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Daniel Grugan

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The Golden St Warriors are four wins away from staking their claim as the greatest team of all time. The Cleveland Cavaliers are four wins away from ending a 52 year drought in Cleveland. Lebron James, the most polarizing and transcendent player of his generation, is four wins away from his crowning achievement. A rematch […]

Daniel Grugan  •  02 Jun 2016
Around the NBA: Western Conference Finals Preview

Embed from Getty Images   Throughout the Golden St Warriors historic 73 win season they routinely made the absurd appear routine. No game illustrated that more perfectly than Saturday February 27th in Oklahoma City. Down by 10 after one quarter, down by 12 in the fourth, down by four with 14 seconds left. Steph Curry […]

Daniel Grugan  •  16 May 2016
Around the NBA

Lowry’s struggles, Revisiting the wild Game two finish in San Antonio and looking ahead to tonight’s Cavs/Hawks Game two     “It sucks to be playing this bad with all eyes on me. I know I'm better than this, so I have to pick this s— up." Kyle Lowry The degree to which Kyle Lowry […]

Daniel Grugan  •  04 May 2016

Why All The Blowouts   I’m not the biggest Matt Barnes fan but the guy does compete his tail off every time out. He had a great quote following the Grizzlies 94-68 game two loss to San Antonio last night, the second straight game Memphis has failed to be competitive. “We’re coming to a gun […]

Daniel Grugan  •  20 Apr 2016
Around the NBA : Playoff Preview Edition

Embed from Getty Images   Kobe’s 60 point walk off along with the Warriors getting win 73 to break the all-time record made for an historic final night of the regular season this past Wednesday. It was an incredible night for NBA fans that won’t soon be forgotten. But now, the real season begins. The […]

Daniel Grugan  •  15 Apr 2016
Around the NBA: All-NBA selections, playoff races & Warriors history-chasing update

Embed from Getty Images   This week Around the NBA we make our All-NBA Selections, quickly update the playoff races and check in of the Warriors suddenly sputtering pursuit of history. ALL-NBA SELECTIONS   Some very deserving players will be left off the ALL-NBA teams this year. There are only 15 spots, some positions are […]

Daniel Grugan  •  06 Apr 2016
Around the NBA: Craig Sager’s fight, Russell Westbrook: Triple-Double Machine, Mavericks fading

  NBA on TNT reporter interviews Hawks legend Dikembe Mutombo at Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia (Brandon Apter/Sixerdelphia)     The Russell Westbrook experience, Dallas’ fading playoff hopes and sad news for one of the league’s great characters. Let's jump right in to this week's installment of Around the NBA: Keep Fighting Craig… I’ve been watching NBA […]

Daniel Grugan  •  23 Mar 2016
Around the NBA: Spurs & Warriors historical home dominance, playoff race update, Phil Jackson’s future

Embed from Getty Images   While everyone is excited for the NCAA Tournament to get underway in earnest tomorrow, myself included, the guys who get paid to hoop still occupy this space. Let’s take our weekly trip around them NBA.  Historical dominance for the Spurs and Warriors Golden State is outscoring its opponents by an […]

Daniel Grugan  •  16 Mar 2016
Around the NBA: Heat, Grizzlies refuse to fold, Hawks & Hornets keeping pace as playoffs loom

Embed from Getty Images   By: Danny Grugan, contributor The 82 game marathon is almost over, teams can start to see the finish line. Let’s go around the league as the playoffs approach… Heat, Grizzlies refuse to fold Following the All-Star break and trade deadline, two teams were expected to plummet in their respective conferences' […]

Daniel Grugan  •  09 Mar 2016
Around the NBA: Tracking the playoff races, trouble in Cleveland and Golden State’s brilliance

Embed from Getty Images   By: Danny Grugan, contributor Welcome to another edition of Around the NBA here at Sixerdelphia. This week, we take a look the playoff races at the bottom of both of the East and West. In addition to that, we explore the situation in Cleveland with Kyrie Irving reportedly no longer […]

Daniel Grugan  •  02 Mar 2016