Monday night might be remembered as the day the San Antonio Spurs finally rode off into the sunset. Yes, Memphis still has to win one more game and San Antonio is the type of veteran team that will not go away simply because it is down 3-1. But seeing Gregg Popovich pull his players in […]

When Bryan Colangelo stepped into the general manager position in Toronto in 2006, he had the vision of building Phoenix (his old job) East. He drafted Andrea Bargnani with the first pick in the 2006 Draft and brought in T.J. Ford and hoped they could pair with versatile forward Chris Bosh. The experiment did not […]

You won’t get Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant to admit he is slowing down. Like Pau Gasol is not contemplating his basketball mortality and neither is giving up the reigns to the Lakers any time soon. Andrew Bynum is not there to take it from them until they are ready to give it to him. […]

After getting into a brief shoving match and altercation late in Friday’s Game Three, the NBA has suspended Atlanta Hawks center Zaza Pachulia and Orlando Magic guard Jason Richardson for Sunday’s Game Three. The Hawks lead the series 2-1. For both teams this is a pretty big loss. Richardson has been the primary defender on […]

Half the league has nothing to play for right now. So General Managers throughout the league have their eyes turned toward the NBA Draft. The potential upcoming lockout is scaring away some of the best underclassmen, weakening an already pretty weak draft class. Still, while there are likely no superstars in this draft and possibly […]

Three teams, three chances to take commanding 3-0 leads or three chances to show the lower seed belongs in the series. Two big whiffs and one Roy-demption (see what I did there?). Derrick Rose had an un-MVP like game, but still had an MVP-like finish. Miami looked like we all thought they would in just […]

An era of basketball is slowly wilting and dying away. Maybe that is a good thing. The post-Jordan 1990s and early 2000s was a time of slow, drag-it-out games that devolved into one-on-one showcases and flashy, but inefficient play. A basketball culture or counter-culture or whatever you want to call it snuck into the game […]

New York is still waiting to find out whether starting point guard Chauncey Billups will be ready to play for tonight’s Game Two in Boston. Billups strained his left knee late in Sunday’s loss at TD Garden and is officially listed as questionable for Game Two. However Mike D’Antoni does not expect Billups to be […]

Larry Drew knew his team was ready during shootaround that morning. The always inconsistent Hawks were loud and rowdy, champing at the bit to get onto the floor and start the playoffs. The Hawks have faced bitter disappointment after bitter disappointment in the last three postseasons. None may have been more disappointing than a four-game […]

For the third straight year, Dwight Howard is the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year. And for the first time ever, a player has won the award three consecutive years. Howard was the runaway winner, garnering 114 of 120 first place votes winning by a healthy margin over Kevin Garnett, Tyson Chandler and Tony Allen. […]

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel are reporting J.J. Redick suffered no lingering effects from his first practice in nearly a month and will play for the Magic in tonight’s opening game against the Hawks. Redick has been fighting a sore lower abdomen since March 11 after tweaking the injury during shootaround before Orlando’s loss […]

Sacramento fans could breathe a brief sight of relief. The sun has not quite set on the Sacramento Kings. In what many thought would be a formal, more procedural meeting of the NBA Board of Governors turned into an impassioned plea and reasonable plan from Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson to keep the team in Sacramento. […]

In 2007, former NBA center John Amaechi shocked the NBA world by becoming the league’s first openly gay former player. His book, Man in the Middle, revealed much about the NBA world and the inner struggle Amaechi faced as a gay professional athlete in an NBA where you are always seeming to prove your masculinity. Amaechi faced […]

Gregg Popovich has never been shy about resting his starters before the postseason. But does that strategy actually work if the team is losing? Photo via Associated Press/DayLife Rest the starters and accept potential losses or go for the win and risk injury to your stars. Coaches throughout the league were running through the possible […]

One final time (perhaps), the Kings will get to roar in Sacramento. Photo via Getty Images/DayLife Just about everyone in the NBA feared this day would come. The end of the season. Yes, 16 teams will be excited about the potential of the postseason. And others will just be happy to see this season end […]