Tag: nba
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Backdoor Cut: Houston Rockets 2010-11 Season Preview or Yao is back!
Time to preview the 2010-11 Houston Rockets Music to listen to: Tush by ZZ Top Last season/offseason changes: Houston had an interesting last season. The Rockets in essence traded Ron Artest for Trevor Ariza and saw the former win a tite with the Lakers. Yao Ming missed nearly all of last season with foot…
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Backdoor Cut: San Antonio Spurs 2010-11 Season Preview or Does the band have one more hit song in them?
Time to preview the 2010-11 San Antonio Spurs Music to listen to: Waltz Across Texas by Ernest Tubb Last season/offseason changes: The Spurs put together another 50-win season and a spot in the playoffs last year but it seemed like they were off the entire season. Whether it was Manu Ginobili being nicked up…
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Backdoor Cut: Golden State Warriors 2010-11 Season Preview or Is there finally optimism in the Bay?
Time to preview the 2010-11 Golden State Warriors Music to listen to: Freaky Tales by Too Short Last season/offseason changes: Outside of the Miami Heat, no team saw as many changes on the court and in the front office than Golden State. First, the Warriors are under new ownership and Don Nelson isn’t an executive…
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Backdoor Cut: 2010-11 Phoenix Suns Season Preview or How long can Nash hold up?
Time to preview the 2010-11 Phoenix Suns Music to listen to: Only Women Bleed by Alice Cooper Last season/offseason changes: The Suns finished last season with a record of 54-28 playing the fast-paced style that become synonymous with the squad the previous few seasons before Steve Kerr took over as general manager. Kerr was fired,…
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Backdoor Cut: 2010-11 Minnesota Timberwolves Preview or How does David Kahn still have a job?
Time to preview the 2010-11 Minnesota Timberwolves Music to listen to: Forever Young by Bob Dylan Last season/offseason changes: Nearly everything that could go wrong last year for the Timberwolves happened The Wolves finished last year with a record of 15-67, but were probably the worst team in the NBA. At least the Nets…
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Backdoor Cut: 2010-11 Oklahoma City Thunder Season Preview or How far can Durant take them this year?
Time to preview the 2010-11 Oklahoma City Thunder Music to listen to: See the Leaves by The Flaming Lips Last season/offseason changes: The Thunder emerged from the West last season with a record of 50-32, earning the eighth seed of the playoffs. OKC ended up losing to the Lakers in six games but gained valuable…
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