3 Point Buzzer

My favorite part about Thanksgiving is how everyone preaches to me humble and appreciative, but literally the next day they are trampling over each other for unneeded accessories during Black Friday. Never heard of irony? Well, that is it. Every NBA team, from the lowly Mavericks to the scorching Clippers, has something to be thankful for. Let's get started. Atlanta Hawks: Paul Millsap Even after Atlanta swapped Jeff Teague and Al Horford for Dennis Schroder and Dwight Howard, Paul Millsap is still the fulcrum on offense and defense. With Schroder working out the kinks as a starting point guard, Millsap has eased some playmaking duties off the young German's shoulders. Averaging 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block, Millsap is as complete a player as ever. His blocks are slightly down just because he has the massive Howard now gobbling them up underneath. Mills goes unnoticed to the average fan since he doesn't put up eye-googling numbers or have ma

The mad scientist behind the whole "process", Sam Hinkie, may be gone, but his vision is still living among fans, players and executives of the 76ers organization. It all started draft night 2013, where the 76ers, a solid and respectable playoff team, had a late lottery pick. Like most teams in that situation, they were predicted to choose the best player available to help take them to the next level for future seasons to come. Instead, Hinkie took the team down six levels, looking to capitalize in the long-term. He traded his 24-year-old starting point guard, Jrue Holiday, for the 6th pick in the draft and used that pick to select Nerlens Noel, who missed the entire season with a torn ACL. The first year under Hinkie was a miserable one production-wise, with the team stinking so bad they received the 3rd overall pick and 10th overall pick in the 2014 draft. The promise that elastic point guard Michael Carter-Williams had shown, was a small condolence for the pitiful re

The time has come. Russell Westbrook is about to face off against Kevin Durant for the first time since KD slithered out of Oklahoma City and fled to the team that had just beat him. It really is too bad the NBA scheduled Russ vs KD I on the second night of a back-to back for the Thunder, not to mention the game being in Oakland. It should definitely be in Oklahoma City, but oh well, life is not fair. Even though the Thunder have a superior record (4-0), they are the clear underdogs in the matchup. and Vegas agrees: Golden State is favored by -10.5 points heading into the slugfest. For the Thunder to come out with the victory, their number one priority has to be to play stifling defense. Obviously the Thunder need to execute offense effectively, but locking down Golden State's potentially devastating aerial attack should be of utmost focus. The Warriors are a little vulnerable defensively as of now; they have a whole in the middle of the defense the size of the Grand Canyon,