Scott Brooks likely is not focused on what happens after this season quite yet. In all likelihood, it will take care of itself once the Thunder’s season ends — championship or not. You still cannot blame Thunder fans for worrying that their head coach will go elsewhere this offseason.  And while it’s a concern for later, it […]

Jerry Sloan has withdrawn his name from the Bobcats’ coaching search and it appears that the Bobcats have narrowed their decision down to veteran assistant coach Brian Shaw and former Missouri head coach, and Lakers assistant, Quinn Snyder. The Bobcats’ coaching position could be the first to fall among the three teams with coaching decisions […]

If one Thunder player completely underwhelmed in Game One of the NBA Finals, it was sixth man extraordinaire James Harden. Harden represents one of the biggest advantages the Thunder have in this series as the Heat are not exactly the deepest team and do not exactly have athleticism off the bench. Harden has the kind […]

Miami came ready to play Tuesday night in Game One of the NBA Finals. The Heat jumped out to a 13-point lead and had everything going. They were forcing turnovers, they were getting out on the break and they were moving the ball. Mario Chalmers and Shane Battier were getting open shots and taking advantage […]

The Celtics future is very much in flux. Everyone sort of realized that after their Eastern Conference Finals loss to the Heat and the fact that two of the three of the celebrated Big Three of 2008 are free agents. No one is quite sure what will happen with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Paul […]

The NBA Finals will put Oklahoma City on a national stage in a way that the city has rarely been in. Oklahoma City, after all, has only one sports team and it has not had it that long. And this is a great thing for a growing city. The Thunder are a source of civic pride. […]

It was a long summer for LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Not just because of the lockout — which saw Durant in the public eye constantly with a never-ending run of pick-up basketball games for public exhibition — but because of how their seasons ended. Durant’s season concluded in his first Western Conference Finals appearance, […]

Brandon Roy will always represent what could have been. Maybe he will become, as they said in Field of Dreams, what could be good again. Roy’s career has been both amazing and tragic as constant knee injuries derailed this budding young star long before he could fully blossom. Much like Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill and […]

Oklahoma City trailed by 18 points… at home… in a closeout game… against a seasoned, veteran, championship team in San Antonio. It was both masterful and stunning. The Spurs looked invincible, playing free and loose for the first time since Game Two. The Thunder looked wide-eyed and overwhelmed by the moment and the pressure to […]

The Magic are quickly hurtling toward a flashpoint in their franchise’s history as the Dwight Howard saga will get a final resolution this offseason. That is what team President Alex Martins has alluded to since the Magic’s elimination from the postseason, vowing the team would not go through the ordeal and turmoil it went through […]

July is fast approaching now and all but four teams have begun turning their eyes toward the 2013 season and what they can do to be playing on this day a year from now. Ultimately that means draft preparations, free agency plans and trading ideas as each team figures out who to keep and who […]

One story dominates every postseason. It is the one thing every national pundit has focused on since LeBron James first stepped into the Playoffs. When will he have his Michael Jordan moment, when will he take over a Playoffs and win a ring, ascending to the throne that was given to him when he was […]

The Chicago Bulls’ season went up in smoke when Derrick Rose collapsed to the ground at the end of Game One, the very first playoff of the entire season, with a torn ACL. Chicago was game, but hardly the top seed in the East without its spark plug in Rose. No one could carry the […]

The Brooklyn Nets had a simple plan. Acquire a star player like Deron Williams, sell him on the move to Brooklyn and the all-star, mega-billionaire ownership of Mikhail Prokhorov and Jay-Z, and then work on acquiring a second superstar player to make the move to the Barclays Center complete. That task was accomplished by clearing […]

So you live in Charlotte. Your basketball team just won seven games for an entire season and, even in a shortened season, still managed to set the record for worst winning percentage in NBA history. Your owner is the greatest basketball player of all time, but does not have a great track record running a […]