Brockton native Azar Swain records 2,000th career point in Rivers School win over Roxbury Latin

Azar Swain is honored after scoring his 2,000th career point in the first half of Rivers win over Roxbury Latin

By Nate Weitzer (@Nweitzer7)

WESTON, Mass. - With a tough floater midway through the first half of a 69-59 Independent School League win over Roxbury Latin on Monday evening, Rivers School senior Azar Swain became the 67^th player in state history to net 2,000 career points.

The 6-foot-1 senior from Brockton entered the contest with 1,995 career points and reached the 2,000-point plateau just over six minutes into the contest. He went on to finish with a game-high 31 points and added 10 rebounds in a comeback win.

Previewing All the NBA's Christmas Day Action

A Finals rematch between the Cavs and Warriors headlines a jam-packed NBA Christmas.

By Adam Lowenstein (@StatsAdam)

For an in-depth preview of the Celtics and Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Christmas Day, you can read my separate preview article here. Now, onto the rest of a packed Christmas Day!

2:30 PM ET, ABC: Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers

The long-awaited regular season rematch of the previous two NBA Finals comes to a television, phone, tablet or computer near you on Christmas Day.

The Warriors and Cavaliers represent two of the top three teams in terms of offensive efficiency and two of the four best squads in scoring differential this season. Golden State’s league-leading effective field goal and true shooting percentages have propelled the Warriors to a gargantuan lead in scoring differential this season.

MIAA Top 25 Preaseason Boys Basketball Poll

We expect St. John's (Shrewsbury) and Cambridge to once again make their ways deep into the D1 state tournament.

Our rankings of the best teams in the state at the start of the 2016-17 basketball season, as selected by our panel of staff writers and correspondents. Yes, we know some teams have already played... (Updated 12/12)

An Era Ends in Miami

By Justin Sherman (@JShermOfficial)

For years, I’ve visualized what this moment would look and feel like.

The ten minute standing ovation.

The crowd chanting “M-V-P” until their lungs gave out.

Maybe a little confetti, and even more tears.

Sentimental thoughts from number 3, standing on the logo he helped make famous.

Instead -- emptiness, disillusionment and heartbreak. 

Bob Lobel: It's Getting Harder to Be a Sports Fan

By Bob Lobel  @boblobel

So, I'm driving and listening to the usual stuff on sports radio, and it dawned on me that what I used to know and talk about, I have no interest in anymore.

Why is that? 

Easy answer: Every sports conversation must carry with it a complete knowledge of the salary structure and cap space, as well as free agents, who are anything but free, just get into the game.

Smart people invariably say stupid things. On both sides of the phone.

Taking You to School Podcast: Kobe's Legacy and Boston's Rebuild

Kobe is one of the league's fiercest competitors, but where does he rank among the all-time greats?

 By SuiteSports Staff

On this week's edition of the "Taking You to School" podcast, Joe Parello and Jeremy Conlin put Kobe Bryant's memorable career into historical context, and discuss the massive rebuilding job beginning in Boston.

Also, did the T-Wolves overpay for Nikola Pekovic, and how good can the Bucks be building around Larry Sanders? All that, and more, on this week's podcast.

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Taking You to School Podcast: Oden to the Heat and LeBron Playing Football

Maybe a little more dynamic.. I'm a chameleon.

By SuiteSports Staff

On this week's edition of the "Taking You to School" podcast, Joe, Jeremy and Kels Dayton of RoundballDaily.com discuss the Heat's signing of Greg Oden, along with Detroit and Milwaukee's great Brandon swap of 2013.

Plus, Dez Bryant says LeBron James would be a beast in the NFL, so we put on our football talent scout hats to decide where we would play the best basketball player in the world on our football team. All that and more on this week's edition of "Taking You to School."

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LeBron vs Kobe vs MJ: What Do the Numbers Say?

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Who doesn't love a good weekend argument!

Here are the numbers, as best I could sort them, for LeBron, Kobe and MJ in their first 10 years in the league. Why did I pick 10 years? Because LBJ just finished his 10th season, and everyone seems very intent on placing him historically far before he's done playing. When looking at this it's important to remember that both LeBron and Kobe came straight out of high school into the association, but also that LeBron spent seven of these years in Cleveland (Two of those years on teams where Mo Williams was his No. 2), Kobe played second fiddle to Shaq for his first 8 years in the league, and MJ missed nearly all of the 85-86 season with an injury.

Remember, numbers mean nothing in a vacuum!

I feel like we debate this literally every week on our basketball podcast, so I wanted to lay the numbers out for everyone before we, inevitably, debate it again Sunday.

Whether you're a LeBron fan, an MJ fan or a Kobe fan, you have to agree that numbers mean something, and even if you're one of those "RINGS" people, I've included championships and finals appearances, along with other individual awards as well. I'm not a total stat nerd/I didn't feel like wasting 8 hours on this, so I didn't get each player's per 36 minutes statistics/efficiency numbers, but I've broken everything down to per game, which is about as far as I'm willing to go in this argument that I don't really care about.

A couple quick notes. Under the "Hall of Fame/Future Hall of Fame Teammates" I didn't count any players that were far past their prime and not playing at a Hall of Fame level. That means Ray Allen and Shaq don't count for LeBron, and Karl Malone and Gary Payton don't count for Kobe.

It should also be noted that since MJ spent a year and a half playing baseball/training to battle the Monstars and save the Looney Tunes, his 10th season didn't come until he was 31. Unfortunately, our buddy Dennis Rodman didn't join the Bulls until 1995-95... MJ's 11th season in the NBA.

So, after looking at the numbers and achievements, who ya got?

NBA Summer League Notes from RoundballDaily.com

Photo: NBA.com

Republished, with permission, from RoundballDaily.com and our buddy Kels Dayton. Kels knows his college and pro basketball, and you can hear him every Sunday at 5 pm talking hoops with us on our "Taking You to School" podcast. 

By Kels Dayton  @RoundballDaily
 
Two days into the NBA Summer League, and it's clear: Victor Oladipo is the face of the entire operation. He's played well, averaging 15 points, 6 assists, and 4.5 boards per game, and his effort and class-leading athleticism on both ends of the floor have been impressive. But that's not the only reason he's been the league's most intriguing player. For one thing, Oladipo is playing in his future home--and the Magic are happy to have him on site already. For another, he's the highest draft pick on display in Orlando, as Anthony Bennett and Cleveland won't play until next week in Vegas. But the biggest reason Oladipo has been the talk of the Summer League is that the Magic have him playing the point.

Taking You to School Podcast: NBA Draft Recap

"You get used to the boos kid..."

By SuiteSports Staff

Join SuiteSports' Jeremy Conlin and host Joe Parello as they break down the best and worst moves from one of the craziest drafts in recent memory. Who will be the best player from this class, which rookie fits in best with his new team, and which moves left us scratching our heads?

Plus, what's next for the Celtics in the wake of losing Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce? That and more on this week's edition of "Taking You to School," brought to you by RFSportsRadio.

 

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