This post was written by Crossover Chronicles' newest contributor Max Luckan. Max is a NFL and NBA writer for 98.7 The Fan in Tampa, Florida. You can follow him on Twitter @MaxLuckan. With NBA free agency set to kickoff July 1, the biggest names out there this offseason – Dwight Howard and Chris Paul – […]

Dwyane Wade has not looked like Dwyane Wade recently. This postseason, Wade has scored 20 points in only two games this postseason. This is not the Dwyane Wade who was the Finals MVP in 2006 and the Heat's saving grace during the failed 2011 Finals bid. Wade though still had something left in the tank. […]

 Game 4: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs 9 p.m./ABC — Spurs lead 2-1 15 points. 7-for-21 shooting. 1-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc. And, most importantly, Spurs 113, Heat 77. These are the numbers undoubtedly rattling around in LeBron James' head after his Game Three disaster of a performance that now has Miami almost […]

 Nets to hire Jason Kidd —– The Nets spent a long day interviewing Pacers assistant Brian Shaw. They listend to what Shaw had to offer and the ideas he had for the future of the Nets. They listened. Shaw was once again a bridesmaid and not the bride as another interview fell short for Shaw […]

In the midst of the Spurs' 3-point onslaught in last night's Game Three victory over the Heat comes some troubling news from the San Antonio locker room. Tony Parker left the game in the middle of the third quarter with an undisclosed hamstring injury. While he returned to the bench and to the game, Parker […]

Game Two was the kind of game good teams have nightmares about. The defense and principals of a team break down and it leads to an onslaught of highlights and talk that makes a player and a team doubt itself. Especially when the stakes are so high. The only thing a team can do to […]

 NBA Finals Game 3: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs 9 p.m./ABC — Series Tied 1-1 The stats and trends entering a Game Three are being pretty well publicized at this point. In the 13 times since moving to a 2-3-2 format, the team that has won Game Three when the series is tied 1-1 […]

The answer to the question of whether a 63-year-old Julius Erving can dunk is an emphatic: YES {youtube}2M5v90U4cMI{/youtube} Erving has been making plenty of media rounds as NBATV's acclaimed documentary The Doctor premiered Monday night. It has gotten rave reviews from the NBA community. It is airing again on NBATV on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. if […]

It has only been a week since Jason Kidd retired, ending a 19-year career that saw him put up incredible numbers with the Mavericks, Suns and Nets and redefine his career time and time again as he got older. He is a surefire hall of famer, a triple double machine and one of the great […]

As teams get deeper in the postseason, it is easier to overcomplicate gameplans and think too much. It is easy to get stuck in the adjustments and forget about the play that gets you to that stage of the postseason. It is easy to look at the trees and lose sight of the forest. The […]

 Jason Collins makes good on essay promise, marches proudly —– It was only less than two months ago that Jason Collins made history, coming out as the first active gay athlete in a major American sport. The revelation was met with almost universal acceptance and a bit of a shoulder shrug. That is not necessarily […]

The Heat had lost their lead. They had lost their mojo and momentum. They had committed turnovers and could not quite get going on the right foot in transition. Miami played well, but found themselves in dire straights. There was LeBron James guarding Tony Parker one on one with time ticking away. The Heat, struggling […]