NY 500 XXVII

NY 500 #27
As the waning days of March drag on, the Madness of March ending, the smell of baseball and the Masters fresh in our minds, it is an exciting time to be a New York sports fan. The hockey and basketball playoff races are a week older, and have more compelling story lines. The Knicks and Nets are way out of the NBA playoff race, but the Nets have suddenly become an interesting NBA team.

With the worst record in the league at 16-57 over the past month the Nets have caught an inkling of fire and made their record more presentable. What they have also done is make a culture in Brooklyn, something that can last for years to come. The Nets are also making the Boston Celtics chances at the number one overall pick this July by winning. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter what happens this season because they won’t have the pick to represent how badly this season truly was. The Nets will get a pick in the mid-late 20’s pick, just so they can be a win or two better than they were this season. It is fun to see Brook Lopez, K.J. McDaniels and the Nets win a couple of games in exciting fashion—however you can’t gloss over the fact that the Nets might have the worst record in the NBA and have a mid-20’s draft pick.

The Knicks have quietly watched their playoff chances slip away. The team is just in a rut and can’t seem to get out of it or out of their own way. The Knicks have reduced Melo’s minutes and just produced a lack luster product on the floor. This is something that a lot of teams come across, and the solution is to clean house. The entire house. If the Knicks commit to ripping it down, they might have a chance to compete for a title in the late stages of Porzingis’ prime. They have to commit first.

On ice, the Rangers and Islanders are making hockey fans hold their breath. The Islanders have still not locked up a playoff spot, allowing Boston to leap frog into the 8th spot, while Toronto has moved up to 7th. The Islanders are still two points behind the 8th seed (82 points) with only 6 games left. This should be an interesting race as the days chip off the clock toward the playoffs.

The Rangers have hit a bump, that can hopefully be fixed with the return of Lundqvist. Raanta was the goalie for the last 8 games, and getting their leader back can hopefully put the Rangers in the right position heading into the playoffs. The Rangers have dropped 6 out of their last 9 so, one can only hold their breath! Thing are heating in New York, stay tuned.
Sources:(espn.com, nba.com)

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share on your way out!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 MLB Preview

  Opening Day is about 24 hours away and the Shohei Ohtani gambling story has stole all the headlines and fleeting moments of baseball conversation over the past few days, many have now forgotten about the exciting marathon ahead of us! Even with the ever-evolving Ohtani story clouding the beginning of the Los Angeles Dodgers season, that doesn’t change the fact that L.A. is still the team to beat in baseball. The Dodgers have put their chips at the center of the table, no pun intended, for 2024 to show they can raise another World Series trophy after sending upwards of a billion dollars in free agency. In division however, the surprise Arizona Diamondbacks are capitalizing on their newfound championship window with a fantastic offseason that will have them in the mix to get back to a second straight fall classic. The San Diego Padres are done shopping for superstars, sort of, following a massively disappointing season that saw them move on from one of the games generational talent...
Read more

Dan Hurley Saved College Basketball

When you think of Men’s College Basketball, the names of Wooden, Dean, Krzyzewski, Williams, Thompson, and Calipari shoot to mind right away. All the memories of the great teams from UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, the Big East, UNLV, and even the Fab Five start to rush back. Nostalgia of a time when the sport meant something different. For all those longing for the days when great teams didn’t dissipate into the transfer portal after one disappointing year—Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies are here to save the day! UConn has done something that only seven other programs have done in the history of college basketball, repeat as champions. Forget all the talk about “best team of all-time,” even though if you look at point differential (like it truly matters), this UConn team is the best team to ever play in the NCAA Tournament. This team means much more to the game of college basketball than that. Coach Hurley has given college basketball what it has been missing since the in...
Read more

Last Year the Season was one game long, it's different this year

  It took 363 days, but Jets fans finally got the debut from Aaron Rodgers they waited for. This time around that debut ended in a blowout loss on the road to the San Francisco 49’ers. Last year the Jets won the battle but lost the war following their overtime walk-off win against the Buffalo Bills. This year, the Jets hope they lost the battle but because they have Rodgers they will win the war.   Of all the ways the game could have gone last night, having the Jets defense get thoroughly dominated on the ground by a third year running back, Jordan Mason, who wasn’t a household name until last night, wasn’t on the bingo card. The trademark for Robert Saleh has been his defense. That’s what got him hired from San Francisco. The defense is what Jet fans have pointed to as a reason for optimism heading into this year with Rodgers. The defense was finally supposed to get the complimentary football they have been dying for since Robert Saleh walked in the doors at Florham Park...
Read more