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Bryant’s offense not enough for LA Los Angeles: Despite Kobe Bryant taking over the Los Angeles Lakers’ offense, the Phoenix Suns still churned out a 112-106 win on Tuesday night. Gerald Green scored 26 points off the bench, Markieff Morris had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Suns overcame Bryant’s 39-point performance to keep […]

There are different interpretations to the word MVP. Some people believe that the MVP award should go to the player who single-handedly carries his team— the player “most valuable” for his team, so to speak. Others believe that the best player on the best team in the NBA should get MVP honours since he is […]

LeBron? Harden? Westbrook? Kawhi? Who deserves to win the impossibly close MVP race this season? The first definition of ‘value’ on my Dictionary app tells me that the word means ‘relative worth, merit, or importance’. Notice ‘relative’ as the operative word: there is no singular answer to “What, or Who, is Valuable?” For me, an […]

NBA CONFERENCE FINALS PREVIEW No. 1 Warriors vs. No. 2 Rockets  DEEP IMPACT: The long balls should be flying in this series. The Warriors (first) and Rockets (tied for second with the Hawks) are the postseason leaders in three-pointers made per game — a continuation of both teams’ regular-season performances. Houston set an NBA single-season […]

As the NBA season reaches its climax, who’ll win the crowded MVP race? There are essentially two types of races in every walk of life. The first type is really not a race at all but a massacre, a dominant performance by one individual far and above ahead of all competitors. The second type is […]