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Sports Central
February 23, 2012
Jeffrey Boswell |
What if Jeremy Lin Wasn't an Asian? Jeremy Lin is the biggest story in the NBA right now, mostly because of his play, but unfortunately, also because of his race.   |
Sports Central
March 6, 2012
Bill Hazell |
Are the Knicks Returning to Sanity? When was the last time you can remember a perpetual .500 team such as the New York Knicks captivating the nation and becoming the biggest story in the sport, the most mesmerizing team to watch? |
Sports Central
January 4, 2012
Louie Centanni |
Why the 66-Game NBA Season Should Stay Between playing more frequently, forcing stars to show effort nightly, and reintroducing the concept of team basketball, the 66-game NBA season seems to be a great experiment - one that should become the norm for years to come. |
Salon.com
May 23, 2001
Allen Barra |
Vince Carter gets an F The NBA, which cares about higher education only as a source of player development, hypocritically praises the Toronto Raptors star's graduation side trip... |
Sports Central
June 3, 2005
Eric Williams |
Let's Make a Deal, Commissioner Stern Message to Mr. Stern: The NBA is on the verge of a lockout. Get a deal done now. There is too much to lose and not nearly enough to gain if there is no NBA next year. Just ask your favorite NHL player. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
NBA in disarray Come back, Mr. Jordan: The NBA Finals are in danger of going down as the lowest-rated playoffs since 1981, while couch potatoes turn off college games, too. What's wrong with hoops? |
Sports Central
October 19, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
Sports Central
March 6, 2004
Doug Graham |
NBA Sends a Message to Refs The NBA gets tough of their referees. |
Sports Central
November 28, 2006
Mark Chalifoux |
How to Save the WNBA With a few quick simple fixes, the WNBA could quickly establish itself as the next great major sports league. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
Much Ado About No-Ring If this basketball thing doesn't work out for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, they could probably form the world's tallest duo of magicians. |
Sports Central
February 9, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 15 A look at the top storylines from around the NBA this week. Plus, H-O-R-S-E coming to the All-Star Game, it's almost too good to be true. How can the league could possibly screw this up? |
Salon.com
August 26, 2000
Cathy Young |
They're no angels Is women's basketball a kinder, gentler game? The WNBA shows that women aren't nicer than men -- but they aren't better, either. |
Salon.com
April 18, 2001
Allen Barra |
Air ball Michael Jordan's rumored return to the court sounds like a great idea for the NBA. It isn't... |
Salon.com
June 8, 2001
Jon Entine |
Philadelphia story Long before the Sixers, the city was known for basketball -- but the players were Jews and the stereotypes were all about their "trickiness"... |
Sports Central
June 18, 2004
Mason Williams |
Let Larry Legend Speak On the ESPN special "Two on Two," Larry Bird stated that it would be beneficial to the NBA if there were more white star players. He went on to say that the NBA is a black man's league and that blacks are better athletes. |
Sports Central
November 13, 2003
Derek Daggett |
LeBron/Carmelo Can't Do it Alone The NBA is not struggling because of a lack of rivalries. The Spurs/Lakers and the Kings/Lakers are great, exciting basketball. No, the game is struggling because NBA players, for all intents and purposes, have forgotten how the game should be played. |
Sports Central
August 19, 2005
Eric Williams |
The Never-Ending NBA Season The NBA summer leagues provide us with the ultimate NBA reality drama: recent NBA draft picks and NBA-wannabees trying to impress fans and coaches while fighting for a job in the NBA. |
Sports Central
November 16, 2010
Corrie Trouw |
Square Pegs and Round Holes College basketball is now a glorified AAU league. Core players flow in and out of programs so quickly that traditional team building is virtually impossible. |
Sports Central
December 21, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
The Spectacle That is the NBA Teams spend so much time and energy trying to put on a good show for its "fringe" fans that they've completely alienated people that come to the game because NBA basketball is the best sport to watch in person. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2014
Ross Lancaster |
Basketball Needs to Quit Acting Like Soccer Basketball is really the only inherently North American sport that can rival soccer from both an accessibility and a cultural standpoint. |
Sports Central
December 13, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
Why College Hoops is Better Than Pro Hoops Why is college basketball so much better than the NBA? Here are ten reasons to dribble and dunk on. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
How Athletes Are Cultivated How do aspiring sports stars hone their talents so they're ready for the big time and the dollars that are up for grabs? How much money is involved in cultivating talent? |
Sports Central
April 18, 2005
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Jermaine's Disdain Because the majority of NBA players are African-American, any rule the league adapts, including an age limit, will inherently affect more black people than white, a fact that has nothing to do with race. |
Sports Illustrated
October 15, 2002
McCallum & Wertheim |
Can Sinners Be Winners? In the NBA the pros might be cons; two writers debate the value of troubled stars. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
The Real Sweet 16 Here is the Real Sweet 16: 16 reasons to watch the NBA stretch run over the round of 16. |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
I hate this game NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Madison Square Garden Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of arena-owner Madison Square Garden rebounded higher today, gaining as much as 14% in intraday trading after a deal was reached to end the NBA lockout. |
Sports Central
September 14, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
The NBA's Real Officiating Problem For months now, the dirty little secret around the NBA is that the league is preparing for what could be a lengthy lockout of the NBA's referees. |
Sports Central
January 13, 2006
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
NBA, You Call This a Sport? (Part 2) Discontent with the NBA. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Getting a Fix on the NBA Though scoring is up slightly this year, the lack of basketball savvy displayed in the majority of the NBA product is neither worth the expense of a paid ticket nor a satellite network fee. The question, of course, is why? |
Sports Central
January 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Yearning For a Return to the Glory Days Free agency and money have taken away the passion that ruled the NBA. |
Sports Central
July 3, 2004
Marc James |
The Naked Truth on Women's Hoops Despite its operational flaws, the WNBA does have a noteworthy history, being the only professional women's league to come close to a decade of continuous operation |
Sports Central
May 4, 2011
Ross Lancaster |
The Problems of One-and-Done The deadline for underclassmen to pull out of the NBA draft is within the next week, on May 8. After its passage, coaches and fans will know, with the exception of some late-signing recruits and summer transfers, just exactly what their teams will look like next year. |
Sports Central
July 13, 2007
Alvin Chang |
Big Men Playing the Way We Like It When James Naismith invented basketball, the most important maneuver on the court was not the shot or the dribble. It was the pass. |
Sports Central
January 28, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
How to Fix College Basketball There are some people who will tell you that complaints about the state of college basketball are nothing new. And to an extent, that's true. However, the sport has reached what has to be a tipping point. |
Sports Central
December 29, 2004
Bijan Bayne |
Sometimes Goliath Wins: "Wilt" Book Review "Wilt: Larger Than Life" is more than a worthwhile read. It should be on the "to do in 2005" notepad of every serious sports fan. |
Sports Central
September 8, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Globalization Defeating the American Athlete The increase of insourcing foreign players in the U.S. may result in sacrificing the best American athletes. |
AskMen.com
Mark Simmons |
Yao Ming: Bridging The NBA & The World The top pick in the NBA amateur draft on June 26, 2002, by the Houston Rockets, China's Yao Ming stands to elevate the game to a new level for various reasons. |
Sports Central
August 16, 2004
William Geoghegan |
The Not-Quite-Dream Team The U.S. Men's Basketball Team still hasn't adapted to the international game. They still try to dictate tempo, try to play an individual game, and try to overwhelm teams with their talent. It's just not working quite so well anymore. |
Sports Central
June 26, 2014
Ross Lancaster |
2014 NBA Draft Studs and Duds Coming into the most recent college basketball season, the 2014 NBA Draft promised to be one of the most talent-filled in recent memory. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2006
Matt Thomas |
What Happened to the Good Old Days? It has been said that sport is a microcosm of society. Apply that idiom to basketball in America, and you'll find that the theory bears itself out. |
Sports Central
July 21, 2011
Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Lockout: The Double-Edged Sword The heat across the Upper Midwest these last couple of days couldn't be any more different than the mood in the world of the NBA. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2010
Andrew Bond |
How to Profit If James Picks New York LeBron and the Knicks would be a marriage made in investor heaven for the bottom line of certain stocks. |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Central
February 21, 2007
Vince Grzegorek |
The Solution is Spelled H-O-R-S-E These ideas would make the NBA All-Star events more worth watching than they were this year. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2002
Grant Wahl |
Ahead of His Class 17-year-old high school junior LeBron James has all the makings of basketball superstardom... |
Sports Central
February 9, 2011
Matt Thomas |
Individuals Who Have Shaped College Hoops Beyond topical changes to the game, some individuals have been so dominant that they themselves necessitated rules changes that still impact the college and pro games alike. |
Sports Illustrated
February 11, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
International Basketball Association? Expanding to Europe could be in the cards for the NBA... |
Sports Central
March 17, 2005
Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Sports Central
April 21, 2005
Damian Greene |
The NBA Season in Retrospect As we prepare for the NBA playoffs and watch an endless barrage of TNT's "40 Games in 40 Nights," let us reflect on the NBA's regular season. |
