The 2017 NBA Draft is no different than the previous one — a lot of youngsters and foreign-born players. Since I normally don’t pay attention to the mock drafts, we instead went to two people who have a better pulse on what may happen Thursday night, as opposed to mock predictions. ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla and Jay Bilas are college basketball analysts who recently talked to … [Read more...]
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The Warriors — simply the best!
OAKLAND — It's no secret, start spreading the news: the Golden State Warriors are the champions of basketball. They completed the greatest playoff run to a championship in the 71 years of the NBA Finals. The Warriors 129-120 win in game five gave them an NBA best-ever 16-1 record. Need I say this Warriors group is special? Last year’s 73-9 best-ever NBA regular season mark … [Read more...]
Golden State wins second title in three years — a new dynasty?
“They’ve been the best team all season long statistically,” stated Mark Jackson, who coached the Warriors for three seasons (2011-2014) before becoming a full-time NBA analyst for ESPN. He has called more league Finals (nine) on television than any other Black NBA analyst. The new champions didn’t become this ‘super’ team overnight, despite last off-season’s acquisition of … [Read more...]
There’s no stopping Golden State!
OAKLAND — The Golden State Warriors are on a mission, and that mission is to cement themselves as among the greatest teams in NBA history. They are halfway to the greatest Championship post-season run in NBA history. After smashing the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers 113-91 and 132-113 in the first two games at Oracle Arena of the 2017 NBA Finals, it's no secret … [Read more...]
NBA Finals will feature historically diverse coverage
The historic third consecutive NBA championship meeting between Golden State and Cleveland as the 2017 NBA Finals starts Thursday — some have dubbed it the "three-match.” During Tuesday’s conference media call, the MSR asked about the possibility of fans and media being letdown by the long-anticipated match-up. "No," said Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy. “I’m not … [Read more...]