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How the Hawks turned from mediocrity to NBA’s finest in just two years

How the Hawks turned from mediocrity to NBA’s finest in just two years

Elliott Propes January 12, 2015

The Atlanta Hawks have been the face of mediocrity for the last several years. The Hawks may have the longest playoff streak in the NBA at seven seasons, but they have failed to make it past the second...

Lakers struggle to start season after departure of coach

Lakers struggle to start season after departure of coach

Marquis Munson November 5, 2014

As Kendrick Lamar said in his famous “Control” verse, “If Phil Jackson came back, still no coaching me.” But if you watched the last couple seasons of the Los Angeles Lakers, it would be safe to...

Hammon makes waves in NBA

Hammon makes waves in NBA

Marquis Munson November 3, 2014

The San Antonio Spurs have been one of the most successful organizations in basketball since they won their first NBA title in 1999. A lot of their success is due to a great fan base, a solid group of...

Bucks likely the most interesting NBA team

Bucks likely the most interesting NBA team

Ben Boynton October 28, 2014

Tuesday night, the NBA tipped off its regular season with games starring well-known teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. Teams...

NBA capitalizing on growing worldwide popularity through Global Games

NBA capitalizing on growing worldwide popularity through Global Games

Ben Boynton October 15, 2014

Most people would agree that football is the signature sport of the U.S. While it may be incredibly popular in America, to the rest of the world, football is what we call soccer. Basketball, on the other...

Professional sports needed now more than ever in turbulent times

Professional sports needed now more than ever in turbulent times

Matthew Wilson September 1, 2014

Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson’s announcement that he is selling his controlling interest in the team over a racially-charged email comes at a timely moment in our nation’s history. With riots...

Why an NBA team won’t work in Birmingham

Marquavius Burnett June 27, 2012

Recently, the @NBABirmingham Twitter account was created and burst onto the scene in the local twitter world. Fifteen-year-old George Chamoun from Mountain Brook started the account, which became a Twitter...

March Madness not mad enough

Wesley Vaughn March 29, 2011

There is a difference between good basketball and entertaining basketball. College basketball – particularly March Madness – is entertaining basketball, albeit very, very entertaining basketball. ...

Old Money/New Money an age old conflict in pro basketball

Tyler Rigdon March 7, 2011

Following last week’s controversial article concerning old money and new money on our campus, I would like to state that I do believe in the divide. It is a divide that has deepened as of late. However,...

Anthony Grant makes moves during the summer

Jordan Eichenblatt June 17, 2010

The Alabama men’s basketball head coach Anthony Grant seemed like an NBA general manager in May. He received two commitments from top recruits, added a good out-of-conference game to the schedule, changed...

How NBA can assist politics

Wesley Vaughn March 1, 2010

Describing the current state of the National Basketball Association as another golden age of talent may be a bit premature because it will only continue to prosper with its abundance of young skillful...