Hooped Up

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

Last season the Suns took a chance and made a deal to get Shaq and it failed — epically. So they got rid of him and got back to being a lean, mean running machine. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

A few years ago the Hornets seemed ready to shake up the west coast establishment, but now they’re hoping to catch lighting in a bottle by riding Chris Paul and his playmaking ability to the promise land.  Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

You gotta love the core group of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green Oklahoma City has to build around. But the best is still yet to come with these young guns. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

This summer the Grizzlies took a leap towards respectably by grabbing Allen Iverson, but unfortunately they also grabbed Zach Randolph too. Will those two moves balance out into some kinda crazy win formula? The Grizzlies sure hope so. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

If I had a pint for every Carlos Boozer trade rumor I heard this summer, I’d be a Boozer.

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Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

Since Baron Davis signed with the Clippers, the the Warriors have been awful and jinxed. The upside to being awful is high draft picks, but there is definitely no upside to being jinxed? Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

This summer, Rasheed Wallace said the Boston Celtics could win more than 72 games in the ‘09-10 season. Well, I’m thinking that if anybody in the league is going to win at least 70 games. It’s the Lakers. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

The Blazers made tremendous strides last year, improving by 13 wins from their ‘07-08 campaign and with the help of newly acquired Andre Miller that shouldn’t change.

Brandon Roy is a stud and the combo of LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden (if healthy) forms one of the leagues better frontcourts.  The Blazers should have a top 4 finish in the west along with a deep playoff run. Happy days are here again in Portland. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

Before Yao Ming went down in the playoffs last year, things were looking great in Houston. Now, Ron Artest is playing for the Lakers, Von Wafer is playing in Europe, and Tracy McGrady will miss at least another month. Sure they got back Trevor Ariza to help fill some to the defensive hole Artest left behind, but without Yao Ming. Things don’t look promising this year in Houston. Read More »

Another van glorious season of NBA basketball is about to begin and Hooped Up does a quick and dirty preview of all 30 clubs.

The Mavericks reloaded this offseason hoping their championship window hasn’t closed and that’s why they got Shawn Marion. I would love to be as optimistic (or rich) as Mark Cuban is about this squad, but then I’d be living in 2006. Read More »