The Portland Trail Blazers started the season hot. They were 7-2 and had people thinking they might contend for the Western Conference title. Now they’re sitting at 20-23 and the team clearly isn’t happy with the way things are headed. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Blazers have fired head coach Nate McMillan. McMillan has […]

What will probably go down as one of the bigger trades of this season was the one between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Golden State Warriors that sent Ekpe Udoh, Kwame Brown and Monta Ellis to the Bucks for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson. The most intriguing part of this trade is the new pairing […]

We’re just 2 days away from the NBA trade deadline, can everyone feel the tension building? There have been so many big names thrown out there, I’m going to be disappointed if we don’t see at least one major trade. Pau Gasol is one of the bigger names out there attached to trade rumors, but […]

Despite their 16-23 record, the Cleveland Cavaliers actually seem finally to be recovering post-LeBron. Kyrie Irving has burst on to the scene faster than most people would have expected and is already looking like one of the league’s best point guards. If they can get a few more pieces in place, they might rise back […]

The Boston Celtics are at the center of some pretty intense trade rumors, most of which involve Rajon Rondo. But if you ask the Celtics, they’ll tell you they’re not shopping their star point guard, in fact, they’re not shopping anyone. Celtics President of basketball operations Danny Ainge and head coach Doc Rivers both say […]

It’s pretty obvious that the Dallas Mavericks aren’t the same team they were when they won the championship last year. The loss of Tyson Chandler, J.J. Barea and Caron Butler weakened the team a lot more than the Mavs would like to admit, but the record doesn’t lie. The Mavs had the infamous “championship hangover” […]

It must be tough to be a Washington Wizards fan. You’ve seen your team win at home only five times this year and eight times total. They’re not really showing any signs of improving and you have to be wishing the season was over so you could just get to your lottery pick and try again next […]

When you change your name to Metta World Peace, you give up your right to be taken seriously. Just like Chad OchoCinco before him, your name becomes a big joke. But you can rise above the derision if you get people talking about you in a positive light instead of the little sideshow you have […]

After the rising ticket prices, the seven-game win streak, the resurrection of the New York Knicks and all the Linsanity that came along with it, it was hard to foresee a possible point guard controversy in New York.  But here we are. Since the win streak, the Knicks have gone 3-4 with tough losses to […]

For more than a decade, if you went to a home Clippers’ game in Los Angeles, you would see a man dressed in a crazy red and blue suit cheering on his team. That is Darrell Bailey, but you may know him by his affectionate nickname, “Clipper Darrell.” Bailey has had season tickets to the […]

The Orlando Magic have been scrambling for months trying to figure out a way to keep Dwight Howard. If the rumors are true, they’ve found a way to do that, now they just need to execute. Sources close to Dwight Howard have said that if the Magic can land Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, […]

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony says he only wants carry over one thing from the first half of the season, and that was their loss to the Miami Heat right before the break. The Heat were ready for the Knicks, they had a game plan to shut down Jeremy Lin and the rest of […]

It’s no secret that the Phoenix Suns aren’t going anywhere this year. If point guard Steve Nash wants to win a championship before he retires, he’s going to have to do it somewhere else. So far Nash has not requested or even hinted at wanting a trade, he’s too loyal to his teammates and the […]

With all the rumors that have been circling around where Dwight Howard will end up by the trade deadline, things were surprisingly quiet as Orlando hosted the All-Star festivities this weekend. Of course there was the general chatter about whether or not this would be one of the last times Howard played in front of […]

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum has had a career riddled with injury problems. It looks like he’s going to take a few extra steps to make sure he stays healthy this year. The L.A. Times is reporting Bynum will miss All-Star practice tomorrow to get something called a “Synvisc” injection in his right knee. […]