From My Sporting Perspective

Team USA, Jennings, and Some Summer Basketball
G.O.A.T. :: about 1 month ago :: 147 views

After a month-long blogging hiatus, I am back to give you the news from the sport I cover best: basketball. We have seen many players moving around this summer which has sent Baron Davis and Marcus Camby to LA, Elton Brand to Philly, and Maggette to Golden State to name only a few. However, all of these events pale in comparison to Team USA. Coach Krzyzewski's team has had more pressure put on them than ever before with some even claiming that if we fail this year, we'll never win another one.

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A Wild Night in New York
G.O.A.T. :: 2 months ago :: 222 views

There were many surprises announced by both the commissioner and the deputy commissioner last night in New York at the NBA Draft. From Russell Westbrook going at #4 to Brook Lopez dropping to #10 and from Jason Thompson being chosen at #12 to DeAndre Jordan and Mario Chalmers having to wait until the second round to hear their names called. No one could have predicted such a thing for one of the deepest draft class's in recent memory. But it was also one of the youngest in recent memory as twelve freshmen were drafted last night.

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The Enigma of the Arizona Wildcats
G.O.A.T. :: 2 months ago :: 950 views

I'm what most would consider a basketball nerd. Today, I was scanning through the NBADraft.net's 2009 mock draft when I noticed that there was one team whose name I kept seeing very early in the draft. That team was Arizona. It struck me as somewhat odd since I hadn't heard much about them among next year's contenders. The nerd in me forced itself to research this team. Turns out, not one expert has them ranked in the Top 25 of next season. Here are the three Arizona Wildcats that are all projected to go in the top 17 of next year's draft.

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The Seven Best from the NBA's Marquee Rivalry
G.O.A.T. :: 2 months ago :: 948 views

From the days of Russell and Cousy against Baylor and West to the fierce battles of Kareem and Magic versus Bird and McHale. So many great players and so much tradition shrouds this series with all of the hype. Quite frankly, I am sick of hearing this and that about the upcoming NBA Championship. So I decided that I will dig deep into the past, which is somewhat difficult to me considering I wasn't even alive in '87 when they met in the Finals last. Without any further adieu, I give you the seven best players to ever play in the NBA's best rivalry...

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Word on the NBA Street
G.O.A.T. :: 3 months ago :: 1423 views

Last night, I witnessed the greatest player since Jordan close out on of the best teams of this decade. I am, of course, referring to Kobe Bryant and the San Antonio Spurs, respectively. Tim Duncan had his fourth career triple-double with 19 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists which would have made news had Kobe not been...well, himself. Bryant finished with 39 points and scored 17 of them in the final period. He completely dominated and led his team back from being down 17 points in the first half.

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