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Nowadays, this seems to be the age-old question. Who is better, Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? Mostly everyone would agree that Michael Jordan is the superior player but do not really take the time to closely examine how alike these two players are. The major difference between the two is that they played in two completely different eras, but that doesn’t make them incomparable. I’m just looking for ways to compare them on an ...

The Lakers are Kobe Bryant’s team, but tonight this was Pau Gasol’s game.  His 33 points, 14 rebounds, and two blocks led the Lakers to a 111-96 win over the Jazz and a sweep of their Western Conference semifinal series. But the statistics don’t tell the whole story.  Gasol dominated the paint, not only scoring, grabbing rebounds, and blocking shots, but cutting off Jazz penetration and turning away drives ...

Obvious. On May 18th, a team will land an incredibly talented player. It's called the lottery, and there is no doubt about who the best player in the draft is. John Wall. Now the second-best player is, without a doubt, Evan Turner. But Wall is the prized piece. A team could be potentially turned around completely with their pick. The team probably hoping the most to get that top pick is New Jersey, ...

After battling through injuries for most of the season and struggling against a young Oklahoma City team in the first round, the Los Angeles Lakers have seemed to flip the switch in the second round in order to regain their championship form. The question of whether Kobe Bryant is too old, not fast enough, or good enough has been quickly put to rest as he averaged over 30 PPG while ...

Do you have any clue what is wrong with this photo of Stan Van Gundy?  It is the playoffs and he is not pacing nervously, sweating profusely or looking dejected. What kind of NBA playoffs are we currently being subjected to?  The Magic-Hawks series should be under the word dismantling, blowout, or complete annihilation in the dictionary.  They won each game by an average of 25 points...25!  If you ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers are finally admitting that they underestimated Rajon Rondo after watching him carve up their defense in the first four games of their second round playoff series.   The Celtics have a player that the rest of the NBA free-agents are drooling to play with—Rajon Rondo.  Rondo may have made Boston a more attractive destination with his pass-first mentality and his recent play. Rondo has done things that not even the estimable ...

Rajon Rondo's Game Four performance was an instant classic that will not soon be forgotten.  Rondo finished with 29 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists.  Anyone who watched SportsCenter after the game now knows that only two other players in the history of the NBA Playoffs put up those kind of numbers.  One is Oscar Robertson and the other is Wilt Chamberlain. Following the Celtics' victory on Sunday ...

The Orlando Magic have been absolutely dominant throughout the entire 2010 NBA Playoffs, becoming the third team in the past six seasons to sweep heir first two series' after sweeping the Charlotte Bobcats in the first round, and completing the sweep of the Atlanta Hawks tonight, defeating them 98-84. The fans in Atlanta were booing their favorite Joe Johnson, who only scored 14 points in the loss. The Magic embarrassed ...

When the NBA season started, I thought that five teams had a shot to win it all in 2009-2010: The Lakers, Cavs, Magic, Celtics, and Nuggets were my "Fab Five" so to speak. As of right now, there are essentially five teams left. The Lakers and Magic are about to finish off Conference Semi-Final sweeps, the Cavs and Celtics are in an actual series. The Phoenix Suns were the first ...

Even after the Los Angeles Lakers seized all the momentum by holding their home court and taking a 2-0 series lead against the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals, Game Three had all the makings of an L.A. letdown. For one thing, EnergySolutions Arena (home of the Jazz) is arguably the most hostile environment of all the venues that house the remaining playoff teams (the Lakers and Staples Center, ...