One of my favorite writers, Bill Simmons, wrote an interesting piece yesterday. In his NBA predictions piece, he gave two and only two predictions: 1. The Miami Heat will beat the LA Lakers for the NBA title. 2. … Continue reading Parity in the NFL/NBA
I told myself I wasn’t going to get NBA 2K12. Then the game was good enough that I did anyway. I made no such promises this year for 2K13. As I find myself starting to play fewer video games, the … Continue reading Review: NBA 2K13
Kobe Bryant just went 1-8 in the fourth quarter of game 4. The Thunder closed the game on a 25-9 run. Kobe Bryant was the reason the Lakers lost tonight, and I couldn’t be happier. There’s no hiding the fact … Continue reading Kobe the Ball Hog
Faithful At the Buzzer blogger readers, I have news. After our first year on the internet, I’ve decided that I’m going to follow college basketball’s example and declare myself “one and done.” That’s right, I’m going pro.
I mean, can you blame me? All of the sudden, I got a call from the Huffington Post saying that they wanted my hard-hitting blog action and were going to pay me a 6 figure salary. You can bet your buzzer that I’m going to take that job and leave my co-hosts in the dust to become a two-man show. Continue reading “One and Done”
Christmas came early for me this year, right at the “official” start of the holiday season no less. On the day after Thanksgiving, the NBPA and the NBA agreed to a new CBA, and the groundwork was set for the 2011-12 season. What does this mean for YOU, the average fan?
Well sadly, not much has changed for the average fan, as most casual NBA fans don’t start watching until Christmas anyways. Regardless, the NBA season is upon us, and there are a few things to look back on from the past few months, and look forward to in the rest of the season. Continue reading “Christmas Comes Early”
Last night, David Robinson, second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, hit 3 home runs and brought his batting average over .400 at the All Star break in the 2015 MLB season.
Some of you might say: “But the Cardinals won the World Series last Friday!” “David Robinson was a basketball player” or “Hey moron! It’s 2011, not 2015.” You would all be right in saying this, especially the moron part. However, thanks to the miracle of video games, the virtual David Robinson can enjoy a long career doing whatever he pleases.
It doesn’t stop there for the great virtual David Robinson. In addition to being an All-Star major leaguer, he’s also the starting quarterback for #1 Alabama (coming off two national championships in 2011 and 2012). Basketball? Leading scorer for the 2011-2012 Phoenix Suns (yeah, in virtual world, the NBA exists in 2011-12). He’s even good in hockey, where he made a rare appearance for the Phoenix Coyotes, scoring 4 goals in a game, never to be seen again. Continue reading “Sports Fantasy”
If you’ve known me for any amount of time, you know how much basketball is my favorite sport. Just last week I devoted my space to the lockout that no one cares about. While watching basketball is always a great time, my real love of basketball comes from playing it — constantly.
Since my dream of playing NBA basketball died when I was about 15 years old, I’ve been playing pickup basketball as my fix for over a decade now. (The last organized league I was in was all the way back when I was 17.) Pickup games come together anywhere that there’s a basketball hoop and people.
Despite the varied people and places that pickup ball consist of, the rules tend to remain the same. Shots are worth 1 or 2 points, call your own fouls, and games are to 15 points, win by two. If you win, you stay on the court. People on the court are as colorful as Dennis Rodman’s hair.
It’s October 19th…do you know where your NBA is?
I do — it’s in the hands of bickering billionaires and millionaires. I’m a huge fan of the NBA, and lately it feels like I’m one of about 10 people who care that the NBA most likely won’t play a game until January. What’s going on here? There are two important sides to this travesty, the players and the owners. You have no idea how often I’ve heard, “So what are they arguing about, do the players want more money?” That drives me nuts.
2K Sports had every reason to mail it in.
They won, after all. Not only was NBA 2K11 one of the most critically acclaimed sports titles in video game history, but it also managed to wipe EA Sports’ series from the face of the earth in the process. EA’s NBA Elite was a glitch-ridden, buggy mess, so bad that the company canceled development of last year’s title and didn’t even bother with one for 2011.
So no one could really fault 2K for resting on their laurels and giving us the standard roster update. After all, Madden’s been doing it for years.
Instead, they took the definitive basketball experience and made it even better. Continue reading “Review: NBA 2K12”
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