Articles by Mat Issa (135)
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. After a Hall of Fame caliber playing career, Jason Kidd decided it was time to end his playing days and start impacting the game from the sidelines. Nowadays, he’s trying to lead the Dallas Mavericks to their first NBA title since he was […]
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. As a young and up-and-coming team, the Orlando Magic are NBA darlings. At the forefront of all this admiration is Head Coach Jamahl Mosley, who is in the third year of his first-ever head coaching gig. But how much is this first-timer getting paid for […]
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. Tom Thibodeau takes his job as a head coach very seriously. He is super intense at all times. He often loses his voice from yelling so much. He has a tendency to play his players an insane amount of minutes (just ask Jimmy […]
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. If someone asked you to list off the people that come to mind when you hear the term ‘Heat Culture,’ you likely wouldn’t get too far down the list without naming Erik Spoelstra. For the last 16 years, Erik Spoelstra has led the […]
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. Few professional coaches are in a less envious position than Chicago Bulls leading man Billy Donovan. As currently constructed, his team is neither good enough to compete nor young enough to be considered rebuilding. Oh, and they also could be trading all their best […]
User Note: This page is updated as of Monday, June 24, 2024. Boston Celtics Head Coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t have a traditional start to his head coaching career – he was thrust under center after Ime Udoka’s suspension and later firing – but he did do well enough in year one to keep the job […]
With the Boston Celtics now the 2023-24 NBA Champions, our focus has now shifted to the 2024 offseason, and a big part of the offseason is free agency. Every season, teams aspire to acquire the best possible players for the best possible price. In sports, the goal is all about gaining a competitive advantage of […]
Key Highlights: Holiday is currently the favorite to win the 2024 NBA Finals MVP award (according to NBA.com). Holiday has long been a player who has been underestimated by mainstream media and fans. Based on his statistical profile, one could argue that Holiday should have three more All-Star nominations than he currently does now. With […]
Key Highlights: The main reason the Mavericks are down 0-2 isn’t their defense. Rather, it’s their offense. The Mavericks showed two little glimmers of hope in the fourth quarter that they could lean on in Game 3 in order to turn the series around. If what we saw at the end of Game 2 is […]
Key Highlights: The people who think Tatum is getting “carried” are focusing on the wrong parts of the box score. Tatum’s size and strength are a big reason why the Celtics’ defensive scheme against the Mavericks is working. Tatum may be going through a shooting slump, but he has shown some serious growth as a […]