Category Archives: Basketball

2016 NBA Playoff Preview

Posted on April 15, 2016 by fromabrooklynbasement

My faithful readers (both of them) may have noticed that I haven’t written an NBA column this season. There are two reasons for this. First, lack of time (once again, adulthood sucks); second, and more importantly, the record-breaking season that my … Continue reading →

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2014-15 NBA Preview

Posted on October 28, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

The sports calendar always wraps around on itself, like Ouroboros eating its own tail, but this year it feels particularly interminable for me. Baseball is still going, as the Giants attempt to clinch their third World Series championship in five … Continue reading →

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The Silliest of NBA Silly Seasons

Posted on July 15, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Generally speaking, you don’t get cell phone reception on subway trains or in stations in New York. One of the exceptions to this rule is on the F line in Brooklyn, where the train comes above ground for two stops … Continue reading →

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Dubs 2013-2014 Season (and Mark Jackson) Postmortem

Posted on May 7, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Here we are, a few days after the Dubs’ season sadly ended after a hard-fought Game 7 loss to the L.A. Clippers. Last year, after the Spurs ended Steph Curry & Co.’s Cinderella playoff run, I wrote a series of … Continue reading →

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NBA Playoffs Round One Review

Posted on May 5, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Holy shit, you guys. I mean, seriously, the last two weeks have basically just melted my brain with the awesomeness that has been the 2014 NBA Playoffs. We’ve had back-and-forth games, buzzer-beating shots, a racist owner getting booted out of … Continue reading →

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2014 NBA Playoff Preview

Posted on April 18, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

It is sometimes said that April is the cruelest month, but the guy who coined that phrase obviously wasn’t a sports fan. The fourth month of the year is one of my favorites, because it brings an awesome confluence in … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Dubs Nation

Posted on November 15, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The Golden State Warriors have been pretty much unanimously touted as the NBA’s most entertaining team so far this season. Last night’s epic 116-115 win over the Seattle Sonics Oklahoma City Thunder confirmed this, but before I talk about the … Continue reading →

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He’s on Fire

Posted on August 30, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

For basketball fans my age, the words “he’s on fire” carry a special meaning. NBA Jam came out 20 years ago, in 1993, when I was twelve years old. The arcade game quickly became a cultural touchstone, and by far … Continue reading →

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On the NBA Silly Season

Posted on July 26, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

The NBA closed out its 2012-2013 season with what was probably the best Finals in recent memory, and then launched right into an offseason with an unpredictable, trade-filled Draft night that featured the Boston Celtics tearing down the last remnants … Continue reading →

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NBA Playoffs Review

Posted on June 21, 2013 by fromabrooklynbasement

One thing I’ve noticed about the sports prediction game: Pundits almost never go back and look at their preview columns to review what they got right and what they got wrong. Well, we here in the Brooklyn Basement are big … Continue reading →

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