They Got Game

Point guard is the toughest position to play in the NBA. It takes a combination of quickness, toughness, strength, determination, and heart to be a successful point guard, and that’s why the best players in the NBA are all point guards. Here are the top ten point guards in the NBA: 1. Stephon Marbury, Knicks: […]

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Patriot Games

So Ron Artest wants to come to New York? Let’s roll out the red carpet for the former Red Storm who: – Destroyed a television camera at Madison Square Garden in 2003. – Openly disrespected coach Pat Riley during a game with the Miami Heat. – Asked for a month off after overworking himself promoting […]

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The Kings Are Dead. Long Live the Kings!

There is no hope for the Sacramento Kings this year. The season is over. Look at the numbers. You do remember numbers, don’t you? Those things that stand for something? Well, the Kings’ numbers this year are awful. That’s A as in Appalling, W as in Weak, F as in Failure, U as in Ugly, […]

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Van Gundy 86ed, Pat Riley Is a Solid Gasser!

Hey there, cats and kittens, troobs and noobs, dicties and hincties and solid solid spenders, it’s me, the movinest groovinest swingin’ Hall of Fame hepcat #1, Dr. Jack, comin’ atcha and raisin’ the roof with the troof, the whole troof, and nuttin’ but! Time to hit ya where it hurts with all the news that […]

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Blog Like a Hole in the Neck

you say many things but i only hear a few that is because i am busy watching the l.a. clippers dominate the pacific division their luminous bodies shine in the staples center i sit up in the back like a common man that is all i’ll ever be the howling pain that is the universe […]

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ACC Is AOK: Seven Years, Baby!

Oh, it was a mugging! Are you kidding me? For six straight years, the ACC/Big 10 Challenge, has been no challenge at all — the Atlantic Coast Conference has trashed, thrashed, smashed, and bashed the Big Ten…and now it’s seven years in a row! The ACC, clearly the best conference in the NCAA, dominated this […]

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JUMP BALL: Erick Dampier Vs. An Order Of Chicken Fries

Magic versus Larry. Kobe versus Shaq. Charles Barkley versus a ten-year-old girl. No sport lends itself to heated mano-y-mano discussions like professional basketball. This is why Hard Wood is proud to present JUMP BALL, a series of posts that will let two folks tackle these controversial and spirited match-ups. For the inaugural tip, we’re pitting […]

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The Kings of Las Vegas!

Hello basketball world! I am Siegfried, one half of the amazing world-famous Siegfried & Roy duo, here with an letter opener to the Kings of Sacramento, Mr. Maloof Brothers, on behalf of the greatest city in the world of Nevada, Las Vegas! In case you are wondering, in the picture above, I am on the […]

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Dime for a Change

On the street, they call them dimes. And they’re the currency of the playground. From Rucker to the Cage, when they talk about handle, they’re talking about the not-so-secret language of ballin’. Before the lights, before the Yellow Jackets, before the feuds with KG, with Van Horn, even with cousin Bassy, he was Stephon from […]

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Latrell’s Lame Blog of Despair

Mood: Depressed It’s been a tough week. >:-< Why won’t anyone let me just play basketball again? I have called EVERYONE and no one wants me. It’s really getting me down! I can understand Miami, they already have a lot of guys my age. But no one wants any veteran leadership? Not even Atlanta? Ugh. […]

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