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

On The Watch “It’s All About 2013 NBA Champs The Miami Heat “

There is a reason why teams work so hard to finish with the best record for the season in the NBA; that is for when the time comes and you actually make it to the playoffs and end up in the finals with a Game 7 on the line “The House” will carry you over to the finish line. The HEAT did just that last night and that was “DEFENDING THE HOUSE AT ALL COST” The HEAT captured their first Back 2 Back title and LeBron his second NBA Finals MVP.

I tip my “B” hat to them Boys in Miami cause them Dudes came to play. This series was no “Cake Walk”, the Spurs gave them all they could but going against “The House” and the 3 Headed Monsters was just too much for them to handle. It was a HELL of series from Game I to the final deciding Game 7.

I congratulate the Miami Heat team for stepping up to the plate and defending their Championship like true winners they are. This was definitely a second title well earned.

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About NBA Finals”

 

The 2 teams that will be representing their respective coast in the NBA Finals this year were now decided. Representing the West Side will be the 4 times defending Champs The San Antonio Spurs. Fresh off a 4 games clinic of the Memphis Grizzlies, this Spurs team has once again defied father time and re positioned themselves has the team to beat. REAL TALK! The way they’ve approached each game in these playoffs with such poise and discipline is straight up intimidating (if you ask me). These kats are for real and their game does all the talking for them.

Representing the East Side will be last years defending Champs The Miami Heat. Straight from a game 7 trashing of the No. 1 defensive team in Indiana Pacers, the HEAT have once again reaffirmed why they are one of the best defensive teams in the league PERIOD! Indiana simply couldn’t match the HEAT’s intensity and their aggressive play, but don’t expect the same predicament from the Spurs come this Thursday night June 6, 2013, cause these Dudes in San Antonio play hard through-out the whole 48 minutes. REAL TALK! This year’s Finals will definitely be a must see T.V.

Who will be the last team standing when all is said and done?

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About 2013 NBA CONFERENCE FINALS”

NBA CONFERENCE FINALS

The NBA’s version of their Final 4 is about to start. The 2 teams representing the West Side in the Western Conference Finals this year is the No.2 seeded San Antonio Spurs and the fifth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. I have to tip my “B” hat to them Boys at Memphis cause these Dudes came to play. The way they dismantled the L.A. Clippers in the first round and then they out-hustled and eliminated the No. 1 seeded Oklahoma City in five games in the second round, shows me that these Dudes are seriously thinking NBA Finals. REAL TALK! They have a well grounded Team orientate with an old school swagg that matches up very well with the 4 times defending Champs San Antonio Spurs, now its about defining who will be the chosen one to represent the West in the NBA Finals come June!

The 2 teams representing the East Side in the Eastern Conference Final this year is the No. 1 seeded defending NBA Champs Miami Heat and the 3rd seeded Indiana Pacers. I can’t front on them Dudes from Miami cause with only 1 lost between the first and second round combine, clearly shows me just how dominant and tight their game is. REAL TALK! Awaiting the Heat though is a hungry and determine Pacer team with a SERIOUS chip on their shoulders. The Heat eliminated the Pacers last May in the semifinals 4-2, with that being said the Indiana players are still choked over that series, therefore this rematch will most likely be quite exciting to see just how the Pacers plan on dethroning the defending Champs and take hold of that final spot in representing the East in the NBA Finals come June!

Let the Final 4 of the NBA Begin!!!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About NBA Playoffs 2013”

NBA Playoffs 2013

The first round of the NBA Playoffs is officially over and teams that were predicted to move to the second round all folded to a disappointing finish. Houston, Denver, Lakers, Clippers, Milwaukee, Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn, will all have some serious team reconstructions to do over the summer?

Injuries to key players undeniably played a BIG factor into this years NBA season period. The first round of the Playoffs saw an end to an era and old rivalries decimated to this “New World Order” that the NBA as unleashed in the Playoffs. Now the question remains, which one of these teams will fold and rebuild or stick to their original Blue Print?

The summer of 2013 will unquestionably be an important one concerning any one of these teams. Let the Conference finals begin!

Blaze

On The Watch ” It’s All About The 2013 NBA Playoffs”

NBA Playoffs

It’s that time of the year again to show up or go home early REAL TALK! Any way you want to spin it, this year’s basketball season was a HELL of a surprise to me. REAL TALK! I would have never predicted the All-star Squad that the Lakers possessed this year would have been walking into the Western Conference playoffs as a seven seed or that my beloved Celtics would have been crawling their way into the playoffs in the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference. (Unreal!!) True say; uncontrolled injuries to key players definitely played a SERIOUS factor in this year’s season but if there’s one thing I can’t front on is the Miami Heat and their 3 Headed Monsters.

Them Dudes dominated through out the whole season REAL TALK! Their 27-Game winning streak put the league on notice that this year’s playoff is going to be EPIC. Them Dudes over there in Miami are looking HUNGRY for that O’Bryan Trophy. REAL TALK! Now the Million Dollar question is “Who is going to dethrone the Heat in their Quest to recapture that elusive peace of Gold?” Tune in to The NBA Playoffs, which are set to start this Saturday April 20, 2013. Let the Games begin!!!

Blaze

On The Watch “It’s All About The Start to the 2012 NBA Session”

It’s that time again. The new NBA season is set to start October 30, 2012. A full 82 games in effect. Predictions have been poring since the summer ended and the Lakers went out and got themselves an All Star line up only seen at the All Star games. The sports God’s out there are going all out and calling the NBA finals already.

Heat vs Lakers. Come on Ref! There’s a full season of ball to be played and nuff teams including my Celtics have made some serious adjustment to tackle the newly Crowned Miami Heat’s 3 Headed Monsters. Lets be clear, this season will not be a cakewalk by no means for them 2 teams or any other teams looking to climb up that ladder, REAL TALK! Nonetheless new rivalries are being formed this year as we speak…Check out the Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks on Thursday night November 1, 2012.

The 5 Burrows will definitely be inside The Barclays Center (BROOKLYN’S NETS BUILDING) representing LARGE on that night. Aside from battling all the other teams in the league these 2 teams will be fighting for the right to claim Brooklyn as their own stomping grounds. WHO’S HOUSE? IT’S MY HOUSE! (RUN DMC Voice)

Blaze