After breaking out a colorful printed jacket following Game 2, Miami’s Dwyane Wade showed up for last night’s Game 4 in his home town of Chicago with his most fashion-forward outfit yet: A double-breasted suit with a polka dot pattern, with pants cut at an aggressive, Thom Browne-inspired length. (Or rather, lack of length).
It was enough to draw a response from Chuck, Shaq and Kenny… -
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Now it’s your turn. Would you choose D-Wade’s suit? Or would you lose the suit? Vote below, and don’t forget to continue the conversation on Twitter using #NBAStyle… -
Comedian and two-time Sprint Celebrity All-Star Game MVP Kevin Hart visited the Inside crew for halftime of the All-Star Game. The results weren’t too kind for Kenny Smith and Chuck:
It’s been a minute or two since we’ve done one of these, but with the announcement of the All-Star starters, everyone’s attention is now on which players will be named All-Star reserves.
Last night on the TNT pregame show, Kenny, Charles, and EJ gave their picks for the East, and they all agreed on five players: Atlanta’s Al Horford, and the Celtics’ foursome of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, and Ray Allen.
There was no consensus for the last two spots, as they each picked a different pair from amongst Miami’s Chris Bosh, Atlanta’s Joe Johnson, and New York’s Raymond Felton. Given the lack of agreement, I thought now would be a good time to revisit everyone’s favorite game, Extend, Trade, or Cut.
Just to refresh you on the rules, picture yourself as the GM of a mythical NBA franchise, and pretend that you have to choose between three players. One player you can extend with a new contract, one player you have to trade for some mythical asset(s), and one player you must cut from your roster for eternity (it’s a harsh world). You may choose each option only once.
Let’s examine the evidence:
Chris Bosh: Is he on the same level as his more famous teammates? No, he’s not. But he’s still a guy that can get you 20 and 10 on a given night, and he’s one of the sweeter-shooting big men in the game. He has caught some flak lately for suggesting that players maybe shouldn’t try so hard all the time.
Joe Johnson: For this exercise, we are only considering his merits as a basketball player. Therefore, you should disregard the fact that he most likely has at present the worst contract in the NBA. JJ’s had a bit of a down year, but some of that was due to an elbow injury, and he seems to have regained his form in January.
Raymond Felton: Has helped reignite the age decade old NBA question, is it the point guard, or is it Mike D’Antoni‘s system? On the other hand, some might argue that Felton has always been a capable PG, but was too restrained in Charlotte under the heavy hand of Larry Brown. Either way, there is no doubt that Felton is having a career year in his first season in New York City.
That’s the choices. What’s your decisions?
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The NBA D-League tipped off it’s regular season last night, with new franchise the Texas Legends playing their very first game under coach Nancy Lieberman, the first woman to coach a men’s team in a major professional league (the Legends lost 123-115 to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers). The D-League is proving to be a very useful tool for NBA player development, but it is still working its into the mainstream conscience, as evidenced by this hilarious faux-game show hosted by Ernie Johnson during last night’s episode of Inside the NBA on TNT.
Before we begin, if you had to guess, between Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley, who would be more able to correctly match D-League teams and their nicknames, you’d take Kenny, right? Let’s find out. Roll it!
I wish there were a team called the Texas Hold ‘Ems, that would be an awesome nickname.
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Catch up on every single game-winning buzzer beater during the season and see how it rates on the Horry Scale.
