Erik Spoelstra spent time in Eugene, Ore., last summer trying to unlock secrets to Chip Kelly's fast-paced offense in football. Oregon has spent much of the last four years running a no-huddle, never-stop-coming-at-you offense that puts up points as quickly as they get off plays in a game and leaves defenses gasping for air. Spoelstra […]

  Athletes are well known for their interesting purchases and vision of themselves. It is a different culture. When you have millions of dollars and everyone has told you how great you are for your entire life, you might have a pretty big ego and might want to show it off some. That is how […]

Some franchises have a history that is extremely difficult to make your mark in. With 17 NBA Championships and one of the richest traditions of excellence in NBA history, getting into the Celtics' pantheon of greatness and having your jersey hanging in the rafters is an extremely difficult proposition. Actually, it is so difficult individual […]

The Magic are not going to escape Dwight Howard for some time. He will haunt the franchise as it moves toward its future and as the team tries to recover. Until that next superstar center comes, Howard will be the one who got away. And everyone will want to know how the hell that fish […]

Team USA has expected dominance, measuring itself against perfection, the last 20 years. The addition of NBA players to the U.S. Olympic basketball program raised the bar for what basketball fans around the world can expect. For the U.S. it raised the bar to an almost impossible to achieve level of perfection. The 1992 Dream […]

Anthony Davis had a very very informative summer. Thanks to a wide variety of injuries to Team USA's centers, the national team was forced to turn to the top overall pick in the 2012 Draft for valuable bench minutes and potential front court depth. Davis was given an incredible opportunity to learn from some of […]

Yesterday, we took a good, hard look at what the Eastern Conference will look like since we have nothing to do at this point in the summer. August just really sucks for basketball news — unless you are watching the WNBA, like me and other basketball junkies (Go Lynx!).  ESPN feels the same way and […]

The sweat has barely dried on the floor at the O2 Arena (can I call it that now, or is it still North Greenwich Arena for the Paralympic Games?) and the NBA has reached its August doldrums. So, of course, we need to start wonderously predicting what will happen during the 2012-13 season. The super […]

Drafting Anthony Davis with the first overall pick ensured New Orleans had a future. That is what the top pick in the draft can do, especially one with unbounded talent like Anthony Davis. A championship roster takes more than just a superstar building block. It takes the patience of putting the right pieces around him […]

Russell Westbrook and James Harden are living the life right now. Fresh off a Western Conference Finals appearance and an Olympic gold medal, winning is in for the Thunder's second and third best players. Things are great. They are even starring in their own commercials sans superstar Kevin Durant. Harden has already achieved cult status […]

The Dwight Howard trade saga is finally over after last week’s trade to Los Angeles. Everyone around the league is trying to figure out exactly how the deal went down. After all, Orlando was holding out for a better deal and some had trouble saying exactly why this was the deal to hold out for. […]

Andrew Bynum is moving to his very own team. He will be the lone All Star on a team for the first time in his career and he is excited for that opportunity. Bynum has question marks about his knees. That is why he ended up in Philadelphia and not Orlando. From all reports, the […]