Michael A. Hagan

Posts Tagged ‘Kobe Bryant’

An open letter to Stan Van Gundy, Magic Coach

Dear Mr. Van Gundy,
This year has been a good one to you. After taking Billy Donovan’s leftovers two years ago after he changed his mind about coaching the Magic, you have had some former players call you out and you have had your current players call you out but yet, you are still coaching [...]

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The NBA Finals: Potential Match Ups

It’s obvious that David Stern and the League would love to see another marquee match up in this year’s finals with Kobe v. Lebron like last year’s Celtics/Lakers Finals.
I understand why people would want to see that but with the Cavs loss last night, it looks like the Magic maybe coming out of the East [...]

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Should the NBA ever change their logo?

Adding fuel to the fire on the debate of who is better, Kobe or Lebron, NBA Hall of Famer and face of the NBA logo, Jerry West, weighed in with his opinion. The former L.A. Lakers GM who got Kobe to the Lakers, says that Lebron is the better player but Kobe is the [...]

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Final Four: The Conference Finals

Well now that we’re down to the final four, there really is only one surprise this NBA postseason. The Denver Nuggets.
The only other surprise in the west was the new team that the Rockets were forced to assemble after losing both centers, Yao Ming & Dikembe Mutumbo to injuries. They gave [...]

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NBA Playoffs: Round Two

Now that we are past the first round wizardy of the Celtics/Bulls series and the least competative game 7 series of the Heat/Hawks, we head straight into the grind of the second round, I think we got some pretty good match ups here. Let’s take a look at each match up…
Round II
Western Conference
Dallas vs Denver
I [...]

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NBA Playoffs: Round 1

The defending champs, Boston Celtics worse nightmares were realized when it was announced that they will be missing their starting Center, Kevin Garnett for the entire post season. am sure you could have heard a pin drop in the room when it was announced. This could have been part of the cause [...]

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The NBA MVP Hunt

It’s that time of year. With the college basketball season officially all wrapped up, its time I turn my attention to the NBA. It works out well really. I choose college basketball over NBA any day, but I enjoy the NBA…no, really.
Now that it’s April, NBA Playoff talks are well under way but [...]

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