Many things are known about former Seattle Supersonics point guard Gary Payton.  He's a future hall of famer, one of the best all around point guards to play the game and he can talk for days.  Payton is also known by sneakerheads for having one of the most popular basketball shoes ever.  What you may […]

While dozens of NBA players compete for gold in London, there’s seems to be another fight brewing with NBA Commissioner David Stern and the NBA owners on one side and the players on the other.  This one isn’t going to shut down basketball, but with the Olympics going on, the battle over whether the NBA […]

It’s been an interesting summer for the Los Angeles Clippers.  First they lost their general manager, Neil Olshey because owner Donald Sterling didn’t want to pay him.  That left head coach Vinny Del Negro, team president Andy Roeser and assistant general manager Gary Sacks to make personnel decisions.  On the surface, losing the guy who […]

Kobe Bryant is the old guy on Team USA.  At 33 he’s four years older than the next older player on the team and has been in the league five years longer than anyone else.  Kobe looked like he slowed down two seasons ago, then had a bit of a rejuvenation this season.  Kobe talked […]

This summer hasn’t gone exactly to plan for the Dallas Mavericks.  After letting Tyson Chandler leave for New York instead of overpaying him and making another run for an NBA title, but instead opted for long term salary cap flexibility with this summer in mind to make a run at Deron Williams or Dwight Howard […]

When the Lakers traded for Steve Nash and as they continue to pursue Dwight Howard, much has been made of their salary cap situation and their lack of depth. Once the the Thunder eliminated the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs, rumors started flying immediately that the Lakers were going to trade Pau […]

There is a lot going of NBA going on in Las Vegas. Summer League has been going on for a week now. In addition to the games, guys like Jermaine O’Neal are auditioning for clubs and teams are having face to face talks about trades since a heavy amount of general managers are all in […]

Well, maybe we should not call these guys victims. The four players still available signed contracts above their value. Then they played so far below the value of their contract, they got waived, will still get paid their complete contract and make some more money from another team.  This summer we are talking about Darko […]

LAS VEGAS – While Saturday’s Summer League action was great for Tony Wroten, Jr., it was more of an up and down day for Warriors forward Harrison Barnes and Kings forward Thomas Robinson. If we were seeding Summer League teams like the NCAA Tournament, the Golden State Warriors would be a one seed.  Led by […]

LAS VEGAS – There wasn’t a ton to talk about for most of game one of Saturday’s Summer League action between the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks.  The Grizzlies jumped on the Knicks early, taking a 35-16 lead at the end of the first quarter and won 93-77. With that in mind, I took […]

In case you forgot and needed a reminder, big men get paid!  Whether it’s Roy Hibbert or Brook Lopez and to a lesser degree Ian Mahimni, this summer is proof that when in doubt, just give your seven footer too much money.  Even restricted free agency didn’t delude the big man market this summer.  In […]

The Miami Heat stumbled on to a plan during the playoffs and it looks like they’re going to keep that plan going through next season and beyond.  When Chris Bosh was injured the Heat modified their line up from two power forwards to moving Shane Battier in to the starting line up.  When Chris Bosh […]

Last week, the Portland Trailblazers caught everyone off guard when they made Pacers restricted free agent Roy Hibbert a max contract offer sheet.  For several days, the Pacers let everyone around the league wonder if they were going to match that offer sheet.  That suspense ended Monday when word came out of Indianapolis that the […]

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey has a plan.  He’s going to steal your favorite team’s restricted free agent or he’s going to make you pay a ton to keep them, especially if you’re already over the salary cap.  Morey already offered a huge contract to Bulls back up center Omer Asik.  Chicago is already […]

Before Steve Nash to Los Angeles nearly broke the Internet, the big story of the week was that Eric Gordon decided he didn’t want to be a member of the New Orleans Hornets for the next four or five years.  As Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic writes, the max contract offer sheet Gordon agreed […]