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Larry Brown on Isiah Thomas: “I didn’t like working for him.”

Mention the name Isiah Thomas to any New York Knicks fan and watch their faces turn red and begin a dissertation on the many ways he single-handedly wrecked the Knicks franchise. And those fans are right to hold some resentment towards Thomas. From handing out large contract to players who never panned out (Eddy Curry), traded […]

Rookie Coaches Making An Impact In Playoffs

When it comes to the NBA playoffs, the usual NBA head coaches – Gregg Popovich, Doc Rivers, and Phil Jackson – are right in the thick of things getting their respective teams through series after series to the NBA Finals. This isn’t the case in this year’s NBA playoffs. Popovich, Rivers and Jackson saw their […]

NBA Playoffs Capsule Recaps – Semifinals

With the Dallas Mavericks dispatching the Los Angeles Lakers, only one game was scheduled as the NBA playoffs continue to march on. Yesterday, the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks were looking to grab win number three in the series but only one team would be able to grab a tighter grip on the series. Game […]

No Brooms Allowed In Dallas

The Dallas Mavericks are on the verge of sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers out of the playoffs today in Dallas. Mavericks fans are ecstatic that their team could be the team to end the Lakers’ reign and send them packing a bit earlier than expected. So with a sweep of the Lakers possibly happening today, […]

Magic’s Dwight Howard Signs With Rebel Alliance

Now that the Orlando Magic’s season is over, and a looming NBA lockout approaching, Dwight Howard has signed with the Rebel Alliance in their efforts against the Empire and Darth Vader. In a statement made by Luke Skywalker, leader of the Rebel Alliance, Skywalker likes the addition of Howard but has some concerns: “We thought […]

Lakers’ Artest Suspended For Game 3

As if being down 2-0 to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Semifinals wasn’t enough, the NBA has suspended Los Angeles Lakers’ Ron Artest for Game 3 of their series versus the Mavericks for “introducing” Mavericks’ JJ Barea to his forearm: Again, the Lakers are down 0-2 in the series and as the scene […]

Looming NBA Lockout Forcing Players To Weigh Their Options Overseas

With the possibility of an NBA lockout happening with each passing day, NBA players might be starting to weigh their options should the lockout occur. One option is to play with foreign teams, something New Jersey Nets’ Deron Williams said recently: “I’m already looking into playing overseas,” said Williams, who was in Santa Monica, Calif., […]

NBA Playoffs Capsule Recaps – Semifinals

The first round of the NBA playoffs are over and we are off to the semifinal rounds as eight teams are continuing their hunt for an NBA title. Game One: (5) Atlanta Hawks vs. (1) Chicago Bulls, United Center Final Score: Hawks 103, Bulls 95 For as much as the Bulls lost the game, and […]

Stay The Course Orlando

My colleague here at Crossover Chronicles, John Karalis, would have you believe the Orlando Magic should trade All-Star center Dwight Howard after another early exit from the NBA playoffs. He couldn’t be further from the truth and here is why. How often does a dominant center like Howard come around? Rarely. Howard has the size, […]

On Granger’s ‘Coward’ Comment At Noah

The Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls first round series went a tad longer than most expected. The Pacers tested the league’s best team record-wise to five games in what was a very physical series. So physical in fact, Pacers’ Josh McRoberts tangled with Bulls’ Joakim Noah, Tyler Hansbrough mixed it up with Noah and, well, […]

Video: Spurs Rookie Is Clutch

The San Antonio Spurs have one of the best trios ever to play in the NBA – Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker.  Either of which can take over a game or be the go-to guy when the game is on the line. So with the Spurs facing elimination tonight in game five against […]

Lakers’ Caracter Shows Lack of Character

This is probably something the Los Angeles Lakers do not need to deal with during their march to a three-peat. According to NOLA.com, Lakers’ Derrick Caracter got himself into a “bit” of trouble in New Orleans when he decided to get drunk, waltz into an IHOP and punch a pregnant woman: A back-up forward for […]

A Visual: Blazers’ Roy vs. The Mavs

It was an instant classic in yesterday’s Dallas Mavericks-Portland Trail Blazers game four and perhaps the game of the 2011 NBA playoffs. Like something out of a Hollywood movie script, all the players were there: the overwhelming odds against a seemingly unbeatable foe — Dallas Mavericks and their 23 point lead, the comeback kid — […]

Day Seven: NBA Playoffs Capsule Recaps

Look I get it, you were you out late, partying with friends and opened a tab with the bar only to realize it was a bad idea and you missed all of last night’s NBA playoff action. Well you’re in luck. So rest up that hangover, and check out these capsule recaps from the three […]

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