Kiwi Steve in the NBA #6: Deja Vu All Over Again
Last week the Thunder beat the Warriors, beat them right off the court... but since then it's been back to the same old problems with three straight defeats. Won't somebody think of the children!?
Last week the Thunder beat the Warriors, beat them right off the court... but since then it's been back to the same old problems with three straight defeats. Won't somebody think of the children!?
It’s been odd getting international basketball in the middle of the Breakers season. Odd but pretty exciting as the Tall Blacks finally get to play some meaningful games outside of major tournaments and double headers against Australia.
In which everything that's been wrong with OKC's season went wrong again in New Orleans before everything that's been right was oh-so-right again at home to the defending champs.
Thanksgiving is here and the NFL has one more reason to show how much they love America while players expose the hypocrisy of that idea and fans spend lots of money to give the league reason for its bland and ceremonial patriotism.
You could hear the snap from the other side of the TV screen on the other side of the world. Less than six minutes into the season, Gordon Hayward came down hard after trying to challenge for an alley-oop pass from Kyrie Irving.
How long does a bruised calf keep you out of NBA games for? Steven Adams is your test case there, but he bookended the week with typically strong games, leaving damaged bodies in his wake.
The last few Tuesday nighters have been tough to watch but this one looks like an exception. Quality TNF games on both ends? It’s gonna be a looong week.
By the time the clock ran out in Perth on Sunday night, the arguments were over. If you didn’t think the Breakers were the best in show before this weekend then doing the double on a home-away versus the Perth Wildcats had to have sealed the deal.
“I’m not going to lie. That was one of the most embarrassing pregame speeches I’ve ever seen. It wouldn’t have been as bad if his teammates got riled up, but the looks on their faces like, 'What just happened?'"
Perhaps it was some Rick + Morty inspired sci-fi heroics because when Kiwi Steve went all the way up and dunked on Aussie Aron Baynes… woah mate. Dropped the hammer so hard that Baynes is lucky his top knot even survived.
Ah yes, Jimmy G. The NFL’s most handsome backup… or at least he was. He's off to San Francisco and a bunch of other people are off to a bunch of other places and WC's picks are back in hot form.
Steven Adams is going about doing some magical things this season. It’s very early days but he’s teasing career bests in scoring and rebounding while thriving as much as anybody on the roster for the additions of George and Anthony.