Category: Articles

  • MikeCheck: Hustle riding big-shot momentum into second round of NBA G League playoffs against Rio Grande Valley

    MikeCheck: Hustle riding big-shot momentum into second round of NBA G League playoffs against Rio Grande Valley

    It’s the survive-and-advance nature of the G League postseason, which continues Friday night when the Hustle (28-22) face the top-seeded Rio Grande Valley Vipers (34-16) in a second-round single elimination game. The winner advances to the Western Conference finals next week. The Hustle, which won five of their final seven regular season games to make…

  • #IMHO: Injuries, rookies and the silver screen

    #IMHO: Injuries, rookies and the silver screen

    Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…

  • #IMHO: Pop and the Spurs, March Madness and NBA Playoff pretenders?

    #IMHO: Pop and the Spurs, March Madness and NBA Playoff pretenders?

    Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…

  • MikeCheck: Grizzlies push forward with purpose as season of change plays out over final weeks

    MikeCheck: Grizzlies push forward with purpose as season of change plays out over final weeks

    In the month and weeks since the NBA trade deadline, Jackson, Dillon Brooks and Kyle Anderson have been so hyped, so jubilant and so energized on the bench after every encouraging moment, they’ve left many fans wondering how players in the midst of rehabbing could demonstrably rejoice to this extent

  • #IMHO: Fans, Rebuilding, and Award-Winners

    #IMHO: Fans, Rebuilding, and Award-Winners

    Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…

  • MikeCheck: Vowing to keep confidence high, Wright hitting post-trade stride with Grizzlies

    MikeCheck: Vowing to keep confidence high, Wright hitting post-trade stride with Grizzlies

    MEMPHIS – For Grizzlies combo guard Delon Wright, the most revealing signs of recent progress are seen in his response to setbacks. Take, for instance, his mindset moments after missing that wide-open, corner three-pointer in the final seconds that would have sealed an impressive road win the other night at Oklahoma City. Instead, Wright’s shot…

  • #IMHO: LeBron’s legacy, Hayward’s Choice, and March Madness

    #IMHO: LeBron’s legacy, Hayward’s Choice, and March Madness

    Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…

  • Lang’s World: Grizz Gaming is ready to run it back

    Lang’s World: Grizz Gaming is ready to run it back

    It wasn’t all that long ago that Grizz Gaming ended season one of the NBA 2K League. Earlier this week, we officially started our journey into season two with the NBA 2K League Draft, when we selected four players to round out our roster.

  • #IMHO: Playoffs, Veterans and Rookies

    #IMHO: Playoffs, Veterans and Rookies

    Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…

  • Lang’s World: Always Changing

    Lang’s World: Always Changing

    This is a hard but true fact of life. As much as we crave constancy, the world around us is always changing, and sometimes we have to change, as well. It isn’t always easy, it isn’t always fun, but change is going to happen, with or without you.