The Lakers are like Jaws every year. It might be unfair to put that characterization to something that is more of a perception. But the Lakers are always there beneath the deep blue sea of rumors, lurking, seemingly ready to strike at any moment. If what Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak is hinting at, I […]

Tim Tebow-mania has swept through Denver, Colorado. The immaculate, unconventional quarterback has piqued the imagination of Denver sports fans as he has the Broncos hurdling toward an AFC West championship and the NFL Playoffs. His comebacks have the sports world buzzing and questioning everything they know about how to win in football. Tebow’s Broncos seemingly […]

The NBA is in something of an identity crisis coming out of the lockout. The contentious and bitter bargaining sessions that led to this new NBA were supposed to solve a lot of problems within the owners themselves. The details of revenue sharing are still to be sorted out. And there are numerous provisions that […]

 Dwight Howard and Chris Paul are taking the headlines of the early NBA offseason/training camp period. Free agency has been placed sort of on hold as the league waits for those two gigantic dominoes to fall. There’s no doubt though, the NBA is back to business as usual. And nothing seems to have changed after […]

Everything is going to be new for Ricky Rubio this year. New team. New country. New teammates. New coach. New weather. New league. And with the lockout claiming 16 games from the schedule and giving Minnesota and the other teams a truncated 66-game schedule to play through, it will be a very new schedule for […]

The deal that would have sent Chris Paul from New Orleans to Los Angeles in a three-team deal is dead, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports. There is one way to describe this latest development: several general managers were lauding Demps for the value he was able to get for his star player. So where […]

NBA fans are rejoicing over the beginning of the new season and the opening of training camps. With the expected ratification of the collective bargaining agreement today by both the players and the owners, the 150-plus day lockout will come to an end. Many fans were struggling to cope without the NBA in their lives. […]

The International Olympic Committee is surely happy the NBA is back in business. International players may not have faced this problem, but the U.S. national team and the NBA are tied so closely together that there were concerns that America’s best players won’t be heading to London. Safe to say the lockout had ended all […]

A lot of people are ecstatic the NBA is back. Christmas Day is going to be extremely special for basketball fans with a new season and five games to unwrap. Christmas Day was already seen as the true beginning of the season by casual fans. So who loses with the season season’s beginning on Christmas […]

I am sure this is not how Mark Cuban envisioned his grand spectacle celebrating a championship. It was supposed to happen at the beginning of November against a young Bulls team. It was not supposed to happen Christmas Day against the team they defeated for the championship. Talk about spitting in the Devil’s face or […]

The Indiana Pacers are where no team likes to be — right in the middle of the conference. Not good enough to compete for a championship, but just good enough to compete for a playoff spot. The Pacers have been there for a while, finishing with a record lower than .400 just once since 2006. […]

There is going to be no getting around the LeBron James story once the 2011-12 season begins. Sure, the free agent hype surrounding Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and Deron Williams will take headlines during the season nationally. Those free agent campaigns seem to pale in comparison to the anticipation that was James’ free agency in […]

The lockout was going to hurt the economy outside the NBA. Yes, teams were not going to be filling arenas or playing games or bringing foot traffic to stadiums and downtown arenas. What about the shoe retailers selling the new Kevin Durant sneaker? Or the jersey salesmen at your local Champs? How about the Best […]

The Denver Nuggets and the decision they made last February was one of the major talking points during the lockout negotiations. The Miami Heat issue put small-market teams on notice about keeping their superstars. They feared the extend-and-trades that allowed Carmelo Anthony to leverage a trade out of Denver to New York, the place he […]

The lockout is not officially over yet. But with a tentative agreement in place and the season scheduled to begin December 25, the league has to move pretty quickly to get a schedule set in stone. With that, the league has already announced the layout for the 66-game schedule. Each team will still play four […]