It's playoff time and we should take a look at who the best coaches in the Association really are. [caption id="attachment_13529" align="aligncenter" width="576"] via thesportsbank.net[/caption] 5. Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat: Yes, Coach Spo has one of the most talented rosters in the NBA, but the man deserves a lot of credit for his success with the Heat since 2008. Since Spo was named head coach, the Heat ...

Every year, the NBA hands out an award for the league’s best 6th man. However, the value of a team’s 7th man is often underappreciated despite that player’s importance to the overall depth, energy and success to their team. To be eligible for this list, the player: 1. Cannot be a starter 2.  Cannot be in the team’s top six minutes per game 9. Steve Novak, New York Knicks [caption id="attachment_12572" align ...

  We’re five days into the first post-lockout season in the National Basketball Association since the wild 1999-2000 season. These are my predictions on how the “ridirkuosly” loaded Western Conference will shape up at the end of what is looking like an extremely intriguing regular season. 1. Oklahoma City Thunder All is not well in Oklahoma as of today. Last night Russell Westbrook had one of the worst ...

San Antonio Spurs cover the spread @ Houston Rockets With spreads going as low as -1 and as high as -2.5, the Spurs seem like the lock of the day for all you gamblers out there.  San Antonio is currently 2-0, and the shortened training camp actually works to their advantage since their core has been together so long.  In their two wins, they have beat a very good Memphis Grizzlies team by 13, and a pretty g ...

  9. Boston Celtics The Celtics had a poor off-season as well.  David West spurning them for the Pacers was a major blow, and Jeff Green’s tragic heart condition really takes away their depth. They failed to improve this off-season, and their big three is continuing to age.  Their championship window is soon closing. 8. New York Knicks The Knicks made a smart move when they gave up on the Chris Paul pi ...

Athletes absolutely love using Twitter. However, I have a hard time following a lot of my favorite athletes on Twitter because they tweet non stop and say a lot of stupid stuff. Every once in a while, a significant athlete tweets something meaningful and insightful for his fans and followers to read. We have seen Tony Romo blow countless games thus far in his NFL career. Don’t get me wrong; I believe Romo i ...

Where in the World is Kareem Rush, J.P Batista, and Shawn Bradley? Kareem Rush: Rush was a sharpshooting guard out of Missouri that was projected to be a top 10 pick in 2002, but fell to #20 and was traded to the Lakers on draft day. After being a key bench player and winning two rings with the Lakers, Rush bounced around the NBA from the Bobcats to the Sonics to Lithuania (where he was named MVP) to the Pa ...