The Los Angeles Clippers have taken a lot of heat for not protecting their superstar, Blake Griffin. I have disagreed with the criticism. This isn’t the ’90s anymore where you can just go up and clock a guy because he hit your teammate and get away with just a slap on the wrist. There are […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the most talented young roster in the NBA. Their speed, size and ability from the starters all the way down the bench is why they are one of the favorites to take home a title this year. Of course they have All Stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant, but it […]

The compact, 66-game schedule turned out better than the NBA probably could have dreamed. There’s been solid action almost every night for the last few months and now we’re finishing out the season with some exciting playoff races. Considering how close we were to not even having a season, I’d say the NBA pulled off […]

When it comes to the postseason in any sport, you always have to watch out for the team that gets hot at the right time. It’s not always the team with the best regular season record that hoists the trophy at the end of the year. It’s the team that’s playing their best when the […]

A lot of Americans don’t usually venture outside the bubble of the four major sports leagues: the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, but those who do have probably seen corporate sponsors on team jerseys. It’s extremely common in soccer, and of course everyone knows that Nascar cars are covered in corporate logos. So why not […]

The season is by no means over for the Boston Celtics. Back in February, when they were sitting at .500, it might have been time to discuss blowing up the team and starting the rebuilding process. But now they’re the 4-seed in the Eastern Conference and one of the hotter teams in the NBA, looking […]

The New York Knicks are one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now for the second time this season. The first time, it was because of Jeremy Lin, this time it’s because of head coach Mike Woodson. As soon as Mike D’Antoni quit, Woodson stepped in and went to work. Since he took […]

The Denver Nuggets exploded out of the gate to a 14-5 record. They looked like they were going to be the surprise team this year. Since then though, they have come back to earth a little bit and are sitting at 33-27, the seventh seed in the Western Conference and fighting for one of the last […]

Last night after the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls went into overtime, a friend of mine tweeted that he was very impressed with the NBA (and NHL, but I won’t get into that). He said that the league has to be very happy with the product they are putting out right now. I can’t help […]

The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade has had to do a little backpedaling this week after some comments he made on Wednesday about Olympic athletes getting paid for their time spent competing for their country. “It’s a lot of things you do for the Olympics — a lot of jerseys you sell,” Wade said. “We play […]

Since 2010, the New Orleans Hornets have been owned by the NBA, which has led to some poor decisions and conspiracy theories. It looks like the league’s control over the team may finally be over. Tom Benson, current owner of the New Orleans Saints, is set to buy the Hornets for $338 billion. “[USA Today […]

Iman Shumpert is almost falling into the clichéd story of guys who were told they wouldn’t succeed and then showed up the world by proving them all wrong. I’m not going to say the New York Knicks rookie guard is a raving success, but he has done better than most people thought, and he’s definitely […]

Last year the Memphis Grizzlies shocked the NBA by taking down the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. This year there was some talk preseason that they might challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Western Conference title, but that faded when they got off to a slow start. It […]

Getting kicked in the shin doesn’t sound like it would take that long to heal, or even cause you to miss any games at all. But in Kobe Bryant’s case, the Los Angeles Lakers and coach Mike Brown aren’t taking any chances. Bryant missed his second straight game last night after playing for 138 in […]

Last week I wrote about some comments Philadelphia 76ers small forward Andre Iguodala made to Sports Illustrated. Iguodala called out the Philly fans for being too fair-weathered as well as his teammate Lou Williams for not playing good defense. Lately the Sixers have looked awful, falling down to the 8-seed in the Eastern Conference and […]