If the NBA is a star-driven league, the Brooklyn Nets might be the supernova of basketball. In Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Nets have a pedigree of a combined two MVP awards, seven scoring titles, 18 All-NBA selections and many, many more opposing players’ broken ankles. Rarely in the sport’s history has […]
When the Boston Bruins let longtime captain Zdeno Chára walk to a division rival in free agency, the team touted its young defensemen. For Jérémy Lauzon and Jakub Zbořil to develop, Boston’s front office seemed to argue, there simply was not enough room for the now-44-year-old Chára. An entire condensed-schedule season later, and the numbers […]
The Golden State Warriors had just about as inauspicious a beginning to their 2020-21 season as possible. Golden State was demolished by the Brooklyn Nets on opening night, appearing severely out-classed in a 125-99 defeat that did not feel as close as the final score. Things got even worse on Christmas Day, with the Warriors […]
First, since Sara is on vacation this week, Neil and Geoff talk hockey. There are some fascinating and close matchups in the first round of the playoffs so far, and that’s only with the American teams playing. The Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins have now gone to overtime twice, and that series may come down […]
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers may not have participated in the NBA’s Marvel-themed broadcast on May 3, but if any basketball superstar is worthy of a Marvel alias, it may well be James as Thanos; both, in their own ways, are inevitable. That’s what happens when you play in 10 NBA Finals, including […]