Archives for April 2023

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports “Draymond Green says there are 82-game players and 16-game players, Nick Nurse is absolutely a 16-game coach and there aren’t many of them around.”  The Houston Rockets are deep into their head coaching search as they have brought in several candidates, including big names like Ime Udoka and Frank Vogel. The Rockets also plan on … [Read more...] about The Dream Shake talks with Toronto Raptors beat writer Vivek Jacob about Nick Nurse

Dribbling. Dribbling. Still Dribbling. Dribbling now also. Forever dribbling. | Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Daishen Nix is Not Han Solo. I don’t want to bash Daishen Nix. I have nothing against him personally, but he seems to be an example of typecasting gone badly wrong. Sometimes one reads about the “first choice” person to be cast in a movie, who didn’t … [Read more...] about Rockets 2022-2023 Player Recap: Daishen Nix

76ers swept first round series. It’s probably Harden’s fault they didn’t win in 3. | Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports A Feast of Basketball We are now deep into the first round of the NBA playoffs. Only one series is officially over - the 76ers have swept the Nets. I honestly thought without Embiid the Nets might get the Gentleman’s Sweep. Nope. James Harden’s … [Read more...] about NBA First Round Weekend 2022-23