JACK'S BALL BLOG

June 23rd, 2016 and June 22nd, 2017 represent 2 of the biggest days of this era of Celtics basketball.  Those are the days they drafted...

The Cleveland Cavaliers had a good season, winning 48 games and getting to the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, where...

We are 2 games through the NBA Finals and the Boston Celtics have definitively been the better team.  After a 17 point win in game 1,...

The NBA Finals are here.  It’ll be the 50-32 Dallas Mavericks against the 64-18 Boston Celtics. There are a ton of storylines in this...

The Atlanta Hawks had a disappointing season, winning just 36 games and finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference and losing to the Bulls...

The Conference Finals are here so I am going to break down everything you need to know about Pacers-Celtics and Mavericks-Timberwolves....

Each round 2 series is officially 4 games in and I am here to breakdown what we have seen and what comes next. Pacers-Knicks, series tied...

The New York Knicks are one of the most fun stories in the NBA.  Jalen Brunson has turned himself into one of the best point guards in...

This week we saw a lot of titans of the recent years in the NBA fall.  The Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers,...

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been a laughing stock of the NBA for years.  Those fans had to endure so much losing, the Jimmy Butler...

Game 1 weekend has come and gone so I decided to break down all of the action that occurred during the weekend.  First here were my picks...

The regular season has come to a close and the Play-In Tournament has arrived.  The play-in decides who will be the 7th and 8th seeds in...

The NBA has a new look to their All-NBA teams.  The first new rule is that in order to be eligible, a player has to play in a minimum of...

Every year, I make preseason picks and they are always a disaster.  It is time to review my preseason standings predictions West Nuggets...

With the season coming to an end, I thought we should talk about how some of the playoff and play-in races are shaping up. West 10th seed...

The New Orleans Pelicans are playing their best basketball right now, winning 8 of their last 11 games.  They have one of the most...

The Boston Celtics have done laps around the Eastern Conference this season as they are 9.5 games up on 2nd place Milwaukee for the 1st...

The Los Angeles Clippers traded for James Harden in the early hours of Halloween.  They sent out Nic Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin,...

Over their last 14 games, the Golden State Warriors are 11-3, have an offensive rating of 118.3 (7th in the NBA) and a defensive rating...

As the All-Star break wraps up and we head into the stretch run of the season I figured I would break down the league into tiers based on...