With the Series tied 2-2 and not wanting to go back to Washington down 2-3 to a feisty but dangerous Chicago team, the Wizards came out with a sense of urgency and appeared to be cruising to a game 5 victory after building a 108-98 lead with 41 seconds left. This was a hell of a feat especially with leading scorer Gilbert Arenas having a nightmare night, shooting in the low 30's from the field and having not made one three pointer all game. However, the Baby Bulls would not g

After averaging 20.4 points, 4.5 assist and 3 steals as a freshman while leading Georgetown to the Sweet 16 and earning Big East Rookie of the Year, the question coming into the his sophomore season was, what would Allen Iverson do for an encore? Iverson put an end to the suspense rather quickly. During the 1995 Preseason N.I.T, the 3-0 Hoyas faced 19th ranked Arizona who came in undefeated in their own right at 3-0. The Wildcats jumped all over the favored Hoyas, building a

John Wall brings the ball up court during the 2010 NBA Summer League All eyes were on the number one overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, as the 2010 NBA Summer League began. John Wall, fresh off earning SEC Player of the Year, ALL-SEC First Team and AP NCAA All America First Team honors during his dominant freshman season at the University of Kentucky where he averaged 16.6 points, 6.5 assist and 4.3 rebounds a game, took the floor in Las Vegas looking to validate the immense

It's ridiculous to think that a player of Elgin Baylor's stature can be both underrated and overlooked, yet that has always been the case. And it's a shame, seeing as Baylor could arguably be the greatest small forward to ever play the game. I've touched on his statistical brilliance time and time again, yet his style of play, size, skill and approach to the game, transcends players of his era and beyond. Ill sum things up with this, before there was a Connie Hawkins, Julius

GW guard Maurice Creek's game winning jumper sent a message locally and nationally that the Colonials were indeed back It was the "shot" heard throughout DMV basketball circles. With 8 seconds left and the game tied at 75, GW guard and Maryland native Maurice Creek took the ball and hit a step back jumper over Maryland's Nick Faust to give the Colonial's a 77-75 win over the Terp's. The shot by Creek had more significance than just winning the game, that shot sent a strong me

As the second leading scorer in the nation with 32.5 points per game, Seattle junior forward Elgin Baylor season long impact wasn't a surprise. Leading unheralded Seattle to the 1958 NCAA Championship against powerhouse Kentucky sure was. Playing the game in front of an all white crowd of 18,803 in Louisville, Kentucky in what was basically a home game for the Wildcats, Baylor rose to the occasion. Baylor finished with 25 points and 17 rebounds before Kentucky pulled away lat

(Repost From December 30, 2012) "MR 70... Will be his name to me." - Chris Howard "Him scoring 40,50,60,70 points made me wanna go out there and push myself to be better, so without him knowing I was always tryna out do him and in turn that made me a better player."- Kevin Durant Once again we in the DMV are mourning for one of our fallen brethren in basketball. What makes this lost hurt the most, is the cloud of mystery regarding the reason why one of our brightest talents o

Back in 1986, the college basketball world had the spotlight on numerous standout players. Skilled center Brad Daugherty out of North Carolina, the high flying Len Bias from Maryland, Auburn's sharpshooter Chuck Person, the versatile Ron Harper was a sure star out of Miami of Ohio, Duke's Johnny Dawkins, Syracuse Pearl Washington, St John's Walter Berry and Virginia Tech's Dell Curry were just some of the household names that had the full attention of the collegiate basketba

This morning, the basketball world, the NBA and of course the DMV lost one of the all time great centers too soon. God called Moses Malone home. All throughout the day there have been tributes to Moses in every way highlighting his impact in the game of basketball. For me, I feel the best tribute is to show the Petersburg, Virginia native in action, so everyone can see how special the "Chairman of the Boards" truly was. As most know throughout NBA history whenever the Celtics

Coming into Kentucky as the top prospect in the country and almost certain top 5 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft, John Wall had a lot of hype to live up to during his first and only season leading the Wildcats. Not only did Wall live up to the hype, he exceeded it. In a one and done campaign that saw Wall average 16.6 points, 6.5 assist and 4.3 rebounds a game while leading the loaded Wildcats to the NCAA Elite Eight before falling to a veteran West Virginia team, Wall provided me

Congratulations, you have accomplished the dream of every young boy who decided to pick up a basketball, you were drafted into the NBA. Overnight you went from a student athlete and became a brand. That's great. The thing is just when you thought you made it to the top, you soon realize you are back at the bottom again, and standing before you is a long hard difficult journey to make your way back up the ladder to the top, only this time, its against the best basketball playe

Five point guards were taken ahead of the ACC Player of the Year Ty Lawson, FIVE. The current MVP and NBA Champion Steph Curry selection is obviously validated, however the picks of Ricky Rubio (5th),Johnny Flynn (6th), Brandon Jennings (10th) and Jrue Holiday (17th) can all be questioned. Even though he was the most efficient point guard in the country averaging 16.6 points (53% FG/ 47% 3FG), 6.6 assist and 2.1 steals with a career low of 1.9 turnovers per game, questions su

To see Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay all around game blossom this year was a thing of beauty. The rise in Gay's game where we saw him average 21.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.7 assist (career highs in points and assist) combined with the inside presence of arguably the NBA'a best big man Demarcus Cousins, whispers of playoffs emerged for the first time since the Chris Webber, Mike Bibby and Vlade Divac days before injuries and a surprise coaching change derailed those expe

Ask most fans who Phil Chenier is and most defintely you will get told he is the play by play announcer for the Wizards along with Steve Buckhantz. True. Ask a more serious fan, and you might hear that Chenier is both a play by play announcer and former guard for the Bullets/Wizards. Also true. However, if you ask the die hard basketball historians, they will tell you he was a deadly guard for the great Bullet teams in the 70s before a back injury cut short an all star career

Before Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce, even youngsters like Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, there was Grant Hill. If it wasn't for the injuries in the NBA, the NBA history books would look a whole lot different. To say Hill was special is an understatement. Two time NCAA Champion, ACC Player of the Year, Consensus First Team All American and the first ACC player EVER to finish with more than 1,900 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assist, 200 steals and 100 blocked shot

Every college head coach needs a spark plug when they first obtain the key's to a collegiate program, especially at the D-I ranks. All it takes is that one coveted player to believe in your philosophy, the direction of the program and most importantly...YOU as a head coach. Once that players commits, it gets the ball rolling where other high level high school talents will start considering and committing to your program also. For legendary Duke University head coach Mike Krzy

"How will be compete in the NBA and he can't bench 185 pounds?" "How will be sustain a high level of play due to a lack of strength?" "He's rail thin, won't he be injury prone?" "Durant may shine early in the season, after All Star break going into the home stretch, his body will fatigue and his play will decline." "Dominating college is great but the NBA is a whole different level, I can't see him being a franchise player in the NBA." Those were some of the questions and com

Coming into the NBA in 1999 fresh off an All American season at the University of Maryland, no one was compared more to Allen Iverson than Steve Francis. Both had DMV area roots Iverson (Georgetown) Francis (Maryland), both were high draft picks in their respective draft, both were two of the most talented small guards the NBA has ever seen even to this day and last, both appeared to be to do whatever they wanted on a basketball court while being the cornerstone of their fran

It was suppose to be a celebration of the offensive potency of in my opinion, the greatest player to ever play the game Michael Jordan. Jordan at age 38, in the midst of his second comeback this time with the Wizards, would score 29 points on his former club, the Chicago Bulls, passing 30,000 career points making him at the time, only the fourth player ever to do so. Although a singular defensive play in the last 20 seconds of the game stole the show. With the Wizards hanging

Before the current era featuring John Wall and Brad Beal and the Gilbert Arenas era prior, the only success the Wizards have had outside the championship contending teams of the 70's were the mid 90's Bullets. The mid 90's Bullets led by All Star forwards Chris Webber and Juwan Howard as well as one of the top assist men of that period Rod Strickland were seen as the team most likely to dominate the NBA going into the new century. Even the best player in the game Michael Jord