After the trade deadline when the NBA’s “mercenary period” opens, you expect to see the grizzled veterans on the losing teams to get their release and join a championship-contending team. We have seen these signings pay big dividends in the past. So when the New York Knicks — a team in need of an athletic, […]

Rarely do you get gifts this late in the season. Rarely. Teams (most teams anyway) are fighting for Playoff positioning and not willing to concede anything. Even the bad teams have young guys trying to prove they deserve a contract renewal for the following year. So the Heat should probably thank the Celtics just a […]

When all was said and done last year, it was the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers waging their eternal war against each other and the Lakers coming out on top in seven games. For much of this season, it seemed like the Celtics and Lakers were on a collision course to meet for the […]

The Chicago Bulls have already been anointed as the regular season champions of the Eastern Conference. People are already reminindg everyone what happened the last time the Bulls won 60 games in a season. Derrick Rose might have (OK, probably has) wrapped up the MVP award with his 39 points on 13-of-17 shooting performance against […]