It has been an awful year for the Charlotte Bobcats. Like really awful. Like had the worst record in league history, the most ping pong balls in the Draft Lottery and ended up with the fourth pick. There is a reason we #PrayForCardboardGerald. The future for the Bobcats looked extremely bleak after the 7-59 season […]

There was no gathering at a bar awaiting a decision. The decision had already been made. It was likely made first way back in the lockout or in December when Dwight Howard first requested a trade or shortly after he professed "loyalty" and then found, in his mind at least, the Magic were not what he […]

Dwight Howard wants out of Orlando. Orlando, by all accounts, wants to trade Dwight Howard. It has not happened yet, and you have to keep hearing about it. Sorry. It has been a long time since we heard any movement in the Dwight Howard trade talks and instead we have heard seething frustration that a […]

Hedo Turkoglu sees the end of his career coming. When the 2013 season starts, Turkoglu will be 34. The 13-year NBA veteran has two years left on his contract, with his $12 million salary only partially guaranteed in 2014. And, with Turkoglu struggling the last few years since his breakout 2009 Playoff performance, he might […]

The final vacant head coaching position remaining in the NBA was filled Tuesday when the Portland Trail Blazers hired Mavericks assistant coach Terry Stotts to replace Nate McMillan. Stotts has four seasons of prior head coaching experience, spending a year and a half each with the Hawks and the Bucks. His overall record is not […]

There was no way Luol Deng was missing the 2012 Olympics in his adopted home of London. Nothing was going to stop him — not a long playoff run or a torn ligament in his wrist. The safe assumption for much of the summer as Deng fought the Bulls, the insurance company and his body […]

Jacque Vaughn impressed many in his introductory press conference. He sang a very different tune than former head coach Stan Van Gundy, sticking to and echoing the same catchphrases and terms from general manager Rob Hennigan. Vaughn is very much a coach in the Gregg Popovich family and thus will fit in with the Magic […]

Doc Rivers has always been a master motivator for his teams. Going from the 2000 scrappy Magic squad to the 2008 championship with the Celtics. Rivers has always been able to get the most out of his players and has become one of the most respected coaches in the league. Rivers certainly faced a lot […]

Andre Iguodala has always been a misplaced superstar. Wedged between Allen Iverson's career in Philadelphia and whatever comes next, Iguodala has at times been asked to be a sidekick and superstar. In each role, he has found some success but not ultimate success. After all, Philadelphia has been out of the first round just once […]

Dwight Howard is still a member of the Orlando Magic. It would have been hard to predict that with the acrimonious dialogue between the franchise and the Magic since the end of last season. It seems like reports had Howard out of Orlando on at least two occassions this offseason. Yet, when Orlando could not […]

It is not quite a trade involving Dwight Howard, but the Magic have begun moving forward toward their uncertain future. The Magic hired Spurs assistant coach Jacque Vaughn to be their head coach. This is not a move that likely will convince Dwight Howard to rescind his trade request. After all, Vaughn has only two […]

Coming out of Wednesday’s meeting between Dwight Howard and Magic general manager Rob Hennigan, it was very clear Howard has his heart set on being a Net or a Laker before the season begins. This is what he wants and he seems extremely determined to get it. Howard has gone so far as to issue […]

Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the NBA will release the schedule for the 2012-13 season. This is not such a momentous occassion. After all, the 82-game schedule rarely changes as teams play each other virtually the same amount every year. There is little variability in a team’s schedule. Some of the schedule is already leaking […]