bad when a [...]

United States dismantled heavy underdog Tunisia 110-63  to improve to 2-0 in Olympic play. U.S. went into the halftime break up by 13.  Far from the beating that most expected early as Tunisia got from deep and hit 7-for-13 while the U.S. hit just 2-for-12 from downtown in the first half.  The U.S. players would [...]

United States Olympic basketball team debuted against the Dominican Republic and not surprisingly dominated Coach Calipari’s experienced team the entire way in Vegas to a 113-59 win. Coach K went with a starting lineup of Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Tyson Chandler.  Anthony played the power forward position.  I like this [...]

Heat came out in game-3 of the NBA Finals in Miami and set the tone with great energy and physicality while dominating in the paint and on the glass. LeBron James is too big, too strong, and too fast to be stopped.  James had it in his head to get to the rack and finish [...]

Miami Heat got good performances from all of the big-3 and Shane Battier was on fire as they won game-2 in Oklahoma City to tie the series. Heat got out to an 18-2 start and saw Thunder stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook pick up two early fouls each along the way.  Oklahoma City never [...]

Oklahoma City overcame a slow start to the game to overcome the Miami Heat and take a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Miami took a seven point lead into the halftime break after they were extremely hot from 3-point distance.  Heat were shooting 55% at the break while the Thunder were just under 45%. [...]

Everybody loves young dynamic superstars and this NBA Finals is filled with them.  The most dangerous players in the game with young legs and unlimited talent both sides able to survive adversity and play the game the right way.  It’s the dream series and there will be plenty of fireworks. LeBron James is going to [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder have punched their ticket to play for the Larry O’Brien trophy and represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals. Thunder erased a 15-point halftime lead and defeated the Spurs in four straight games after they won 20-straight and looked like a lock to get back to the championship.  OKC took no [...]

Thunder took control of the Western Conference Finals by beating the Spurs on the road in the pivotal game five to take a 3-2 lead.  This was the first game in either conference finals series that has been won by the road team. Thunder now have a chance to close out the series in game [...]

Both Oklahoma City and San Antonio have dominated their home games to leave the series sitting at 2-1 and it’s playing out exactly how I thought it would so far. I picked Oklahoma City in seven games (a couple of posts down) and I still like that scenario even with the Spurs home dominance.  I’m [...]