Hoops Recaps

With the NBA season now scheduled to start on December 25th (this is usually a large draw for the NBA on the Christmas holiday, as individuals are home and able to watch several games on the television), many teams are scrambling to fill out full rosters in order to be competitive. The teams are quickly running out of time to do this task, and many teams are attempting to make trades in order to acquire different players. One such player who is in limbo is Dwight Howard. Howard has publicly stated is discuss for his current team, the Orlando Magic. He believes the team is not trying to surround him with talent, which makes it extremely difficult to compete in the NBA, not only for a championship, but for the playoffs in general. Because of this, Dwight Howard wants out and is looking to go somewhere. There are many different possible landing spots for him, with the most likely stated at the top of the list.

Los Angeles

Lets face it, there are fewer teams that are willing to go out and pay the money for a superstar like LA. This team has been competitive for the last 10 years, and is always looking to surround Kobe with new talent. With Odoms leaving (most likely), there is a need for new big men, as Dwight Howard would fill the bill nicely. Plus, with all the other talent already on the team, he would be a good fit More »

Blazers F LaMarcus Aldridge helped defeat the the Spurs with 1 of his finest career efforts in the clubs’ most recent matching up. With the Spurs not having the inside game of Tim Duncan this occasion, Aldridge & the Blazers might be ready for an additional effective performance. The Blazers are trying to keep their place in the West play-off hunt Friday evening when their try for their 6th consecutive home court win within the series versus Spurs.

Aldridge scored a then – personal best forty points & brought down eleven boards February 1st during a 99 – 86 victory over the Spurs. He nailed 16 of 23 attempts, & the Blazers ( 49 – 33 ) out-scored Spurs 28 – 15 during the final period to pull away. Aldridge would establish a new personal best only 6 days after with 42 points in a victory against Chicago, & he has been throwing up sound stats ever since. He got 22 points prior to resting the entire 4th quarter Tuesday during a 111 – 76 beating of the Wizards, & is putting in career-highs of 22.2 points & 8.7 boards this year. The Blazers have picked up 3 of 4 & are 6th within the Western Conference, 1.5 games in back of 5th place Denver however only 1 1/2 up on 8th place Grizzlies.

Gerald Wallace had his finest effort since being dealt to the Blazers from the Bobcats at last month’s deadline, putting in twenty-eight

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A number of injuries have set in motion a few of Wizard’s younger players to showcase their abilities and get some increased playing time. Their outstanding performances, although, have not turned into many club victories. The Nets additionally are coping having a vital injury & might be not having Deron Williams when they pay a visit to the Wizards on Sunday.

Nick Young, directing the Wizards ( 16 – 51 ) with 17.7 points per game, has been bothered by a bruised left knee & has skipped 2 consecutive contests. Andray Blatche, putting in 15.9 points & 7.9 boards, was not able to play for the previous 4 having a strained right shoulder. Those injuries, along with others, have produced court time for Trevor Booker & Jordan Crawford, drafted 23rd & 27th, respectively, in previous year’s draft.

While Crawford got twenty-five points Friday evening, Booker had a break-out effort as he put in a best for the year 26 & equaled a

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Here’s an interesting fact to consider: since moving to Atlanta in 1968, the Hawks have not made it out of the second round of the playoffs. In fact, they haven’t won a game in the second round since 1997. The fact is, the Atlanta Hawks have always been the also ran’s of the Eastern Conference.

They have always had solid players, a good fan base, and decent teams (except in the early to late ’00′s), they just haven’t been able to get over that hump. Most of that has to do with the fact that they always just run into a better team. So with the Hawks about to make their 4th straight trip to the playoffs, do they have a chance to make it past the second round, finally? Well, it depends on a whole lot that not even they can control.

In terms of most popular playoff teams, the Hawks would no doubt be bringing up the rear. The Eastern Conference has Boston, Miami, Orlando, Chicago, and New York making the playoffs, all of which have a lot more eyes glued to them then the Hawks do. The Hawks are one of those four or five seeds that just kind of go into the playoffs with no one paying attention to them. That’s either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. The good news for the Hawks, though, is that it’s not like the teams in front of them don’t have questions. Orlando (their potential first round opponent) has been playing up and down all season.

Chicago seems to be clicking, yet they are young and inexperienced. And the Heat

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Oh, the Bucks have shown them. Winning by a couple of points is nothing, doing so by a staggering 13 point difference is massive. At least in this sport.

And what is even more important, they prevented Wizards to finally win on the road.

The Washington team had no luck on the road so far losing all of the games they played recently. And even last night, they did so by this crazy difference of 13 points.
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After watching the recent destruction of the Pistons by the Phoenix Suns I believe they should trade Rip Hamilton for Vince Carter.

The Detroit Pistons should just complete their complete implosion and trade away Rip Hamilton to the Phoenix Suns for Vince Carter. Rip is still one of the fastest players in the NBA and I believe he could truly help the Suns put in more points. Not to mention he’s a better defender than Carter despite the size difference.

Often the Suns are stagnant watching Steve Nash do laps around the opposing defense when all they have to do is make a run More »

Now that they have dealt Arenas, the Wizards are looking ahead to a future centered on first-year stud John Wall.

it is not certain, however, when Wall will return on the court to begin the position of club captain.

While Wall may skip a 4th consecutive contest with knee tendinitis, Rashard Lewis is anticipated to make his Washington debut when the Wizards will try to stop a 7 game stretch Monday evening versus the Bobcats.

Washington (6 – 19) dropped a game 95 – 94 to the Heat on Saturday. Prior to the matchup, Washington dealt Arenas, who had been leading the club to 4 consecutive post-season appearances from 2005 – 2008 however had become a preoccupation because of two off court problems, to the Magic for Lewis.

The 1st all round choice in the draft, Wall is the future More »

The Jazz have not picked up back to back contests in more than 2 weeks, however a extremely beneficial schedule the remainder of December ought to present an excellent chance to throw together a substantial winning run.

Utah are trying to increase to 11 – 1 versus squads from the Eastern Conference when they take a trip to the Quicken Loans Arena on Monday evening.

The Jazz (19 – 9) have split their previous 8 contests following a best for the year 7 game winning run. They came back from a twenty-nine, point defeat at New Orleans an evening earlier with a 95 – 86 win against the Bucks on Saturday.

It had been the 9th occasion this year Utah came back from a double figure hole. The Jazz outscored the Bucks 52, 40 during the 2nd half, out-boarding Milwaukee 46 – 31 all round.

It had to help playing a club from the East. Utah have picked up a victory 10 of 11 versus clubs from the opposite conference, dropping just to the Heat on December 8th. They’re putting in 105.3 points in those eleven matchups, nearly 9 points more than they do against the West.

Williams & Utah now start a easy stretch versus some More »