Charles Barkley has been the voice of impending doom lately when discussing the likelihood of an NBA lockout, and he continued to beat that drum of warning on ESPN Radio New York recently.  As a guest on Mike Lupica’s radio show, the Chuckster added that he fears not even the great David Stern could help avoid the inevitable storms preparing to drown out basketball […]

On the court during the NBA Finals, the collective age of the Dallas Mavericks turned out to be a reason why they won their first NBA Championship.  They were able to overcome what they lacked in youthful athleticism, as compared to their Miami Heat counterparts, by capitalizing on their years of NBA experience.  They proved to be savvy veterans, […]

Boston Celtics PF Glen Davis joined Isaac and Big Suke of KFXX in Portland earlier this week for an interview that was in some ways all over the map.  In one breathe he said he “was a big fan of Kobe” and in another he said of Bryant “the way he’s just so poised gets under my […]

The Crossover Chronicles 2011 NBA Mock Draft has presented a dream scenario for the Cleveland Cavaliers.  With Kyrie Irving already on board by way of the first overall selection, the Cavs had hoped that one of either Derrick Williams or Enes Kanter would fall into their laps at pick number four.  If neither player was available at […]

According to my count, there have been twenty-nine father / son combinations to have played in the NBA.  Never has a father / son combo appeared in the League at the same time,however, but maybe we’ll see that one day.  With 38 year-old starting PGs winning NBA titles these days and saying they have a few more years left, you […]

Whether it was his willingness to pull from anywhere, his name, or the fact that he played for a Mormon school, Jimmer Fredette’s barnstorming trip through college basketball’s landscape was often times cast-off as a novelty act.  Over the last couple months of NBA workouts, however, all Jimmer has done is go out and prove that his game is […]

Maybe it’s because I felt like I got to know him as a kid through the pages of Darcy Egan’s book The Last Shot, or maybe it’s because I simply appreciate the creativity involved in a head tattoo, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Stephon Marbury.  Sure he’s had a rough go of it, brought most of […]

The aftermath of this Dallas Mavericks’ championship over LeBron James and the Miami Heat has left me feeling like I just woke up in some type of NBA-bizarro world.  As a once scorned Cleveland fan, I didn’t want him to rub our noses in an NBA title the way he rubbed our nose in his decision, […]

Over a decade and a half after Jason Kidd was named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, he looks to add one last line to his resume tonight wearing the jersey of the team who drafted him.  In a series of thrilling finishes, endless story-lines, and a star-studded cast lead by Dwayne Wade, LeBron […]

If you thought Jim Rome simply lead Dallas Mavericks’ DeShawn Stevenson into that “LeBron checked out” soundbite played on heavy rotation earlier this week, think again.  Dude meant what he said, and he hasn’t stopped talking since.  On Thursday, he made it a point to say that most coaches in the NBA don’t like the Miami […]

Did you feel like everywhere you turned since Game Four’s conclusion was met with an arm-chair sports’ psychologist offering their diagnosis for what exactly it was that’s wrong with Miami Heat’s LeBron James? Well, prepare yourself for more of that today.  Like a ton more.  I imagine James’ marketing firm will be sending out a press release highlighting the fact […]

If a respectable, veteran, NBA official, who’s never done prison time as a result of being linked to fixing NBA games with reputed gamblers, ever wanted to hang up the whistle and speak candidly about their former employer, Tim Donaghy has a seat warm for them.   A few years after being sentenced to fifteen months in […]

If you read one book this summer read Chris Herren’s.  I picked it up this past weekend and didn’t put it down until there were no pages left to turn.  There may not be a more fitting title ever published, but that doesn’t make this book any less complex.  The story is deep, and layered, centered upon a core of courageously brutal honesty.  […]

Earlier this week, after the Miami Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls to advance to the NBA Finals, LeBron James took that as an opportunity to blast his former teammates in Cleveland.  With respect to the guys he played alongside during his last trip to the NBA Finals, he said this of his decision to join the Heat this past summer: “I understand a […]

Yes, I am completely serious.  I watched twitter collectively erupt with hysterical laughter when the news was announced this week that Mike Brown will replace Phil Jackson as the next head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, and I really don’t understand what’s so funny about that.  What will be funny, in a twisted way for me as a Cleveland sports fan, […]