Nothing of any actual basketball significance has happened in the NBA since July 1.  In four-and-a-half months, we’ve been told ad nauseum, that the NBA system is broken, and the only way to give all teams a chance to succeed, the system needs to be changed radically.  Today, player representatives are in New York to […]

I’ve had it up to here with the NBA crap.  Let these guys blow everything while screwing us fans over.   In the mean time, here’s an actual basketball highlight.  It’s UConn’s Jeremy Lamb absolutely decimating some dude from Columbia.  There may not be a better dunk in any level of basketball all year.   […]

You can go ahead and hit the Union’s theme music.  It’ll fit the tone of this thing better.  Last night somewhere around 1 a.m., talks broke for what might be the last time.  There was talk of a 72 game season.  There was talk of this essentially being the last, best offer the NBA had.  […]

Rick Barry is known for being, oh, let’s use the word “abrasive.”  He also comes from an era where he made waves by signing a “lucrative” three-year, $500,000 contract.  So it’s no shock that a perpetually angry old-school guy who made as much over his playing career as Eddy Curry made in a couple of […]

(NSFW lyrics) A few days ago it looked like the players union was in complete disarray.  Derek Fisher had been accused of being in David Stern’s hip pocket, players had been begging to play, and it looked like Phoenix Suns owner Rob Sarver could have squatted over a piece of paper and have the players […]

Yes, Steve Blake.  As in the LA Lakers guard?  The guy who has played on five teams in eight years?  The guy who averaged four points and two assists last season?  The guy who looks like House M.D. in the photo?  Yeah, that guy.  With all the mega-stars in the league, it’s going to be […]

I’m writing this not to point and laugh at Kris Humphries.  OK, not JUST to point and laugh at Kris Humphries.   I’m writing this as a cautionary tale to any other NBA player who may be entertaining the thought of going after the soon-to-be single Kim Kardashian.   Don’t.  If you see her sitting […]

Agents are pushing behinds the scenes to decertify.  Players are pushing on Twitter to play basketball. Frustration everywhere, including

I’m tired of writing this stuff.  I really am.  And you have got to be tired of reading it.  How many different ways can I call these guys idiots? But I’m starting to think I’m the idiot.  Because I didn’t see this coming.   Look at who has been pulling the strings.  Alternately, we’ve seen […]

This is apparently a pre-season game (according to Ball Is Life). J.R. Smith dropped 20 and nailed this game-winning shot… followed by the crowd going wild showing some mild enthusiasm.   So things seem to be going well so far for J.R.  I can’t wait for him to commemorate his experience with a series of […]