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Derrick Rose: The Fallout From Sitting Out
Published: Saturday May 18th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/18/derrick-rose-sits-out-nba
Description: Willis Reed played on an injured leg in the 1970 NBA Finals, thus inspiring his Knicks teammates to a championship performance. In Game 5 of the 1997 Finals, Michael Jordan took the court with a fever of 103 degrees… and scored 38 points. These are the sort of moments some basketball historians have invoked in the discussion of why Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls did not return from knee surgery to help the Bulls, who were eliminated from the playoffs by the Miami Heat on Wednesday In a ... read more »
San Antonio Spurs Are A Model Of Consistency
Published: Saturday May 18th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/18/spurs-nba-playoffs
Description: The San Antonio Spurs are the best team you don t pay any attention to. Known for efficient defense, rebounds, and a little slower pace, they re the team people keep expecting to go away, but they never do. Having never in their entire history gone two years without being in the playoffs, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that at 16 consecutive seasons, the Spurs have the longest active streak of playoff appearances in the NBA. There are a couple of strands that run through the Spurs history. O... read more »
Oklahoma City Continues Without Westbrook
Published: Saturday May 11th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/11/russell-westbrook-injury
Description: On April 24, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook went down with a season-ending knee injury. But despite losing its second leading scorer, the Thunder managed to advance past the Houston Rockets in six games in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Now Oklahoma City is locked in a tense series with the Memphis Grizzlies. Daily Oklahoman columnist Berry Tramel joined Bill Littlefield to discuss the impact of Westbrook’s injury. BL: Westbrook has been very important to the Thunder s... read more »
The Value Of Debating Value
Published: Wednesday May 8th 9PM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/08/lebron-james-mvp
Description: It’s either because their lives are going so smoothly that they have nothing else about which to be concerned, or because their lives are so thoroughly out of control that they’re grasping at what seems a manageable dispute with well-defined parameters for relief from the chaos. Those are the two circumstances under which I can understand people arguing about the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. I’m sympathetic to folks in the latter category. When the going gets tough,... read more »
The Story Behind The Jason Collins Story
Published: Saturday May 4th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/04/jason-collins-gay-announcement
Description: Before a practice on Tuesday, Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green was asked if he’d welcome the return of a particular former teammate who’d been traded to Washington earlier in the season. Oh, most definitely, Green said. He was an awesome teammate. He played the game hard, set the screens, and got me open. That’s all you can ask for. Beyond playing the game hard and setting the screens, Green’s former teammate remained silent about his sexual orientation until Monday. Tha... read more »
Nba S Jason Collins Comes Out To A Thoroughly Prepared Public
Published: Wednesday May 1st 8AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/05/01/jason-collins-comes-out
Description: I have a friend who explains the cruel and stupid things we do to one another by saying, We re not very highly evolved. Fair enough. But this week perhaps we can be grateful for a bit of evidence that all is not backward and hopeless. When Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay it was a big deal because no active male athlete in one of the major sports had previously taken that step. But it was not as big a deal as it would have been had the ground for this announcement not been so th... read more »
Nba S Jason Collins Is Gay
Published: Monday April 29th 3PM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/04/29/jason-collins-first-gay-nba-player
Description: Over the past few weeks, rumors have been swirling that the first male professional athlete from one of the four major sports would soon announce that he is gay. Today, Jason Collins, a 34-year-old veteran of six NBA teams, took that step with a first-person story in Sports Illustrated. Collins told SI that he had been considering coming out publicly since 2011, but current events encouraged him not to wait any longer. The recent Boston Marathon bombing reinforced the notion that I shouldn’... read more »
Nba Playoffs Preview With Henry Abbott
Published: Saturday April 20th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/04/20/henry-abbott-nba-playoffs-2
Description: The NBA playoffs are opening this weekend. Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoop blog joined Bill Littlefield to discuss some of the 16 teams vying for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. BL: Oklahoma City lost to Miami in the Finals last year. If they manage to take that next step this postseason, who will appreciate that more, the fans of Oklahoma City, or the NBA HA: I was asking people: If you can have your choice, if the same two teams as last year or any other combination … and people se... read more »
Denver Nuggets: A Mile High And White Hot
Published: Saturday April 13th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/04/13/denver-nuggets
Description: The NBA regular season ends on Wednesday. The Denver Nuggets are among the teams planning for the NBA postseason. This past Wednesday Denver tied a franchise record for most wins which is 54 and they have three more games to break it. They re ahead of the much more ballyhooed LA Clippers and Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings. Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post joined Bill Littlefield to discuss Denver s chances at taking home the Larry O Brien trophy. BL: The Nuggets joined the N... read more »
Hot, Hot Heat: Lebron James, Miami Keep Rolling
Published: Saturday March 9th 7AM
Link: http://onlyagame.wbur.org/2013/03/09/miami-heat
Description: It took LeBron James nine seasons to earn his first NBA title. He might not have to wait so long for No. 2. James and his Miami Heat teammates hold the top record in the NBA’s Eastern Conference s by a wide margin, and a win over Orlando Wednesday extended their winning streak to 16 games. With the regular season winding down, Greg Cote of the Miami Herald thinks the Heat have a good shot at repeating as NBA champions. I think they re gonna get through the East fairly easily, Cote said. Th... read more »