AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps One of the most news-worthy items of the week (from an Aussie NBA fans’ perspective), was John Hollinger’s look at the In-Season All-Improved team. Readers of this blog will know I’m not always a fan of Hollinger’s work, but this time round can I just say a massive THANK YOU John for recognising [...]

It’s taken four months but it finally happened – we have a new #1 in the Doubting Thomas Rankings! Danilo Gallinari, who has thoroughly dominated this competition so far, finally slipped up and allowed a surging Mr. Dragic to pass him. With only one more Doubting Thomas ranking left (March and April will be combined), [...]

The news is out – Shaq is going to miss two months with his thumb injury, returning just in time for the playoffs… so the plan goes. With Big Z not able to return (and you better believe he will return) for another month or so, the Cavs are severely depleted on the interior. You [...]

Forget Nicolas Batum’s career-high. The real news from yesterday’s Blazers v Wolves game was Patty Mills’ career-high 8 point explosion (in just four minutes). Want an argument for Patty to get more minutes? How bout the fact that if he had just played a “standard” 36 minutes, at that pace, he would have scored 72 [...]

My blog posts haven’t exactly been coming thick and fast lately. Busy times at my real job are the main reason, as well as the usual mid-season lull I experience around All-Star Weekend. Gone are the days when the ASW used to be the caffeine-shot that rescued your waning interest in the season. Now, it’s [...]