Best NBA Uniforms

Like many others, when I was young I had dreams of basketball stardom. Mostly I just wanted to be a good high school basketball player, but even that meager dream did not pan out so well. But I was gifted another, unanticipated opportunity to scratch my basketball itch when I walked on the JV team…

NBA: Opening Night Reactions

The NBA season is a long 82 game slog, and the first game of the year is hardly indicative of how the rest of the season will go. However, after being basketball starved for months during the offseason, it’s hard not to devour the first games on the table, and want to analyze them at…

Thoughts for the NBA Season

The NBA season is finally ready to kick off tonight, but before the action officially starts, I want to run through some of the things that I will be keeping an eye this season. While I will be watching the super Warriors like everyone else, these are some of the things that maybe aren’t as…

NBA Awards Predictions: Most Valuable Player

Finally, after going over the various awards, we arrive at the pinnacle of individual recognition offered by the league. There isn’t much to say other than that these are the best players in the NBA, the guys who control the court with superior talent and acumen. This is manifested in statistics, but more importantly it…

NBA Awards Predictions: Defensive Player of the Year

Everybody loves offense. But real basketball fans also appreciate good defense. I’ll admit that watching Stephen Curry quickly pull a deep 3 off the dribble is exciting. But I also love watching Avery Bradley mirror a ball handler down the court, putting in their head the fear that one misstep will surrender the ball into…

NBA Awards Predictions: Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year is typically about hope more than anything. After all, the draft system is set up so that the best prospects end up on the worst teams. So while good rookies seldom contribute to more wins, they give fan bases hope for the future as they develop. However, that is not to…

NBA Awards Predictions: Coach of the Year

As nebulous as some of the other awards are to define, Coach of the Year may be the toughest. The easiest thing to do is just reward the coach who oversees the biggest leap in wins from the previous year. And, heck, a lot of times that requires really good coaching. But there are also…

NBA Awards Predictions: 6th Man

Continuing my series of predictions on the various NBA awards for the upcoming season – I wrote previously about Most Improved Player – I now move on to 6th Man of the Year. Unfortunately, I think this is the most misattributed award they give. It typically just goes to the leading scorer among nonstarters. While bench…

NBA Awards Predictions: Most Improved Player

The NBA season is upon us once again! And I am ready for basketball, and to get the bad taste of last year’s finals out of my mouth. In anticipation of the exciting things to watch this season, I am going to do my humble best to predict who I think will win the various…

Book Review: Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, by Neil Postman, is an analysis – indeed it would be fair to say a criticism – of the effects of the television culture on the psychology of Americans. I’ll be honest and say that my first instinct was to be defensive toward…

Book Review: Making Sense of God

One of my favorite books I’ve read is C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. In it, Lewis argues Christian apologetics in an intelligent yet relatable way. Tim Keller’s newest book, Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical, belongs directly next to Mere Christianity. Have you ever wrestled with the legitimacy of your faith and the…