MVP Ladder Newcomer: Al Horford. 1) Stephen Curry Game one stats: 43 minutes, 19 points, 7-20 FG, 9 assists, 4 rebounds. Game two stats: 42 minutes, 30 points, 13-23 FG, 13 assists, 5 rebounds. Game three stats: 38 minutes, 29 points, 8-17 FG, 11 assists, 6 rebounds. Game four stats: 33 minutes, 31 points, 10-16 FG, 7 assists, 3 rebounds. Four games [...]
MVP Ladder Newcomers: Tony Parker, Nate Robinson, Marc Gasol. 1) Carmelo Anthony Game one stats: 41 minutes, 36 points, 13-29 FG, 1 assists, 6 rebounds. Game two stats: 40 minutes, 34 points, 11-24 FG, 1 assist, 4 rebounds. Game three stats: 37 minutes, 26 points, 12-25 FG, 0 assists, 1 rebound. Say what you want about Carmelo, but he has put the Knicks [...]
MVP Ladder Newcomers: Stephen Curry and Joakim Noah. 1) Chris Paul Game one stats: 33 minutes, 23 points, 7-11 FG, 7 assists, 2 rebounds. Game two stats: 36 minutes, 24 points, 9-17 FG, 9 assists, 4 rebounds. He was outstanding in game one and was even better in game two when he took over down the stretch and hit the game-winning floater against the [...]
Through three quarters, Chris Paul was having an above average night by his standards. He had fulfilled his usual role as a facilitator (nine assists), but teammates Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford had carried the team in the scoring column up until the deciding quarter. Then, as he always does, CP3 took [...]
MVP Ladder Newcomers: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Kevin Durant and Brandon Jennings. 1) Andre Miller Game one stats: 27 minutes, 28 points, 11-16 FG, 5 assists, 3 rebounds. Not only did Miller score a game-high 28 points in 27 minutes off the bench, but he also blew by a 23-year old rookie in Draymond Green for the game-winning [...]
I’ve always been a big believer that there should be an MVP of the Playoffs. Of course it’s a tough award to give out because: (1) there’s a guy called LeBron James and (2) it’s common sense to give the MVP to someone who takes their team to the Finals, but luckily I have the 2006-2007 Baron Davis to thank for helping [...]
It’s been a rough few months but I can now say that I am a proud fantasy owner of Deron Williams. In fact, I can even stomach watching him play now. So on Monday night, I set time aside to watch a new rejuvinated Deron go to work against the 76ers, and to my surprise, he flirted with a triple double. But it was during this game that I was kindly reminded that he has never, in his eight year career [...]