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Spurs waive Stephen Jackson suddenly

The San Antonio Spurs made a shocking roster move with about a week left to go before the Playoffs begin. The West's second-best team waived veteran forward Stephen Jackson. A report from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports said the Spurs were mulling the move over for some time and eventually the decision was made to […]

Reviewing TNT’s experimental broadcast

TNT decided to experiment a little bit with its broadcast of last night's Thunder vs. Warriors game in Oakland, Calif. Instead of using a traditional booth of of a play-by-play man along with a color analyst, the NBA network partner decided to cast Steve Kerr, Chris Weber and Reggie Miller as the guides to the […]

Jay-Z mocks critics of his sports venture

Jay-Z is becoming quite the sports mogul and a big player on the sports scene. Now with his ambitions of becoming an NBA agent, or at least associated with an agency, he has to sell his 1/15 of one percent interest in the Nets. Jay-Z is spreading his tentacles after he became the face of […]

CC Video of the Day: One Shining Moment

The NCAA Tournament ended Monday with Louisville's victory over Michigan in an extremely entertaining basketball game. For NBA fans that may not mean much. But Tuesday, the dominoes for the NBA Draft started to fall. Indiana's Victor Oladipo and Kansas' Ben McLemore announced they will enter the NBA Draft. Both are expected to be among […]

New to winning, Clippers find turmoil in success

The Los Angeles Clippers won their first division championship in team history. Until now, there was not a single banner bearing the Clippers (or even the Buffalo Braves) name at Staples Center. That is not an easy thing to do for a franchise that has been in one location for more than a quarter century. […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Adelman 1000 There are only eight coaches to have 1,000 wins. It is an exclusive club full of the best coaches in the league's history. Saturday night, that exclusive club welcomed Rick Adelman as its […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: All about Melo Carmelo Anthony is often embattled and often fighting perception. Oh, he scores too much and does not make his teammates better. We have heard all that. Anthony though is in the midst […]

Andrew Bynum open to staying in Philadelphia

The Sixers season has gone the same way Andrew Bynum's season has gone. Initially full of hope but ultimately cratering at rock bottom. The All-Star center (yes, he was an All Star in 2012) has been frustrated again and again by his inability to return to the floor. And the Sixers have been frustrated with […]

Shaquille O’Neal passes an unsteady torch

Shaquille O'Neal was able to be his easygoing, entertaining self Tuesday night at halftime of the Lakers' win over the Mavericks. He hammed it with the crowd, telling jokes and going to his reliable schtick. He thanked the Buss family, his old coach Phil Jackson (in attendance and also soaking in lots of appreciation from […]

NBA in March becomes a joke, Silver’s problem

This is not some belated April Fools' joke. The NBA in March and April has become a farce in many, many ways on both ends of the standings. At a time when the Playoff races are supposed to be heating up and teams are supposed to be hitting their peaks befor ethe Playoffs, the best […]

Kobe Bryant may decide future this summer

It takes a lot for Kobe Bryant to admit his mortality. He played an entire season with a torn pinky (wining a gold medal and a championship when he really needed surgery). He had a severely sprained ankle that had him out indfinitely — he did not miss a game and tried to give it […]

STAT-urday: Damian Lillard among rookies

Damian Lillard is the presumptive Rookie of the Year this year after he has put in a strong 19.1 points per game and 6.5 assists per game for the Blazers. His efficiency and shooting could certainly use improvement, but the guy is only 21 years old and has lots of room for growth. Paired alongside […]

Pat Riley tells Danny Ainge STFU

Many lament the apparent lack of "competitive fire" or vitriol between oppponents in today's NBA. Whateverh appened to the rule that you don't help an opposing player up after he falls and generally just despise anyone wearing opposing colors with a passion. Like Kevin Garnett losing Ray Allen's phone number. That seems to be all […]

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