We want to offer our congratulations to our newest team member, D Mizz.  In todays New York Newsday (October 22, 2008) D Mizz is sited as "a promising new NBA blog with some insightful breakdowns of the division races".  We think so too.  Why else would we have him here at gameovernyc.com?

Continuing D Mizz's evaluation of the NBA Northeast for the 2008-09 Season

Oh yea, I know what will stop them (76er's) . . . The 2008-2009 World Champion Boston Celtics.  When the season started, they weren’t losing; we wondered how did they pull it together so quickly and When will they stop winning?  The playoffs started, and we thought the pressure would be too much for Game 7 after Game 7, but they just kept winning.  Finally, taking it to the Lakers and getting the ring.  The only thing we play for; rings.  Can the Celtics keep up the fire, the intensity, and the motivation, to do it again?  Repeating is usually the hardest thing to do, because you’ve gotten to the top of the mountain, and you accomplished your goal.  However, they have the single most intense basketball player to ever play the game.  KG won’t let them slow down, and if that’s the case, there’s only one question to be asked: Can these old legs (or ankles, in Ray’s case) carry the weight of every team looking to take down the champs?

For more from D Mizz, check out Breaking Down The Game

Continuing D Mizz's evaluation of the NBA Northeast for the 2008-09 Season 

Surprisingly enough, one the hottest stories of the Northeast, is north of the border.  The Raptors made the biggest trade of the off-season, getting X-Pacer Jermaine O’Neal, but, Can he stay healthy?  Is losing TJ Ford making the backcourt too thin?  If Jose Calderon avoid an injury, they’ll be fine.  Most of last season, Calderon had one of the best Assist to Turnover ratios in the league, and his stats, if repeated, will land him in the All-Star Game.  Pushing CB4 to his natural position will definitely improve his numbers.  We also must mention, he was one of the best players/surprises in Beijing.  You know what that’ll do to confidence, and you know what confidence can do to your game.

For more from D Mizz, check out Breaking Down The Game

Continuing D Miz's evaluation of the upcoming NBA Season

Part I – The Eastern Conference:  NorthEast

This off-season, the Nets unloaded some big contracts and the seemingly century-long services of Richard Jefferson.  They picked up the Chinese star, Yi Jianlian, which will bring about 100 million or more viewers to what projects to be the one of the worst teams in the East.  Rod Thorn is going into LeBron for President, er, I mean, LeBron-for-the-Brooklyn-Nets-in-the-2010/11-season mode.  That is, if they even move to Brooklyn.  A story that hasn’t been touched on often…How long can Lawrence Frank last?  We know he’s highly regarded as one of the best, and definitely the hardest working coach of the league.  But, similar to Scott Skiles in Chicago, How long will the players listen to the same teacher?  Hopefully he can make it through the growing pains, to LeBron coming into town.  If so, we’ll be talking about Lawrence Frank like we talk about Jerry Sloan.  If not, there will be a very high quality coach available to the highest bidder.

Today begins a new feature from Game Over's newest contributor - D Miz!  Welcome to the team Danny.  As you will see through this series and in additional comments and observations from Danny in the future, he's got an opinion on everything.  Enjoy. 

Part I – The Eastern Conference:  NorthEast 

The Knicks have no where to go but up, Right?  I would love to think that, but I also said that approximately seven times last season and was wrong every time.  Will the Knicks show some respectability this year?  Can Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni right the ship?  Let’s just hope so, since the best franchise in basketball, playing at the world’s most famous arena, has the potential to bring an extraordinary amount of popularity to the game.  The Knicks are playing to improve, while Donnie is playing to get some cap space.  When will the damage from Isiah go away?  They’re still the highest salary in the league, and they’re still in cap trouble until 2011, so something needs to happen.  David Lee, and Nate Robinson would be nice contracts to sign long-term, but if they can’t shed some of the Isiah-made mess, then the might have to pass on that grass.  

Everybody has their favorite time of the year.  Some even have their favorite day of the year.  Here at Game Over World Headquarters several of our staff chipped-in their ideas.  Christmas morning (we can understand that).  New Years Day.  Birthday.  Opening Day of the baseball season.  And then there was the one that we agreed with the most - October 15th.

The 15th is the universal day of showing what you got, how much you improved over the summer.  Its the day when you get to officially make that first impression on the coach.  Its the day (or midnight madness) when everyone in the community comes out to show their support.  The day when you break in the new pair of kicks.

Its the first official day of pracitce on the high school and collegiate level.  Undefeated seasons and championship rings are all possible.  Hard work, sweat, suicides, box-out drills, fast break schemes, defensive slides, more suicides, and trying to make the cut are known by all that ever have laced up a pair of sneakers.  It is the time when old teams reunite with new teammates.  It is the best day of the year.  Game Over.