By Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net,
In Bill Simmons’ 700 word epic “the book of basketball,” he ranks three current Boston Celtics amongst the top 75 individual players of all-time: #63 Ray Allen, #54 Paul pierce and #22 Kevin Garnett. These three future hall of famers have 28 [...]

By Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net
As the 2010 NBA playoffs begin, the Boston Celtics are the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference, not exactly where they wanted to be. The 2008 NBA Champions bowed out in the second round of the ’09 postseason, and battled a multitude of injuries and chemistry [...]

I know Rose seems kind of timid and isn’t always the smoothest operator in front of the media, but he is a pretty cool customer in this commercial with KG.  Enjoy!

h/t: Docksquad

The playoff series between the Bulls and the Celtics has been the greatest playoff series I have ever seen.  It has everything that anyone could ever want in a basketball series: hard hits, clutch shots, huge blocks, high energy, monster dunks, and a ridiculous amount of overtimes.  In just 6 games, here are the stats [...]

The Bulls have been gameplanning for Kevin Garnett the last week or so.  The problem is that KG was declared to be out for the entire playoffs by the Celtics.  There has been a lot of speculation about whether he would attempt a comeback during this series.  Up until now it had been mostly speculation, [...]

Milton Bradley is appealing his suspension “as a matter of principle”.  Seriously?  It’s 2 games. [Tribune]
Chicago Bulls stat leaders during the regular season. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
The Cubs-Cardinals game Sunday was postponed until July 12, but the Cubbies looked real good on Ramirez’s walk-off on Saturday. [BCB]
The White Sox are dropping by the White House Monday, [...]

Baseball’s biggest tax cheats.  Not many surprises on this list. [Home Run Derby]
Wow on that Hawks OT win.  Playoffs baby. [Sun-Times]
The Garnett Effect. [Blog a Bull]
It didn’t take long for Bradley to go all “Milton Bradley” on us.  [Zoner Sports]
Danks looked sharp yesterday, leading the Sox to a 3-2 win. [Sun-Times]
Some whiny Jews are mad [...]

Well there goes some of that great momentum the Bulls were riding going into the playoffs.  With the Bulls loss last night and the 76ers big OT win against Cleveland (which fielded a D-League team, *cough* bullshit *cough*), the Bulls have secured the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference.  Instead of facing the Magic, they [...]