A year ago, none of us would’ve said the Los Angeles Lakers needed front line help.  When Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum left the game Lamar Odom would come in and it was like the Lakers never missed a beat. Now when Pau or Bynum leave the court, Josh McRoberts comes in.  Say what you […]

On the court he’s always been a bit of a jerk. If you didn’t get a chance to see him very often, and if you cheer for a team that plays outside the Southwest Division, chances are you didn’t see him much and wouldn’t have noticed it. Now that he’s in LA and they’ve been […]

Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose missed two big free throws against the Miami Heat, free throws that cost the Bulls the game (well that and their inability to stop LeBron James).  Rose was near tears after the game, saying he felt like he let his team and the city of Chicago down. The next day, the […]

You’ve probably heard this one before, but the Washington Wizards are a mess.  They played so poorly that they got one coach fired and now their new coach is making comparisons about them and they aren’t exactly the most flattering.  The New York Times’ Jake Appleman spent some time with the Wizards and new coach […]

We’ve heard for months that Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard is unhappy and probably wants out of Orlando (we’ve discovered he’s a bit fickle). We heard before this season started that he was upset he was not being clued in on personnel matters. Well, Dwight is unhappy again and it has less to do with […]

The New Orleans Hornets youth movement has officially begun. ESPN’s Marc Stein is reporting that the Hornets are actively trying to trade center Chris Kaman so they can begin getting more minutes for their younger bigs. “We’ve informed Chris that we are looking into possible trades and he was understanding about the situation,” Hornets GM […]

Wednesday was the last day the 2008 draft class could get an extension. Of that class, only Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Danilo Gallinari and Kosta Koufos got extensions. One guy who didn’t take well to not getting extended was Brook Lopez.  Fred Kerber with the New York Post writes Lopez was miffed he […]

Last night the Los Angeles Lakers avenged an earlier loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and stopped a three game losing streak. It also did nothing to quell the the budding Lakers-Clippers rivalry. Neither did Matt Barnes’ comments before last night’s game. According to Fox Sports West, Barnes called Griffin a flopper while speaking at […]

Mark Cuban is speaking out again, as his right to do so, this time it’s about the Olympics (again). Last weekend Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle announced Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki would miss a week’s worth of games to basically get back in shape. Basically Dirk took a very short break between the NBA Finals […]

Yesterday was a randomly big day for the NBA draft class of 2008. It was the last day contract extensions could be handed out before that group of 30 hits restricted free agency this summer. We’ve known for some time Derrick Rose was going to get paid and last month it became official. Until last […]

It’s interesting to see player reaction after a coach gets fired. Sometimes guys show remorse, other times they show indifference. When Flip Saunders got fired yesterday, I expected to hear indifference from the Wizards players. Their 2-15 start seemed to show indifference to any of Flip’s teachings. Today, both John Wall and Andray Blatche both […]

Nearly a month in to the NBA season and some teams who were supposed to be really good are (Miami, Chicago, OKC), some teams who were supposed to be good aren’t (Boston, New York) and some teams who weren’t supposed to make much noise (Philly, Indiana, the entire Northwest Division) have made a lot of […]

Center turned analyst Shaquille O’Neal (still mumbles, by the way) is still poking Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard with a stick. More than once this season Shaq has said that Andrew Bynum, not Dwight Howard is the best center in the NBA. Dwight responded to NBA.com by saying he wasn’t interested in responding, but then […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki will miss a week’s worth of games due for what head coach Rick Carlisle called “conditioning”. Earl Sneed with