Basketball from a fans perspective
“Riddle me this”
The headline above
was often uttered by Batman’s adversary The Riddler. The Urban Dictionary defines a riddle in this
manner, “To provide an answer to a question that has no apparent answer.”
Riddle me this, how come Thunder games in the KC Metro are blacked out on NBA
TV. Riddle me this, Thunder games telecast
on ESPN, TNT or Fox Sports Midwest are available for viewing.
“A broken clock is correct twice a day”
This is a rarity for
me, one of those days I agree with a Stephen A. Smith position regarding a
subject. The early portion of First Take was a discussion on LaVar
Ball and his over the top persona. Smith
said: “People are going to begin to believe its Lonzo doing all the complaining
about Luke Walton as coach.” That certainly
is a possibility although Lonzo’s got to be in the most difficult position of
all.
He’s still LaVar Ball’s son and the
appearance (please note I said appearance) its likely Lonzo can say little to
influence his father. He cannot get his
father to tone down his rhetoric regarding decisions that are not his to
make. If LaVar doesn’t tone it down, he
could be forcing the Lakers to trade Lonzo.
As I’ve stated time and again we can have our own take on whether Luke
Walton is a good or bad coach but its just that. Its our opinion and will certainly not
influence the Lakers one way or another.
The problem again is ESPN and others constantly placing a mic in front
of LaVar or writing every word the man expresses.
Dropped in out the sky
Donovan Mitchell’s
stock has continued to rise, enough to be considered for rookie of the year. Who is Mitchell you ask, he was the 13th
pick in the first round of the NBA draft by the Nuggets and later traded to the
Jazz. Mitchell is a 6-3 shooting guard
who played his college basketball at Louisville. He’s scoring at nearly 19 points a game, on
the Jazz depth chart Mitchell is the starter at the two guard. More than likely Ben Simmons will be named as
the top rookie for 2018 however don’t forget about Mitchell. He literally “dropped in out of the sky”,
arriving in the NBA without a great deal of notoriety.
NCAA Division I Champions
Just in case you
need this information for trivia purposes this is your review. There are 7 schools with two championship
trophies in the cupboard and two with three championships. Below are the top five teams and the number
of championships won.
UCLA-11
Kentucky-8
North Carolina-6
Duke & Indiana-5
We hear so much in
basketball conversation about Kansas and its basketball heritage, where do they
stand in this conversation? The Jayhawks
won it all in 1952, 1988 and 2008.
