1. The NBA's Best: By The Numbers, Part 1

    A fellow Bleacher Report contributor recently invited me to read an article he wrote concerning a tradition he has recently initiated to celebrate each of his son's birthdays...

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  2. The NBA's Best: By Height

    We’ve all read articles that talk about the best players of all time, the best players to ever play a certain position, the best players to never win a championship, the best players to ...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about almost 3 years ago 3,948 reads 30 comments

  3. Play of Perkins Powers the Pursuit of Perfection

    With a record-breaking 27-2 start to this NBA season, the Boston Celtics have arguably improved as a team since last year's championship run...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about 3 years ago 182 reads 10 comments

  4. Is Mr. Clutch Losing His Touch?

    For the second night in a row, the Los Angeles Lakers—a team frequently labeled the “best team” in the Western Conference—had possession of the ball, time on ...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about 3 years ago 664 reads 71 comments

  5. Do Kobe and Company Need Viagra To Avoid Going Soft?

    In the process of being humiliated in last year's Finals against the Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers were commonly criticized for being too soft on the defensive end...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about 3 years ago 553 reads 16 comments

  6. Green Machine Ready To Roll

    The Boston Celtics currently sit atop the Eastern Conference, having played more games than any other team in the NBA. With nine victories from 11 starts, Boston has thus far won two more games than the hapless Washington Wizards have even played...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 251 reads 7 comments

  7. If Kobe Is Mr. Clutch, Then Who Is Paul Pierce?

    I read an article here on Bleacher Report a little over a week ago in which the author claimed that Kobe Bryant should rightly be considered Mr. Clutch, based on his recent fourth-quarter performance against the Nuggets...

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  8. Is the NBA's East the New Beast?

    It was a common criticism of the Celtics last year to suggest that they owed their spectacular regular season record, in part, to the relative weakness of the competition they faced in the Eastern ...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 166 reads 1 comments

  9. Team USA Basketball: Yet Another Dream Team Versus Redeem Team Article

    I think it's great that the play of the so-called Redeem Team has brought so much joy to so many people. At the same time, too many commentators seem to be downplaying the achievements of the ...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 1,412 reads 2 comments

  10. Exclusive: Cadel Evans Cheats His Way To Tour De France Victory

    Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Indurain, Armstrong. To even casual cycling fans, these are household names. Each of these riders achieved fame by conquering cycling’s penultimate event: the Tour de France...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 2,993 reads 5 comments

  11. Achieving Celtics Immortality: Will No. 5 Hang From The Rafters?

    A close friend and I were joking the other day that the Celtics cannot afford to retire too many more jersey numbers without creating the need to start using three digit numbers. Paul Pierce's No...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 500 reads 22 comments

  12. Who Cares? The NBA Cares, That's Who! Part 1

    In this, the first of two articles on how the 'NBA Cares', I look at some specific ways in which the organization and its personnel live up to its current slogan. I hope you enjoy it. The NBA Cares for the Global Economy Michael Jordan...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 1,493 reads 7 comments

  13. Andrew Bynum: Will He be Crushed by the Weight of Expectation?

    In the aftermath of the Lakers’ latest capitulation to the Celtics in the NBA Finals, many within the Los Angeles sports community have suggested that having Andrew Bynum in uniform would have reversed the outcome of the series...

    Gaz V Written by Gaz V about over 3 years ago 1,322 reads 14 comments