On The Watch “It’s All About The NBA-Who’s On Top?”

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The NBA-Who’s On Top?

With only a quarter of the regular season down, one can’t front on the surprising rise of our own Canadian Team, The Toronto Raptors. (including me) This team from Up North is still flying high off last years NBA Season and leading the EAST right out the gate with a record of 16-6.

Good enough for the No. 1 seed in the EAST for now. The Eastern Conference has a whole is already doing better than last year around this time of the year. As I’m writing this, five Teams are already sitting above the 500 PCT mark. Now that’s definitely an improvement worth feeling positive about. REAL TALK!

With that being said the WESTSIDE still has a convincing hold over which side has the strongest coast. Leading the Western Conference this time around is the hot shooting Golden State Warriors with a league leading record of 19-2.

Holding on to that No. 1 seed will not be a cakewalk considering the Western Conference The Eastern Conferencealready has 10 Teams above 500 PCT. The Challenge presents itself to both Teams representing their respective coast to see if The Toronto Raptors or The Golden State Warriors is truly contender worthy. Only time will tell cause we still have lots of Ball to be played. Keep tuning In!!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About NBA FINALS 2014”

NBA FINALS 2014

The long awaited rematch between The Miami Heat/The San Antonio Spurs is now set. Both teams have a high expectation for them to execute a flawless series but there can only be 1 True winner for that O’Bryan Trophy.

On one side we have The Spurs who were stripped of their Fifth Title by the hand of The 3 Headed Monsters and company at last years Finals. Retribution has been on their mind ever since REAL HEAVY! This Spurs team may be facing Father Time but judging by their play throughout the season (62-20 No. 1 seed) and their convincing run throughout their playoff run to date, one can clearly see that they have probably figure out how to manipulate Father Time to their advantage by surrounding the team with some very good savvy players who play up to their potential to a “T” This well balanced experience team just might have the right tools to slay down The 3 Headed Monsters of The Miami Heat.

With that being said The Defending Back-to-Back Champs The Miami Heat are also looking to cement their name into the Record Books by becoming members of “The Three Peat Club” Love them or Hate them The Heat have established their Championship Level of play and they do rock the “Championship Belt” very well. REAL TALK!

The Heat has improved in every Championship run so for. With only 3 losses under their Belt in this years Playoff run to date, it has been clear that their mental toughness and clutch play has a team has improved dramatically game by game. Slaying The Miami Heat and The 3 Headed Monsters (Wade, James and Bosh) will not be easy but definitely worth the “HYPE” and “ATTENTION” given to see who will be adding their names to this year’s 2014 NBA Records Books, has “King of The Court” of The 2014 NBA Finals Championship!

Tune in this Thursday night June 5, 2014 for Game 1 of the NBA Finals!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About 2014 NBA Finals Champs

2014 NBA Finals Champs!

The San Antonio Spurs have officially slayed The 3 Headed Monsters (Wade, James, Bosh) and The Miami Heat with a 4-1 trashing of the NBA Finals on their Home Court. (Priceless) Redemption was on The Spurs mind from the Time the season started to the last curtain call of the last seconds of NBA Finals Sunday night June 15, 2014.

The Heat may have been The Defending Champs but on that night The Spurs were the aggressors determine to dethrone them and that they did. I tip my “B” hat to The Spurs. Their team play, chemistry and poise in which The Spurs displayed in The NBA Finals Series will forever go down has one of the best “Team” Basketball games ever played.

This Spurs team is the most unselfish team in the league, they deserve this years Championship hands down. If this happens to be their last Championship run then they did the 2013/2014 NBA season justice by winning their 5th NBA title in style, REAL TALK! Congratulation to The San Antonio Spurs 2014 NBA Champion!!
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On The Watch ” It’s All About NBA CONFERENCE FINALS 2014″

NBA CONFERENCE FINALS

Once again The NBA’s version of the Final 4 is set to start. The 2 teams representing the West Side in the Western Conference Finals this year is the overall No. 1 seeded San
Antonio Spurs and the 2nd seeded Oklahoma City Thunders. The Old Schoolers vs The New School Era.

The Spurs have made it clear from the jump of the season till today, they are not done yet. Their drive, skill, experience, discipline, determination along with their Coach Gregg Popovich to lead them is all the motivation needed for them to get to the NBA Finals. With that being said OKC aka the Young Gunna’s are also on a mission of their own.

The newly crowned NBA’s MVP now resides in OKC. Mr. Reliable Kevin Durant is that dude who is prime and ready to get over that hump. These core of players just might have the whole package; a young, athletic, skillful group of guys ready and loaded to stop the veterans Spurs from moving on to the Finals.

Old School/New School who runs the show?? Tune in Monday night May 19, 2014 and see who will come out the gates huffing and puffing their way to the NBA Finals!
The Eastern Conference Finalist is a déjà vu of last year’s finalist but the difference this year poses is that the No. 1 seed are the Indiana Pacers and the No. 2 seed the defending NBA Champs Miami Heat.

The Pacers did what was needed of them through out the season to gain that No. 1 seed now its all about making sure that it was worth it by dethroning the Champs and advancing to the Finals. REAL TALK!

The Heat wants a Tree Peat under their belt and judging by there playoff run so far there 8-1 record is looking like they just might be on track to clean house. Now the question remains will they still have the juice to get pass a hungry team looking to avenge last years mishap??

Tune In this Sunday afternoon May 18, 2014 and see who will be “KING OF EAST” when all is said and done!

Blaze

On the Watch ” It’s All About The NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS 2014″

As expected this year’s 1st round showdown was must see TV with 4 teams East/West included, needing a game 7 to decide their faith on who moved on to the Conference Semifinals. With that being said the only 2 teams in the Playoff run coming in well rested for the second round are The Miami Heat who swept The Bobcats 4-0 and The Washington Wizards who outplayed The Chicago Bulls 4-1.

Now the “HYPE” continues for the second round, The Indiana Pacers will be going into battle with The Washington Wizards while The Defending Champs The Miami Heat face off with the only team they could not beat during the regular season, The Brooklyn Nets. REAL TALK!

The excitement alone surrounding this battle will undeniably be a series for the ages to come. (Reminiscing of the Heat/Celtics saga) the animosity these two competitive teams have for one another will be on display for all to see come Tuesday night May 6, 2014.

No rest for the West as each team took a longer journey into getting to the Conference Semis. The top seeded Spurs will be looking to slow down the hungry hot shooting Trail Blazers while L.A.’s newest representatives The Clippers will be battling it out with their Nemesis The Oklahoma Thunder.

This series will certainly be an exciting one to keep watch on considering how both teams are now finding a groove in team play well displayed by the way they both took convincing control of their opponents in the first round of an exhausting game 7.

Tune in Monday night May 5, 2014 and see who will be taking first crack at establishing their dominance at both end of the floor.

Blaze

On The Watch “NBA PLAYOFFS 2014”

NBA PLAYOFFS 2014

This NBA season was another roller coaster types season with again some uncontrollable, unaccounted mishaps that we the fans would have never imagined happening through out the year. REAL TALK!

With that being said this years’ ” King Of The Court” for the season is non other then The San Antonio Spurs who finished the season with the Best record of 62-20. This team stayed on path through out the whole season with 1 goal in mind and that’s to undo the wrong of last years NBA Finals and recapture what they feel belonged to them, The O’Bryan Trophy. Their journey will not be an easy one considering how the West is loaded with some serious contenders of their own in the likes of Oklahoma, The Clippers and The Portland Trailblazers without counting out the rest of the teams in the Western Conference gunning for the same goal.

The Eastern Conference’s “Top Dog” goes to The Indiana Pacers with their record of 56-26. The Pacer’s came out the gates in an aggressive fashion but finished the last month of the season with a lack of focus, questionable for a real playoff run? The same goes for The Defending Champs Miami Heat.

Their last month finished was just has shaky and doubtful. Both team showed signs of weakness that will not go unnoticed by neither of the remaining Eastern teams aiming to upset them in their own quest. Some new faces in the Playoffs might just surprise a few team this year but one thing for sure is that this Saturday April 19, 2014 Playoffs First Round will definitely be one for the “Books”. REAL TALK! Tune in!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About The NBA-Who’s On Top”

The NBA-Who’s On Top?

We are officially passed the midpoint mark for the season with over 42 games played and still representing the EAST with their No. 1 Defensive team in the league, we have the Indiana Pacers leading in the far front with a team first mentality that’s been working wonders for them so far. The Pacers are clearly focus and determine to hold on to that No. 1 seed come playoff time. Their game is tight and their team well balanced with a discipline worthy of an NBA’s Finals showing.

Hopping to stunt their drive is The Defending Champs The Miami Heat. The “CROWN” still belongs to them even if they do look wounded at times; they still have the time and the experience to turn things around come playoff time. As for the remaining Eastern teams still gunning for a spot in the playoffs, 3 to 8 have yet to be concrete. Expect a dogfight for those spots to be filled.

Now for the Wild Wild West, it’s a whole different story. The West is deep and loaded and the competition is fierce. Sitting atop this time around are the Oklahoma City Thunder with them being the Top Defensive Team to beat, however with the WEST being so competitive holding on to the No. 1 spot is a challenged within itself.

The Spurs as usual have worked their way back to the top as the second seed but with many injuries to key players, I’m just not sure if they will hold on to that spot for very long. The Portland Trail Blazers have played like true contenders throughout the first half of the season so expect them to keep hovering around the 1 to 3 spot for the remaining of the season. Now for the remaining playoff spots between 4 and 8, expect the unexpected cause any one of these teams gunning it out can move up the food chain in no time.

Keep your eyes and ears tuned in cause the spotlight is on high for the remaining part of the NBA season. REAL TALK!

Blaze

On The Watch It’s All About The 63rd 2014 NBA All-Star Game”

The 63rd 2014 NBA All-Star Game which is set to air from New Orleans Arena on Sunday February 16, 2014, have officially released the Sprint NBA Balloting votes for the starting line up for the East/West All-Star Game.

Representing The Eastern Conference Starters This year are
-Carmelo Anthony (New York)
-Paul George (Indiana)
-Kyrie Irving (Cleveland)
-LeBron James (Miami)
-Dwayne Wade (Miami)

Representing The Western Conference Starters This Year are
-Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers)
-Stephen Curry (Golden State)
-Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City)
-Blake Griffin (L.A. Clippers)
-Kevin Love (Minnesota)

Judging by the new faces entering this year All-Star Game, it’s clear to me that the fan votes speak volume. Some may agree to disagree with the line-ups but one thing is for sure this year All-Star Game is sure to be an exciting one, so TUNE IN!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About The NBA-Who’s on Top”

The NBA-Who’s on Top?

With a quarter of the regular season down and at least 20 games accounted for each team. The only clear cut surprise to me right now is how truly deep the West looks compared to the East so far. Real Talk! The Western Conference is in a battle within itself.

Them Dudes on the West are really stepping their game up. As we speak representing the No. 1 Spot for this week is none other then Portland who are sitting with an early standing of 18-4 and if you were to run down the possible 8 seeded teams to qualify for the playoffs today none of them are below the 500 PCT mark (nuff said) I can’t say the same for the Eastern Conference, having seen some uninspected reoccurring injuries to some key players and the lack of cohesiveness and team play from some promising teams, we are left with only 3 teams over the 500 PCT mark.

Indiana this week is holding strong with an early standing of 18-3 (unreal!) These Dudes are not playing around this year. Not far behind are The Defending Champs Miami with a record of 16-5 and Atlanta with their record of 11-10. Now if the playoffs were to start today none of the remaining qualifying teams would be entering the playoff with a winning record. Now that’s CRAZY!!!

Now with that being said the only good thing out of all of this is that there is still lost of games to be played and the landscaped for either conference could change at any given time. I can’t front though it is nice seeing some different faces sitting at the top for a change, even if it is only for a short time.

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About The Miami Heat and The 3 Headed Monsters”

The Miami Heat and The 3 Headed Monsters have officially silenced all the Nay Sayers by successfully completing their first Back 2 Back Championship in a convincing manner. REAL TALK! With that being said the new NBA Season is set to start on Tuesday October 29, 2013 and from seeing all the Off-Season shuffles that various team have put forth, I’m thinking this year might just top the crazy year that just passed. REAL TALK!

Key players that were hurt on various teams are now back in full effect; many trades were made for better or for worst but one thing is for sure many teams will be looking to make that leap this year and enter the race for that No. 1 Spot held by The Defending Champs Miami Heat. REAL TALK!

Once again newer rivalries are being made from the EAST/WEST and old ones are still going strong. I’m looking forward to see who will claims the 5 Burrows between Brooklyn/New York and curious to see who will dominate the West with all those Key players who have relocated to change the landscape on the West Side!

The East will definitely be exiting this year but the looming question still remains, the most IMPORTANT one. Which team will be strong enough and good enough to Dethrone The 3 Headed Monsters and The Miami Heat from their No 1 Spot! Let the 2013/2014 NBA Season begin!!

Blaze