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Saturday, 31 December 2011

Happy new year!

Since its New Years Eve I thought i'd share a couple of videos of the best things to happen in 2011 in the NBA, enjoy!

Top ten plays of 2011 regular season

Top ten plays of Blake griffin 2011


                                                Top ten plays of the Black Mamba 2011

Friday, 30 December 2011

Tonight's NBA preview

Orlando vs Charlotte
Orlando win
1) Orlando's frontline of Dwight Howard alone is too big a challenge for Charlottes defenders, predict Howard to have a 20-15 game (20 points 15 rebounds)
2)If Orlando knock down the long ball Charlott are going to have big trouble chasing them off the 3 point line whilst they're trying to double or even triple down on Howard.
3)Expect Kemba Walker to provide the scoring for Charlotte

Cleveland vs Indiana
Indiana wins
1)Expect David West to lead  Indiana in scoring with Danny Granger and Paul George.
2)Look for Kyrie irving to be leading the break for the Cavaliers and being their lead scorer with Antawn Jamison.
3)Not one of the best mathchups of the night give it a miss if i was you.


Detroit vs Boston
Boston wins
1)Battle of the Veterans - Peirce, O'Neal, Allen, Garnett, Daniels, Dooling v Prince, Wallace, Wilkins, Gordon.
2)If Garnett doesn't take on the scoring role he needs to Boston will have a tough night.
3)Pierce is expected to debut tonight which will boost bostons chances even though Paul Peirce isn't in rhythm yet.

New Jersey vs Atlanta
Atlanta wins
1)Al Horford and Joe Johnson the keys to the win.
2)Expect a big game from Brook lopez apart from Horford Atlanta haven't got too much to throw his way.
3) Massively underrated Teague will lead the break for Atlanta giving us some highlights.

Houston vs Memphis
Memphis wins
1)Jordan Hill, Kevin Martin and Lowry to lead the Rockets in scoring. Terrence williams providing the high flying highlights
2)Marcus Morris will be coming out hot following his great performances previous
3)Zeebo and Gasol dominate downlow with their size. Gay, Zeebo and Mayo provide the scoring.

Phoenix vs New Orleans
New Orleans wins
1)Apart from Robin Lopez the suns might have trouble defending the paint against Landry and Kaman and keeping Emeka Okafor off the boards.
2)Expect West to fill it up with scoring and Nash to be providing the offense for Suns.
3)Apart from Nash suns dont have enough offense to compete with New Orleans Ariza, Landry and Gordon.

Miami vs Minnesota
Miami wins
1)Lebron gets the win on his birthday
2)Rubio to have a good game stepping up to the plate, leads minnesota with assists.
3)Lebron or D-Wade still wont attempt a 3-pointer this season, the fastbreak wont be stopped well by Minnesota.

Washington vs Milwaukee
Washington wins
1)Expect Wall and McGee to lead the break providing some highlights
2)Bogut outplays McGee down on the low block.
3)Give it a miss if i was you not the best game of the night.

Toronto vs Dallas
Dallas wins
1)Former champions experience will be too much for Toronto
2)Dirk and Lamar to lead Dallas
3)Another match to probably miss

Philadelphia vs Utah
Philadelphia wins
1)A big game is needed from the youngsters Evans and williams for Philadelphia
2)Millsap,, Favors and Jefferson should have a good night downlow
3)We can safely say neither of these teams have a shot at the title but definitely a match to watch

Chicago vs Clippers
Chicago win in lob city
1)Expect the massively underrated Luol Deng to perform tonight on the offensive end but more importantly definitely on the defensive end
2)Alleyhoop! definitely eyecandy for the fans tonight the best match of the night by far!
3)Rose to lead all scorers and Deandre Jordan to lead with blocks


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Happy Birthday LBJ

Its Lebron James' birthday today as he turns 27, to celebrate his birthday here his top ten plays of 2011!


Thursday, 29 December 2011

Lakers in trouble? I dont think so

The Los Angeles Lakers started the season 2-1 and face the New York Knicks tonight at madison sqaure Garden (Catch it for free with NBA League Pass here).

Too many people are jumping on the Clippers bandwagon and writing off the Lakers, if you've got Kobe you've got a chance. He hasn't got as much in his legs anymore but he is still the best closer in the game today, look at the christmas day game against the bulls he made clutch plays especially his memorable fadeway over Deng. Yes he turned it over in the last 20 seconds with a horrible decision to throw a pass which was never going to work but you have to give credit to Deng and the bulls defence.

Secondly, the Lakers may not have Bynum healthy yet but McRoberts for me has been a beacon of hope. He's athletic for his size and provides alot of energy on the rebounding and defensive side, he's not the strongest downlow but he can get his fair share of shots and he seems to have gel'd well with the team (see video below).
Thirdly Blake, Steve Blake is really starting to fill his role considering last season he didn't shoot the three to his best ability only registering 0.374% in the season. Blake has come out this season with alot more confidence taking better shots more often and providing scoring LA will need from him this season.. On a final note Bynum is guaranteed to make a big difference when he returns. Im not saying LA are looking like the champs this season but I predict them making top 3 in the west this season easily.

What do you think?

Andrew Bynum caught speeding

Injured Lakers center Andrew Bynum is reported two have had two traffic violations in the last three day! according to TMZ.  

Bynum was pulled over in his Porsche 911 on the freeway for going over  80mph. Bynum was cited and released. Bynum sits out the Lakers match vs the New York Knicks tonight which is good for him considering he's been preocuppied with the law, not so good for the 1-2 Lakers though.




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Were back!

Were back after being offline for a very long time we are finally back. So just as a treat heres the NBA christmas day sneakers!