Tag Archives: season preview

FINALS TEAMS PREVIEW – EAST – MIAMI HEAT

Tuesday, October 30

Last Season: 46 – 20 (Current NBA Champions) Overview: So as I sit here typing this review and thinking about the upcoming season, as a Miami Heat follower I cant help but be excited. Still tingling like it was yesterday, the feelings after winning the 2011-2012 NBA championship are still...

FINALS TEAMS PREVIEW – WEST – OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER

Tuesday, October 30

Last Season: 47 – 19 (Lost in the NBA Finals) Overview: What a difference a day makes. I had already started this preview ahead of time and now find myself having to totally re-do it based on one day’s action. The contract situation between James Harden and the OKC Thunder...

DAY 11 – WEST – SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Tuesday, October 30

San Antonio Spurs Last Season: 50 – 16 (1st in the Western Conference) Overview: I have been dreading this review. How can I write about such a boring team and try and make it interesting. Well I can’t but what I can write about is winning because that is what...

DAY 11 – WEST – LOS ANGELES LAKERS

Tuesday, October 30

Los Angeles Lakers Last Season: 41 – 25 (3rd in the Western Conference) Overview: This is the one you have all been waiting for – and with good reason. No-one did more for their roster than the Los Angeles Lakers during the off-season. Last season was the much talked about...

DAY 10 – EAST – BOSTON CELTICS

Monday, October 29

Boston Celtics Last Season: 39 – 27 (4th in the Eastern Conference) Overview: You don’t have 16 banners hanging from the rafters without being a quality organisation. After falling agonisingly close to knocking of LeBron and his Heatles, the Celtics could have easily decided their Championship window had closed and...

DAY 10 – WEST – LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

Monday, October 29

Los Angeles Clippers Last Season: 40 – 26 (5th in the Western Conference) Overview: Finally the Clippers were able to shake off the “ugly sister” tag and do something of importance when it came to basketball. They were able to secure a superstar PG in Chris Paul to pair with...

OKC cause some Thunder as Houston Harden Up

Sunday, October 28

The NBA landscape has shifted in the blink of an eye with the Western Conference Champion Oklahoma City Thunder trading away reigning sixth man of the year and superstar James Harden. Much has been said about the contract negotiations between the Thunder and Harden, so much so that people were...

DAY 9 – EAST – ORLANDO MAGIC

Friday, October 26

Orlando Magic Last Season: 37 – 29 (6th in the Eastern Conference) Overview: It is safe to say that last year had high hopes and ended up in turmoil and tragedy. SO now, the Magic are going from perennial playoff team to full rebuild mode. On the surface they could...

DAY 10 – WEST – DENVER NUGGETS

Friday, October 26

Denver Nuggets Last Season: 38 – 28 (6th in the Western Conference) Overview: Without any real superstar, the Nuggets continued to play together, play for the coach and each other and were relatively successful in making the playoffs again. The emergence of superstar PG Ty Lawson was promising as was...

DAY 9 – EAST – NEW YORK KNICKS

Thursday, October 25

New York Knicks Last Season: 36 – 30 (7th in the Eastern Conference) Overview: Times have been tough in NY since the Patrick Ewing and John Starks days. The Zeke era totally blew the team to smithereens and the drafting has been shocking – so shocking that fans boo’d the...