Shaquille O’Neal may very well have played his last game in the NBA. The Celtics center suffered through injury after injury in his lone season as the Big Shamrock, playing in a career-low 37 games and appearing in just two playoff games. O’Neal is hardly the dominant figure he was throughout his entire career as […]

One person towers over Chicago with an iron fist, getting news anchors to shake at the knees. A bad word is never said for fear of incurring this person’s wrath and being forever exiled out of the city. This would seem to be Michael Wilbon’s reaction whenever anyone criticizes league MVP Derrick Rose. But that […]

It is early May, the playoffs are humming along, the NCAA’s early entry withdrawal date has passed. It can only mean one thing: the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to try and convince Ricky Rubio to leave beautiful Barcelona for Minneapolis. For once I don’t think the normal Joe on the street can do a better […]

Game Four: (2) Miami Heat vs (3) Boston Celtics, TD Garden Final Score: Heat 98, Celtics 90, Overtime The Heat got their chance to pick their closer once again, but it was the Celtics who could not finish the game. Paul Pierce’s last second shot at regulation was a mess of a play and left […]

Carlos Boozer heard it in Game One and Two as the Bulls saw their first real bump in the road on the Derrick Rose coronation tour. Boozer scored just eight points in Chicago’s Game Two victory to go with 11 rebounds. He never really silenced the fans’ negative opinion of him until he scored 18 […]

We were busy preparing for Mothers’ Day — you know getting flowers and making breakfast — so we neglected to recap Saturday’s games. Here is a quick rundown of what happened while you were busy pampering Mom. Game Three: (4) Oklahoma City Thunder vs (8) Memphis Grizzlies, FedEx Forum Final Score: Grizzlies 101, Thunder 93 Memphis trailed […]

Kevin Love may play for the Timberwolves and surely isn’t at the forefront of the NBA’s mind right now. Minnesota has been out of the playoff picture since, well, January (maybe earlier). But even after the season has ended Love continues to, ahem, clean up. Right Guard named Love the NBA’s Best Smelling Player. How […]

On February 1, 2008, the NBA world was shocked by what had happened. Memphis had traded All-Star center Pau Gasol to Los Angeles for what many considered pennies on the dollar. Gasol was the Grizzlies’ only superstar and the trade turned the middling Lakers into a championship team. Many around the league wondered how a […]

The NBA has always been defined by its rivalries — Celtics-Lakers, Magic-Bird, Russell-Chamberlain, Erving-Gravity, Jordan-Jordan, Shaq-Duncan, Duncan-Garnett. No other sport seems to put two marquee players directly against each other every single play. It seems every year one team always seems to run into the other. LeBron James has been eliminated by Paul Pierce and […]

One of the great accomplishments for David Stern and the NBA has been to see the growth of the game internationally. As the game has grown and operated under two different sets of rules, Stern and FIBA have tried to work together to make the game more uniform. After much FIBA insistence, it appears Stern […]

Oklahoma City has astounded much of the NBA nation. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are two of the best young talents in the entire league and with the addition of Kendrick Perkins, many now believe the Thunder could make a surprise run to the NBA Finals. Certainly the way Oklahoma City dominated the resurgent Denver […]

Keith Smart took up the mantle of “Nelly Ball” when Don Nelson stepped aside at the beginning of the 2010-11. The often entertaining, break-neck offensive style of basketball captured the league’s imagination when the Warriors topped the Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 Playoffs. Watching Golden State was like watching a video game […]

A number of people have already said this is the best, most competitive first round in league history. That might just be the hyperbole or the 24-hour news cycle talking, but there is no doubt this has been an incredibly competitive and exciting series of Playoff games. Lower seeds lead in two series — including […]

Every week, our staff will gather to discuss a hot topic of the week. The first round is nearly over and the conference semifinals are beginning to take shape. While a lot of the series still have yet to be finally decided, through one week in the postseason the story of the postseason is beginning […]

Tuesday night was do or die for several teams. Orlando and Indiana had their backs against the walls facing elimination and Los Angeles pretty much had to win to take back control of the series and avoid facing elimination on the road in New Orleans. The Bulls got on to the next round and the […]