Days after teammate and fellow 2010 Draftee Derrick Favors got a big extension from the Jazz, Hayward got one of his own from the team The 2013 offseason was a very eventful one for the Utah Jazz as its roster was severely shaken up with the departure of two big-time forwards. Most notably, Al Jefferson, […]

Serge Ibaka posted career-highs across the board in the 2012-13 season. Now, he's got all the tools to surpass those numbers when the regular season starts up in a few weeks Two seasons ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder made their first NBA Finals appearance as an organization. However, that year they fell in just five […]

Perkins, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, should be worried enough about the upcoming NBA season, but is in court in Texas as his teammates go through the preseason Right now, in early October, players around the NBA are either trying to make a team or are coasting along until the regular season begins. For most, […]

There is no denying that Cousins has loads of talent, but his non-basketball-related problems keep catching up to him Not many NBA players can say that, after three years in the league, they hold per-36-minute averages of 19.7 points and 11.8 rebounds. Very few can say that their head coach sent them home right before […]

How can Bogut say he's a top-three center when he has played 44 games in the last two seasons? Since the Milwaukee Bucks too Andrew Bogut with the top overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft out of Utah, Andrew Bogut has never really lived up to the expectations that are assigned to a top-pick. […]

With the relatively unsuccessful season the Knicks went through last year, Melo has been rumored to want to leave New York and head for greener pastures elsewhere, maybe linking up with another superstar to create a team in the Heat's mold Only two a half years after the Denver Nuggets traded him to the New […]

McCollum came into the NBA from a very non-traditional basketball powerhouse, small Lehigh University, which is located in a suburb of Philadelphia Every August, when the NBA's newly-drafted rookies participate in the Rookie Photo Shoot just a short drive north of Manhattan in Westchester, N.Y., they have to answer some tough questions in addition to […]

Buss' Lakers launch, in futility, "Stay D12" campaign to keep him in Los Angeles. After he moves to the Rockets, Buss says "He was never really a Laker." Makes sense It's not a shock to any in the NBA community when Dwight Howard's lone season, the 2012-13 campaign, with the Los Angeles Lakers is designated […]

Rivers originally denied interest in other jobs, but he looks to be considering them as of now With the Nets hiring Jason Kidd as their new head coach, there's one less NBA team still looking for one. But still the Clippers, Nuggets, and Grizzlies are left without a sideline leader as the NBA Finals comes […]

Even though he led his team to the Western Conference Finals, Hollins will be without a job this offseason After a disappointing playoff exit, a sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the Memphis Grizzlies, under new ownership and front-office executives, have officially done what most people expected […]

NBA Countdown, ESPN's NBA studio show, was Simmons' first chance to move from a podcast format to TV. And the results have been mixed Undoubtedly, what made ESPN's Bill Simmons famous were his insightful, funny, crude, and relatable columns that started out on ESPN.com's Page 2 (now non-existent), ESPN.com's homepage and, now, on Grantland, the […]

West has been a big part of Indy's success this season and has had a great Eastern Conference Finals vs the Heat so far Mired in the Eastern Conference Finals vs the mighty Miami Heat, the Indiana Pacers have a tough job ahead of them in their series vs the NBA's most explosive team. But […]