Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Well that Celtics/Lakers games was…. something. The Celtics and Lakers last night put on a display of… well… it was a display.  If either team was banking on last night to prove to a national stage […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Linsanity!! I’m getting a real kick out of this Jeremy Lin thing.  It’s probably, literally, the most improbably story to actually unfold this season.  With Mike D’Antoni basically shutting his eyes and pulling this kid off […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Perkins lashes out at LeBron You remember the dunk.  You know… THE dunk.  Blake Griffin on Kendrick Perkins, the “Mozgov”-ing, whatever you want to call it.  It came after LeBron James jumped over, literally, John Lucas […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Is Chauncey Billups done? With six minutes left in regulation against Orlando, Clippers guard Chauncey Billups took a hard cut forward to chase a long rebound after back-pedaling.  His left Achilles couldn’t handle the force of […]

Our nightly look ahead to the schedule with a couple of notes and story lines so you can plan out your NBA viewing.  All Times Eastern. Fire up the League Pass 7:00  LA Lakers at Philadelphia 76’ers The Lakers road test continues, as does the 76ers’ quest to be respected. Philadelphia squandered a golden opportunity […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Not dead yet? The Boston Celtics have won four in a row, and eight of their last nine.  They’re now 13-10 on the season and in 7th place in the Eastern Conference.  Only 3.5 games separate […]

Every Sunday, the CC staff will get together to present our plays and players of the week.  PLAYER OF THE WEEK Chris Paul 5 games (4-1) 20.4 ppg9.6 apg3.0 rpg2.2 spg  CP3 led the Clippers to four wins in five games, and the numbers would have been more impressive had he not had an off […]

I felt like I needed to get the joke out of the way in the headline, because it’s mind-blowing that this keeps happening to Greg Oden. Trail Blazers center Greg Oden will undergo an arthroscopic procedure today in Vail, Colo. to remove debris from his right knee, the team announced. It is his fourth knee […]

Our nightly look ahead to the schedule with a couple of notes and story lines so you can plan out your NBA viewing.  All Times Eastern. Fire up the League Pass 7:00 – Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76’ers If the Sixers win, they should have MC Hammer come out and sing “Too Legit To Quit” […]

You want a signal that this season makes no sense whatsoever?  Seemingly within minutes of the news breaking that Kenyon Martin is free to join an NBA team immediatley, the LA Clippers swooped in and signed the coveted power forward.  Free agent Kenyon Martin has agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million contract to play with the Los […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  So Denver’s pretty good, huh? The Denver Nuggets have gone 33-14 in the regular season since the Carmelo Anthony trade.  In exchange for their superstar player, they got a bunch of role players and they still […]