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June 5, 2013 by Brandon Keller
The NBA Finals is chocked full of elite players, but which team has more talent? We rank the 18 rotation players in this series, 1-18, to see.
Category: Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: Allen, Best Players, Bosh, Chalmers, Duncan, finals, Ginobili, Kawhi, Lebron, NBA, Parker, rankings, Splitter, Wade
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June 5, 2013 by Brandon Keller
After a season loaded with action, the NBA Finals are here with a dream matchup. In one corner, the athleticism and speed of the Heat. In the other, the intelligence and savvy of the Spurs. The big winner- the fans.
Category: Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: 2013, Bosh, Duncan, finals, Ginobili, Heat, Lebron, Miami, NBA, Parker, San Antonio, Spurs, Wade
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May 21, 2013 by Brandon Keller
The Heat are probably going to beat the Pacers. But if these three scenarios play out for the Pacers, they have a chance to upset the juggernaut known as the Miami Heat
Category: Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat
| Tags: Bosh, defense, George, Heat, Hibbert, Indiana, Lebron, Miami, NBA, Pacers, series, Stephenson, upset, Wade, West
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April 24, 2013 by Brandon Keller
The name of this site, Three and D, comes from the most valuable of role players. For wings in the NBA, if you can come of the bench, make threes and play solid defense, you are more valuable to your team then floss following a filling of Filet Mignon. With that in mind, we rank the top 10 Three and D guys on the 16 playoff teams.
Category: Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: Battier, Butler, d, defense, Green, Kawhi, Kidd, NBA, players, playoffs, rankings, three
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March 13, 2013 by Brandon Keller
Each NBA squad comes jam-packed with unique personality, a personality that can be shadowed in the rap game. Well the Miami Heat have found the perfect doppelganger: Kanye West
Category: Miami Heat
| Tags: Chris Bosh, Clique, Dwayne Wade, Heat, hip hop, Kanye, LeBron James, Miami, power, rap, rapper
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January 24, 2013 by Brandon Keller
What are the credentials of an MVP? Is it the best player, the best player on the best team, or the best player on the most surprising team? At 3 And D we say the MVP is the player a team could least afford to lose, so we take CP3, King James, KD and Melo off of their respective squads and see how those teams would do.
Category: Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder
| Tags: Carmelo, CP3, Durant, Lebron, Melo, Most Valuable Player, MVP, paul
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January 17, 2013 by Brandon Keller
NBA and Hip Hop go hand in hand. Plenty of rappers drop NBA stars in their lyrics, from Bill Russell to Kyrie Irving, so it makes sense that lots of rap songs are made purely about the NBA. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some NBA-centric tracks that are such jams we might as well call them Smuckers.
Category: Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: city, Clippers, Flo Rida, Heat, hip hop, Kobe, Lil Wayne, Lob, rap, Spurs
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January 11, 2013 by Will Purvis
When Stern dropped the hammer and instituted the dress code, players around the league had to take off the doo-rags and throw on the bow-ties. Players around the league decided to start expressing their individuality in “interesting” ways. We rank the 10 best post-game getups in “Suit Up!”
Category: Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder
| Tags: Suit Up
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January 11, 2013 by Brandon Keller
In part Three of the NBA Talent Rankings, the top five Power Forward and Centers are ranked. The Power Forwards feature two early-00’s mainstays who should be calling games on TNT, not dominating them. As for the Centers, some surprise at the top. Let’s just say Dwight is NOT happy.
Category: Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: C, center, Chandler, Duncan, forward, Garnett, Gasol, Griffen, Horford, Howard, Noah, PF, Randolph, Z-Bo
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January 10, 2013 by Brandon Keller
In part two of the NBA Talent Rankings, the top five Power Forward and Centers are ranked. At Shooting Guard, does anyone have the venom to unseat the Mamba? As for Small Forward, I’m going to take a guess and say that the now crowned King may figure prominently in the final tally.
Category: Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs
| Tags: Carmelo, Durant, forward, guard, Harden, Kobe, Lebron, Manu, OJ, Paul George, Pierce, rankings, SF, SG, talent, Wade