Roundball Soundoff

Roundball Soundoff 1/18/11: Everyone’s Injured

Make sure you’re checking Jay out at The Brink of Sanity . OK so there’s a lot of injuries throughout the NBA this season (Hell yes! My fantasy teams are fucked up!-ed.). I want to break down the injury situations and talk about what it means for each team. I didn’t include players that aren’t in the top 8 in their teams rotations, and I usually left out players with very temporary injuries. (This was written on January 17th, so a few players may […]

Roundball Soundoff 1/10/11: A Title in the Big Apple?

* Mark Jackson said on TV that Carmelo Anthony could put the New York Knicks in title contention. A dynamic duo of ‘Melo and Stoudemire is admittedly amazing to think about, but even if they land ‘Melo, I still think New York isn’t defensive-minded enough to reach that next level. They looked impressive against San Antonio recently, but they better hope Boston and Miami have some injury issues come playoff time, because the playoffs are a different story. With all […]

Roundball Soundoff 1/3/11: New Year Progress Report

Check out Jay’s end-of-2010 progress report on the NBA season.

Roundball Soundoff 12/27/10: Do You Believe in Magic?

This week’s Roundball Soundoff looks at the surprising resurgence of the Orlando Magic as well as the defending champs’ Christmas Day spanking at the hands of the Miami Heat.

Roundball Soundoff 12/20/10: NBA Musical Chairs

This week’s Roundball Soundoff column takes a look at this weekend’s blockbuster trades involving the Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards.

Roundball Soundoff 12/13/10: Win Win Win!!

by Khendra Murdock * What’s with the crazy win streaks lately? Dallas has an impressive 12 straight, Boston has 10 straight, Miami has 8, New Fricking York somehow has 8 (I guess that Amare signing worked out pretty well, huh?), and even Chicago is on a pretty good streak with 5 wins in a row. My guess to explain these streaks is that many teams are settling into a groove. We’re more than 20 games into the season, so we’re […]

Roundball Soundoff 12/6/10: Cleveland, Orlando & MJ as GM

In this week’s Roundball Soundoff, Jay discusses the bug that are Orlando, files an early-season missing persons report, and reminds us that the greatest of all time kinda sucks as a GM.

Roundball Soundoff 11/29/10: Griffin, Spurs, and Avoiding LeRiot

by Khendra • Damn, Blake Griffin is good.  I know many of us were tempted to write him off as another Greg Oden when he missed the entirety of his 2009-10 rookie season, but dude has serious athleticism and skills on the offensive end that Oden only dreams of having.  His post moves are already well-developed, and he’s a beast on the boards.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see him putting together 20/10 seasons for years to come provided that […]

Roundball Soundoff 11/22/10: Does Erik Spoelstra Use White Strips?

As many of you know, I live for NBA basketball. But I know that there are plenty of people out there who live for NBA basketball even more than I do. So when I decided I wanted to have a weekly NBA column here on the site, I knew just who to go to!! So, welcome to the first edition of “Roundball Soundoff”. It’s written by my buddy Jay, who runs the excellent “Brink of Sanity” podcast as well as a New York Knicks podcast (and God, […]