Posts by CJ Clarkson
NCAA announces March Madness preliminary round dates
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will tip off with a quartet of First Four games Thursday, March 18, setting a stage for a March Madness unlike any other in the 82 years of the event. The entire tournament will be in Indiana, with 55 of the 67 games taking place in Indianapolis. Mackey…
Read MoreAdelaide 76ers win after double OT in front of a near-capacity crowd
In a spectacular game, the Adelaide 76ers needed two overtimes to beat the South East Melbourne Phoenix 116-108. A near-capacity COVID 19-restricted crowd of 6518 attended the Australian NBL game. Daniel Johnson and Mitch Creek delivered superstar performances for their respective teams, but Josh Giddey ultimately stole the show. Johnson, the five-time sixers MVP, was…
Read MoreKhimki fires coach Kurtinaitis
Khimki Moscow Region announced that it has agreed with Lithuanian coach Rimas Kurtinaitis to terminate his contract. Khimki lost its 12th straight game on Thursday against Anadolu Efes Istanbul and is last in the standings with a 2-18 record. It is the worst record in the history of the new Euroleague format. Kurtinaitis, 60, is…
Read MorePrime NBA Picks and Predictions for the 2021 Playoffs
Basketball is one of the most prominent sports globally, with widely-known players and teams coming from various countries and monumental games throughout its history. Like other sports, it has been hit hard by the current pandemic. Some people in the NBA have been hit by the virus, complicating the launch of new games or a…
Read MoreAdmiral Schofield first pick of 2021 NBA G League draft
The Greensboro Swarm selected Admiral Schofield (195 cm, Tennessee) with the first overall pick of the 2021 NBA G League Draft. In 2019-20, Schofield played 33 games with the Capital City Go-Go, where he averaged 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists. He also played in 33 games for the Washington Wizards. Schofield is the…
Read MoreLaMelo Ball sets NBA record
19-year old LaMelo Ball became the youngest player in league history to record a triple-double with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists on Saturday night, when the Charlotte Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-105. Ball shot 9-of-13 from the field overall and 3-of-5 on 3-pointers in 31 minutes off the bench in Charlotte’s 113-105 win over the Atlanta…
Read MoreNBA G League season starts in February at Disney
There will be an NBA G League season, after all. The NBA G League announced that 18 teams will take to the court in February at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. The top eight teams will advance to a single-elimination playoff. NBA teams without an NBA…
Read MoreFirst mask-wearing game in college basketball
Boston University and Holy Cross made history yesterday. It was the first game in college basketball where all players of both teams had to wear a mask DURING the game! Boston University is the first NCAA D1 team requiring its players to wear masks — and also the first to require other teams to wear…
Read MoreNBA ’Superteams’: Tradition, Trend or Future?
The possible trade of James Harden to Brooklyn, where he would join Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, brought the story of NBA ’superteams’ back into the focus of the basketball public. The last time this was talked about was when Durant left Oklahoma for Oakland four years ago. Mostly negative comments accompanied that departure of…
Read MoreHouston Rockets win without James Harden
The Houston Rockets beat the Sacramento Kings with 102-94 last night. Rockets fans, curious about how their franchise’s future will look like if James Harden gets traded, got their first look on Saturday when the disgruntled former MVP sat out against the Kings with an ankle injury. If the rest of the season without Harden (if a…
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