Chris Reinoos
May 1, 2012
The NBA playoffs have finally arrived. It would be foolish to write a column on anything but the playoffs, so now I will give my predictions for each series. Let’s get to it! Eastern Conference No. 1 Chicago Bulls vs. No. 8 Philadelphia 76ers The complexion of this series, and the entire playoffs,... Read more »
Chris Reinoos, Copy Editor
April 25, 2012
This just in: the Charlotte Bobcats are really bad. Very soon, they could be historically bad. The Bobcats enter play Monday with an unbelievable 7-57 record. 7-57! If the team fails to win any of its last three games, they will set a record for worst winning percentage in the history of the NBA. The... Read more »
Chris Reinoos, Copy Editor
April 19, 2012
We’ve almost reached the end of the NBA regular season, which of course means basketball isn’t even close to ending. The marathon playoff schedule will take us well into June, but it seems like a good time to evaluate the playoff chances of some of the teams fighting for the lower seeds in the Western... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 10, 2012
If you picked Lamar Odom’s tenure with the Dallas Mavericks to last longer than his marriage to Khloe Kardashian, you were wrong. On Monday, the Mavericks agreed to part ways with forward Lamar Odom. The team won’t actually release Odom, but rather they’ll leave him inactive for the rest of the... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 4, 2012
The Milwaukee Bucks are currently two games behind the New York Knicks for the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Both teams are playing hard down the stretch to grab that final spot in the postseason. But why does it matter? The eighth-place team in the East will... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
March 27, 2012
The NBA is an extreme players’ league. Coaches can get themselves fired in a hurry if they don’t mesh well with their team’s superstars (just ask Mike D’Antoni). Lakers coach Mike Brown benched Kobe Bryant for two minutes late in the fourth quarter of a recent game, and the incident became a... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
March 14, 2012
On Monday, point guard T.J. Ford announced his retirement from the NBA at the young age of 28. A series of neck injuries, including one from this season, have caused Ford to step away from the game. Normally, a back-up point guard’s retirement would not be very notable, especially for Ford, who played... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
March 6, 2012
For the first time in what seems like forever, the best basketball team in Los Angeles is not a given. The Clippers, of course, traded for Chris Paul this off season and are finally relevant in the league again after years of dismal performances and inept management. The Paul-Blake Griffin duo has been... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
February 28, 2012
Now that NBA All-Star Weekend has mercifully ended, it seems like a good time to hand out some mid-season awards. The compressed season has given us lots of basketball to talk about in a few short months and some performances worthy of particular attention. Most Valuable Player — LeBron James, Miami... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
February 21, 2012
So, point guard Brandon Jennings isn’t sure if he’s up to being the leader of the Milwaukee Bucks. Let’s all give him a big hug and some Kleenex, as he clearly needs it. Oh, he could also be given a swift kick in the backside. The Bucks, except for a few incredible months in the spring of 2010,... Read more »
