Just as it looked like the Los Angeles Lakers were picking up steam, things start to fall apart. L.A. dropped a tough one to the Atlanta Hawks last night, 96-92, but that was not the worst of it. In the final seconds, Kobe Bryant turned his ankle trying to be the hero for the team […]

After taking the city of Orlando through a dramatic soap opera, Dwight Howard has returned to the city he scorned and left for the bright lights of Hollywood. The Los Angeles Lakers visit the Magic for the first time this season, bringing Howard back for the first time to face the team and the fans […]

Amar’e Stoudemire missed the first two months of the season with a knee injury and now it looks like he’ll miss the last two with a similar problem. Stoudemire is having surgery on his right knee to clear out debris and is expected to miss at least the next six weeks. This is a pretty […]

When listing off the contenders for the Western Conference title, you have got the Oklahoma City Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs, probably the Los Angeles Clippers and I might even give you the Memphis Grizzlies. But despite their 41-22 record, including an astounding 27-3 at home, nobody is really jumping on the Denver Nuggets bandwagon. […]

We knew it was going to be a growing process for the New Orleans Hornets. Even having two top-ten draft picks does not guarantee you instant success. They are a young team that needs time to grow and gel together. That “gelling” process has taken a couple hits this year when top overall pick Anthony […]

  The Los Angeles Lakers have done a lot to regain some momentum over the past month. After their disappointing 17-25 start to the season, they went 13-5 to make it back to .500. They had people believing they were a playoff team, maybe even a team that could challenge for the Western Conference title. […]

A new NBA rivalry is brewing between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have emerged as one of the teams that could challenge the Thunder for the Western Conference title, and they were going for the season sweep of OKC on Sunday. It looked like the Thunder were going to […]

After seven years and two Olympic gold medals, Mike Krzyzewski has decided to step down as the head coach of the USA men’s basketball team. Krzyzewski was hired by USA basketball president Jerry Colangelo in 2006 after a disappointing performance at the 2004 Olympics that landed Team USA the bronze medal. Krzyzewski wanted to return […]

It is déjà vu for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Just like they did last year, the Thunder have signed veteran point guard Derek Fisher for the stretch run of the regular season and the playoffs. The Thunder had an extra spot for a guard on their roster after trading Eric Maynor to the Portland Trail […]

The Chicago Bulls were only hoping they would have to tread water for half a season then their MVP would come back and they could return to the team that made it to the Eastern Conference Finals just two years ago. So far, they have done that. They are 31-23, good enough for the fifth […]

The NBA’s trade deadline has come and gone and it was the year of the blockbuster! Josh Smith is now a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, Kevin Garnett joins the Los Angeles Clippers and Dwight Howard is headed to the Brooklyn Nets. I know, I know, none of those things happened. We were teased with […]

Jerry Buss, longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers died on Monday at the age of 80. Reports came out last week that Buss had been in the hospital battling an undisclosed type of cancer for months, but his death was reportedly caused by kidney failure. Buss had been to the hospital a number of […]