Inside The NBA has had some interesting debates in the early part of the season. Aside from Shaquille O’Neal’s audacious declaration that Andrew Bynum is a better center than Dwight Howard, the gang has started debating who is the best power forward in the league between Kevin Love and Blake Griffin. No doubt, those two […]

A year ago, Kemba Walker was preparing for a major conference battle against No. 7 Villanova. Connecticut was 15-2 and the eight-ranked team in the country. He was battling with his teammates on Connecticut for a chance to win the Big East, something the team would do in a memorable run to the conference title, […]

Hey, you. Were you in Minneapolis last night around 7 p.m. Central Time? Did you go see the Timberwolves play the Kings in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day showdown at Target Center? You did! Well, boy, does Kevin Love have a deal for you. The Minnesota All-Star forward is putting together another crazy year […]

The ascent of the New York Knicks back into national relevancy (not manufactured relevancy) hit a road bump early on this season. With Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler in the front court, New York had some girth on the front court to go with the offensive genius of Mike D’Antoni. New York’s start […]

The Olympics will come pretty fast fter the season ends. An early August start date is going to throw selected players right into training camp and preparations for this summer’s Olympic games in London. Several players will be excited for the opportunity to take home back-to-back golds and to help the U.S. secure its third […]

This summer was a strange one. Not only was it longer, but it left players up to their own devices to train. They could not get into arenas or talk with team trainers or coaches. As we are seeing in the early part of the season, players came back in decent shape. Nothing probably could […]

The NBA season is off and running. While we are less than 10 games into the season, you would be hard pressed to tell if teams do not already have an eye toward the stacked 2012 Draft class. Or maybe it is the frenetic pace of the schedule and the truncated training camp that has […]

NBA fans both support and fear Seattle’s movement to replace the Supersonics. Nobody (outside of Oklahoma City… and even they have their misgivings I would think) liked the way the Sonics departed Seattle. And every fan fears the realization that their team could move in an instant like Seattle’s did. Yet, there is a twing […]

The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Paul Westphal on Thursday, ending a tenure that lasted only two years. The Kings had gotten off to a rocky 2-5 start with a young roster that featured former rookie of the year Tyreke Evans, second-year player DeMarcus Cousins and free agent acquisition Marcus Thornton. It was a young […]

At one point, you would think it blasphemous to think Gilbert Arenas would not be on a roster in 2012. Arenas was one of the most explosive and dynamic scorers in the league. Sure his high usage and shot-heavy style would get panned by those that follow advanced statistics, but when would the NBA ever […]

Tom Thibodeau did not invent ubuntu. That was Doc Rivers’ creation. But the transformation of those world champion Celtics in 2008 came on the defensive end with Tom Thibodeau. Thibodeau was the architect of a team that made the incredible transformation to defensive juggernaut that won the NBA championship behind the ubuntu “together” cry. Thibodeau […]

Growing up in Orlando, the team was always mediocre. Every trip to the TD Waterhouse Centre was still a treat. How could you get excited for the perpetual Grant Hill injury and the consistently 40-42 win team that was the early-2000s Orlando Magic? Tracy McGrady. It is easy to forget what a tremendous scorer McGrady […]

Lamar Odom has had a rough go of it in the early part of the season. First Odom was so upset over the proposed trade that would have sent him to New Orleans that he threw a little bit of a fit when the trade was nullified. It forced the Lakers to send Odom to […]

The Raptors are not known for defense. Toronto posted a league-worst 109.8 defensive rating last year and featured Andrea Bargnani at center. Bargnani was often ridiculed and denigrated for his 9.8 percent total rebounding percentage and his generally poor defensive play. The young Raptors squad was just not ready to play defense at a high […]