Marc: Welcome to Sports Nickel’s third volume of NBA Double Dribble. Through our first two weeks here at DD, John and I have covered the best players, teams, and games that the NBA has had to offer in its first half. But with the midpoint of the 2010-11 season nearing us, the NBA will instead [...]

Do the Los Angeles Lakers need to make a trade before the deadline to help their quest for a third consecutive NBA Title?

NBA Double Dribble is a collaboration by SN authors John Mitchell and Marc Young. Marc: Welcome to the first edition of Sports Nickel’s weekly NBA column, Double Dribble. In this article both John Mitchell and I will be covering all the most recent happenings in the NBA, from what to watch each week to which [...]

Move over Marilyn Monroe and Mickey Mouse, there’s a new set of handprints coming to Hollywood.

  It’s Tuesday, so that means you get to read my thoughts on several topics from the past week in sports in this week’s Rich’s Rants. Last week, Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald said the Jets/Patriots rivalry was greater than the Red Sox/Yankees.  I don’t know where to begin with this, there’s so many [...]

For the most part, the 2000′s belonged to the teams in the NBA’s Western Conference. It was never a question of who would win in the NBA Finals, but rather who would come out of the West, because nobody really thought that the Eastern Conference representative had much of a chance to win a title. [...]

Join Sportnickel’s NBA Pick One League HERE! Follow me on Twitter! Last Night’s Pick – Rudy Gay – 33 P1P The average night for Rudy Gay is satisfying when you just look at the total. However, 33 P1P is really below his average for the season and not what is expected against a fast-paced team [...]

Join Sportsnickel’s NBA Pick One League HERE! Saturday’s Pick – Jamal Crawford – 19 P1P You can’t expect much from a player like Jamal Crawford and 19 P1P is a pretty good nice from the back-up guard. He was able to drop 15 points in 34 minutes against a lowly Washington Wizards team.