New York City summers are short, but they can be brutal. Heat. humidity, congestion, concrete, steel, and pollution of various kinds crammed into less than 500 square miles of constant, unrehearsed chaos. In 2025, the summer months in NYC have been especially taxing, with several days of 100-plus degree temperatures … Read more
The 2025 NBA Summer League has concluded, and as usual, the reactions and overreactions were as much a part of the 16-day, three-city event as the games themselves. This year, the four-team tournaments in Salt Lake City and San Francisco tipped off barely a week after the NBA Draft was … Read more
When we reach our sixties, the need to lower scores becomes paramount. Be it the blood pressure, cholesterol, A1C, or PSA scores among others, there’s the need to monitor and keep those scores within a certain range. The same applies to playing basketball. When we’re teenagers we can run all … Read more
Now that a few weeks have passed since the latest non-competitive version of the NBA All-Star Game, we can now wonder if anything can be done to improve the event once considered the headliner of the annual NBA All-Star Weekend. In the 2024 contest, team eclipsed the 200-point mark in … Read more
The National Basketball Association ranks as one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world. Fans of the league suffer through the interminable NBA-free months of August and September in anticipation of the start of a new season. But despite its popularity, there are some issues the league … Read more
NBA player rankings can be found anywhere there’s a discussion about the league. Whether the source is a sports media outlet, a video game, or a fan post on social media, NBA player rankings are popular and guaranteed to spark a debate. And given the arbitrary nature of some of … Read more
Ask any number of fans what the object of the game of basketball is and you’ll likely hear something about putting the ball in the basket and having more points at the end of the game than your opponent. While that is not incorrect, you are less likely to hear … Read more
The seasoned viewer of the National Basketball Association recognizes that game action during the final weeks of the regular season is different from what the early season games offer. After the All-Star break, with most of the playoff and lottery spots already decided, teams and players shift gears and the … Read more
The 2022 NBA All-Star Saturday event, featuring the Skills Challenge and the Three-Point and Slam Dunk Contests, has concluded. The annual event serves as a prelude to the league’s annual All-Star Game held a day later and features the top players, while the others rest up in preparation for the … Read more
The National Basketball Association’s staff tasked with creating the league’s annual schedule of games always face a daunting task. In addition to giving consideration to things like venue availability, the NBA schedule-makers must also factor in the league’s honest attempt to reduce the number of games each team will play … Read more
