It was only about a decade ago when NBA All Stars seemed to avoid Olympic participation like the Great Plague of 14th Century Europe. Two consecutive gold medals later though, including a first place Olympic finish in 2008 by the NBA’s elite, and it’s now cool again to play for Team USA in international competition. […]

Even in professional sports, where the greatest athletes in the world are compensated like CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies to play a child’s game, sometimes feelings still get hurt for reasons that have nothing to do with bank accounts. Lamar Odom was once figured to be a key piece in a trade that sent Chris […]

That headline specifically does not mean that Gerald Wallace doesn’t want to play in Portland, is unhappy on the Blazers, or wouldn’t eventually re-sign with them either. Even though he doesn’t want to talk about a possible contract extension with team officials anymore. It just means that the new CBA suggests the more financially beneficial […]

It didn’t look good for Al Horford and his Atlanta Hawks when the All Star big man went down during the first quarter of Wednesday’s game at Indiana. It looked pretty bad actually. Reports released by the Hawks medical staff today don’t look good either, as the team has announced that arguably their best player […]

After the Dallas Mavericks lost by 22 points (93-71) to the San Antonio Spurs on January 5th, the defending NBA Champions fell to 3-5 on the season. Jason Kidd injured his back during the first quarter of that game, and has been sidelined for the last three games since as a result. In response, Head […]

I’m not here to make excuses for anybody, especially the Los Angeles Lakers, but being asked to play a League high ten games in fifteen days to open this NBA season would be a challenge for anybody.  It’s even more of a challenge if that Lakers team is trying to replace a Hall Of Fame […]

The defending World Champion Dallas Mavericks visited the White House yesterday, and Dirk Nowitzki was most definitely invited. The Mavs handed President Obama, the former Hawaiian prep basketball player, a number twenty-three Mavericks Jersey too as a show of gratitude. In response, Obama made a joke about Micheal Jordan that wasn’t really funny. Before that […]

One thing I always thought about the Russell Westbrook shooting too much in critical games situations is that the Thunder did have an Eric Maynor option suited up behind him on the OKC bench if things just got way out of control. Certainly Maynor is nowhere near the athlete or player that Westbrook is, but […]

The sources cited in Ken Berger’s most recent Deron Williams report go much deeper than the traditional ‘people close to the situation’ typically would. In this case, the people who are talking about Deron Williams’ unhappiness with not just the woeful Nets of New Jersey/Brooklyn sort of are actually ‘a person who knows Deron Williams […]

In 2008 the Philadelphia 76ers spent the 16th overall pick on the University of Florida big man Marreese Speights. Two years later the Memphis Grizzlies used their 12th overall pick on the Kansas University product Xavier Henry. Yesterday both teams dealt both players in exchange for second round draft picks. The third team in this […]

On Sunday, Rudy Gay might as well have played with that shoulder sling he consistently rocked last postseason draped over his Grizzles uniform. He couldn’t have played much worse.   In that 40-point loss to the Chicago Bulls, the Small Forward from Memphis shot 16% from the floor (2 of 12) to finish with 5 […]

The Miami Heat head into tonight’s home game with the Indiana Pacers coming off their first loss of this young NBA season. The Atlanta Hawks got the better of the South Beach Bandits on Monday night, so even after starting the season 5-0 the curtain has now been officially pulled exposing the fact that the […]

Just when it seemed things were starting to break David Kahn’s way. The Derrick Williams pick looks pretty good so far, Ricky Rubio appears to be the Spanish version of a young Pete Maravich, his Timberwolves are on a two game winning streak, and they just got finished handling the San Antonio Spurs at home. […]

Dan Gilbert is a tough person for people to understand who don’t live in Cleveland, OH.  To live there you can’t help but appreciate the passion he pours into the Cleveland Cavaliers.  We’re a city that knows losing, we understand losing owners better than anybody, and it’s been clear since day one that Dan Gilbert’s […]

The Dallas Mavericks have a void on their frontline that was previously anchored by Tyson Chandler.  It appears they are now hoping the 6’10” Yi Jianlian can fill that void.  At least a little bit I guess.  Depending on where you come out on the subject of Yi, you might be skeptical.  Since being declared […]