Early ROY Forecast Favors Lillard?
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – We don’t normally delve into matters concerning rookies, not with our main and rookie guru Drew Packham already on the case. But it’s been brought to our attention, courtesy...
View ArticleWe’ve Got Our Eyes On You
On opening night everybody is undefeated and optimistic. But that doesn’t mean some players — young and old — aren’t more under the gun to step forward and establish their place in the league. So we...
View ArticleMatthews’ Fire Puts Out Harden’s Flame
HOUSTON — Wesley Matthews could only have looked more alone on an island if he’d been trying to crack open coconuts and build a raft. There was the clock running down in a tie game and here was James...
View ArticleRick’s Tips: Fantasy Microscope
We’re just about one month into the 2012-13 regular season, and several players are exceeding their preseason fantasy expectations. Now the question is, should you sell-high or ride it out? To that...
View ArticleBlazers Face The Aldridge Question
It’s getting late early in Portland. Of course, the shadows can’t get much longer and the outlook much bleaker than when you’ve become the first team all season to lose to the Wizards. Still, these...
View ArticleEric Gordon And The World He Created
Jimmy Smith of the Times-Picayune and NOLA.com caught up with Eric Gordon a few days ago, wrote that Gordon reported progress in the recovery from the knee injury, and that there still is no timetable...
View ArticleRick’s Tips: Fantasy All-Stars, Reserves
Our friends at TNT will announce the All-Star reserves on 7 p.m. eastern on Thursday before another tasty doubleheader, so I thought I’d get the ball rolling with the reserves lists according to the...
View ArticleYes, LaMarcus Aldridge Is An All-Star
HANG TIME SOUTHWEST – Can we please finally put to rest this lingering and nonsensical talk that LaMarcus Aldridge is not a worthy All-Star? What planet are you living on anyway? Yeah, so, the...
View ArticleBlazers’ Batum Battling Ailing Wrist
DALLAS – Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum is clearly battling pain in his ailing right wrist. It has recently hampered the all-around solid play he’s delivered this season to a Blazers...
View ArticleAir Check: Showing Their Colors
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – For NBA fans like us, there’s nothing better than League Pass. Having the ability to watch every game every night (and then again the next day) is heaven. Of course, with local...
View ArticleTop 10 Stat Lines of 2012-13
By Jonathan Hartzell, for NBA.com If you look near the benches after every timeout, and especially after each game, you will see a floor littered with stat sheets. Usually these white pieces of paper...
View ArticleTime For Parker To Settle For Some R&R?
Your browser does not support iframes. . HANG TIME SOUTHWEST – Nobody’s telling Tony Parker to knit berets from a rocking chair for three months. But in light of this week’s second international knee...
View ArticleBWB Africa: Fulfilling The Dreams
NBA players, coaches and others attended the Basketball Without Borders camp in Johannesburg. HANG TIME, Texas – It was just a few days after the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
View ArticleFIBA Update: Latvia, Lithuania Pick Up Big Wins At EuroBasket
Your browser does not support iframes. . HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – EuroBasket’s second round tipped off with a couple of important games on Wednesday. We’ve got 12 teams playing for eight spots in the...
View ArticleFIBA Update: Three Teams Clinch Berths In Eurobasket Quarterfinals
Your browser does not support iframes. x HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – Things got a little clearer at Eurobasket on Friday, as Group E continued to sort itself out with three games. In the first game,...
View ArticleFIBA Update: Ukraine Advances With Help
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – Group E wrapped up action at EuroBasket on Sunday, with Ukraine earning the group’s final spot in the quarterfinals. Well, they didn’t actually earn it on Sunday, because...
View Article16 NBA Players Still Going At EuroBasket
Your browser does not support iframes. x HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – With training camps set to open in less than two weeks, most NBA players are getting back to their places of business and working out...
View ArticleParker Leads France To World Cup Berth
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – With an impressive, quarterfinal win over hosts Slovenia, France became the 15th team to qualify for next year’s World Cup of Basketball and set up what could be a terrific...
View ArticleFIBA Wrap: France Takes Eurobasket Gold
a Your browser does not support iframes. a HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – The gold medal game at EuroBasket was a matchup of the tournament’s second best offense and its third best defense. The offense was...
View ArticleHuge NBA Opening Week; And You Wanted To Wait Till Christmas?
Your browser does not support iframes. VIDEO: The top plays from the NBA’s opening week l HANG TIME SOUTHWEST – Six nights. That’s all it took to remind yet again why we play the games, all 82, and...
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