Lin's Play Time To Be Reduced?

Along with other young players of the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin stands to be one of the biggest losers in the transition from Mike D'Antoni's offence to Woodson's. After Woodson's first full practice in charge on, he made it crystal clear that he was bringing the veterans back to play and start, specifically Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire. 

I find it quite unfortunate that this may be the reality for Lin as he just started his career in the limelight and has done quite well for his team despite the outcome of the last 12 games. All it took was for one team to believe in his abilities and for a few players to be injured in order for his God-given talent to shine through. What will be the outcome of the games be now? Its kind of hard to forget that last second 3-pointer that Lin scored in attempts to win against the Raptors last month. 

According to Woodson: "I want everyone to know that when it comes to [crunch time] and I have to get a big shot, I'm going to go to Melo and Amar'e and guys who have done it. Not these guys who are young and are still trying to feel their way out." 

I find it quite unfortunate that according to Woodson, other young players and Lin will be benched in place of the 'veteran' players. I understand to the full extent why Woodson would make such a move, but at the same time if you don't give any player time to play on the court, they will never develop into players that "have already done it" because they never got the chance to even try. Lin, who became a starter at the beginning of February and flourished in D'Antoni's pick-and-roll, run-and-gun system, certainly will not play the same kind of starring role in Woodson's defensive-minded game. Unfortunate for such a great player that has developed so quickly. 

Trade Deadline!

As most of you basketball fans know, today was the trade deadline. Hours before the deadline passed, the Los Angeles Lakers traded away five-time NBA champion Derek Fisher and two first-round draft picks. The Lakers used the deals to acquire a trio of players as the team looks to return to the NBA Finals for the eighth time in the last 13 seasons. Was this a mistake to trade Derek Fisher?

The Lakers sent a first-round draft pick and Derek Fisher, a guard who is the president of the NBA Players Association and won five NBA titles with the Lakers, to the Houston Rockets in return for Jordan Hill. According to the sports world, Lakers owner Jerry Buss said on a statement on the team's website, "I want to express my deepest gratitude to Derek for everything he has meant to this organization over the years... Few who have worn the Lakers uniform have done so with as much class as Derek, both on the court and in the community." With this being said, it leaves a million questions in my mind... why would you trade a player who's been with the team through five NBA titles and who's given back so much to both the team and the community? In my head, it just makes no sense especially with the Lakers hoping to return to the NBA Finals this season. 


The Lakers also dealt forward Luke Walton, guard Jason Kapono and its 2012 first-round pick to Cleveland for guard Ramon Sessions and forward Christian Eyenga, the Cavaliers said in an e-mailed release. However, amidst all this madness of trades before the 3 p.m New York deadline, perhaps the more serious news was focused on a player who stayed put on his team... Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard (three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year) announced this afternoon that he would be waiving a clause within his contract that would have allowed him to become a free agent after this season. Simply to say that, it kept him off the trading block and under contract with Orlando through the 2012-13 season. 

24 Points and 25 Rebounds!

Click the link: Heat vs. Magic || Highlights 

Although Dwight Howard might have played his last game for the Orlando Magic, he definitely made it memorable! Howard scored 24 points and grabbed 25 rebounds and Jameer Nelson scored two clutch baskets in overtime to give the Orlando Magic a 104-98 win over Miami Heat. 

With this being said, Howard's performance represented only the 29th time a player since the 1985-86 season has scored 24 or more points with 25 or more rebounds. Tonight's game marked the fourth time in those 29 that Howard has made that mark! Insane!

Watching this game was absolutely amazing and super intense... going into overtime in any game is always exciting especially when its between two great teams and fantastic players!

It's March... Do You Know What That Means?

It's officially the beginning of March! I thought this month and time of year would never come with the constant stress from school and its hustle and bustle environment, but here we are in March and I'm only weeks away from completing my 4 years of undergrad! Besides this month representing the home stretch for me, it's also one of my favourite, and most exciting times of year because it's the home of NCAA March Madness!

For those of you who don't know, March Madness is a single-elimination college basketball tournament which is held every Spring in the United States and is absolutely huge in both size and hype! For the NCAA, March Madness is the number one source of revenue which equates to 90% of all revenues generated by the NCAA in a fiscal year. With that being said, you can definitely see why this event is SO big both amongst the nation and within the media. 

March Madness consists of 67 games and in light of that, Sunday, March 11th is Selection Sunday. Who are you choosing to be in your bracket?

Check out President Obama's bracket for this year!

Hard Court Kitchen Convos

Tune into my video starring 3 of my friends who are HUGE basketball heads discussing some of the most debatable topics in basketball! The two topics that are discussed in length within this video are:

1. Dennis Rodman and his amazing ability as arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history 
2. Who is the best player in the NBA - Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant?

Tune in to the video to watch these topics being discussed, facts being thrown out and opinions being slashed! Enjoy!