‘Man of Steel’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
Imagine this day at the office: 20,000 screaming, yelling people suddenly become silent. Everything stops. No more announcer’s booming voice, no electronic music coming out of the speakers, and 9 guys stand there staring at one guy on the court. The team’s star player […]

 
‘Higher Temps?’ (Dave Hogan - NBAE/Getty Images)

You know, there is just something smelly in the air when a team trades this late in the season. Sure, it is ALLOWED but is it right. It may be legal, but is it ethical??
Okay, I admit, I’m getting somewhat sentimental here. But bear with […]

Since it is STILL pre-season and I am struggling to come up with a topic for this blog, I have decided it would be a good time to share my undying love for . . . John Stockton. Please bear with me, many of you have heard this before, but here it is publicly […]

While my last entry about Jerry Sloan as a leading man (you know - in the suaveness department) was a little sarcastic, it wasn’t sarcastic in the sense that Coach Sloan deserves to be rewarded for his leading role in the NBA. Not just by every coach or sportscaster ever interviewed about the Jazz […]

Is it that we were witnesses
To a hand unseen? Something preternatural or mere routine?
May we attest to extrasensory perception?
Or something less supernatural…
Just perfection.
Coach calls the play
Karl sets a pick above the free throw line,
Has his hands raised high,
And John passes the ball in perfect time.
The stat-keeper instinctively adds two points.
The crowd begins to roar,
Before they […]