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What’s going on with LeBron?
This image is a Zach Harper joint I’m not sure anybody really knows. Certainly, there appears to be no simple answer. So here’s a bunch of different, smart perspectives all trying to figure out why the...
View ArticleCommon sense comebacks
Jordan White is a frequent emailer and author of his own blog, Blame It On The Basketball. This is his first HoopSpeak post. The Dallas Mavericks have become the most excitingly predictable team in the...
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Dallas avoiding double trouble
On Tuesday, NBA Playbook’s Sebastian Pruiti outlined how the Miami Heat – specifically LeBron James and Dwyane Wade – were able to pick apart the Dallas Mavericks defense from the high post when...
View ArticleThe teacher and apprentice talk Finals
[Editor's note: Brett breaks down plays for HoopSpeak, Anthony Macri builds up players for Coach David Thorpe's Pro Training Center--Beckley] Brett Koremenos: Entering Game 5 tonight, I have no idea...
View ArticleHoopSpeak Live Ep 4 Clips
The clips are from our June 9 show. First run doing the clips, they’ll go up sooner in the future… enjoy! LeBron, LeBron, LeBron Kevin Arnovitz Part 1 Kevin Arnovitz Part 2 Wade underrated? Audience...
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To Dallas: thanks and congratulations
Dear Dallas Mavericks, I confess that I picked you to lose to Portland two months ago. I thought you were a washed up, disjointed mess of not-so-gently-used parts that Coach Rick Carlisle and Dirk...
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Gone too soon
June in North Dakota is often characterized by its severe thunderstorms and the ever present threat of tornadoes. As I sat in the newsroom of my TV station office last night, a major storm system was...
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My LeBron letdown
I’m almost the same age as LeBron James. When I was in high school I read the Sports Illustrated cover story about his impending reign as an elite and very rich professional basketball player. The...
View ArticleDraft Banter: Houston Rockets
Team: Houston Rockets 2011 Draft Assets: 1st (#14 & #23), 2nd (#38) 2012 Draft Assets: 1st (NYK – Top 5 protected), 2nd, 2nd (Det) DraftExpress Mock Selection(s): #14 – Bismack Biyombo (PF/C) –...
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The NBA and trickle down economics
One of the major tropes accompanying the frustrated complaints about the lockout being an unnecessary and unwarranted interruption of the NBA’s tremendous momentum is that as bad...
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