He was one and done at Duke University.  He is a 19-years old basketball prodigy with NBA roots and can more than hold his own as a swing guard at 6-foot-4.  And that game winning three-pointer against North Carolina earlier this season only serves as a reminder that the kid can take and make big […]

The NBA Draft on June 28 is creeping up quickly and Jared Sullinger is already learning a crucial lesson as he prepares to make the jump from  college to the pros. In this business, it is best to have thick skin. The 6-foot-9 center out of Ohio State is probably the most scrutinized player entering […]

This offseason could shape up to be a summer to remember for Javale McGee. Not only have the Denver Nuggets already indicated they are interested in bringing back the restricted free-agent center, but McGee very easily could return to Denver as a member of the Philippine national basketball team. The 7-footer already gave his go-signal […]

Double over and clutching his stomach in the second quarter. This could be the lasting memory Miami Heat fans have of Chris Bosh for the foreseeable future, or at least during the second round of the NBA Playoffs. Before entering Sunday’s Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between Miami and the Indiana Pacers, these […]

Move over Blake Griffin. You officially have company in the flopping department in the NBA. Instead of being replaced by another player known for being a bit dramatic and over-selling foul calls to the refs, an entire team on the “stop the flop” campaign has essentially replaced Griffin. On Thursday, Indiana Pacers head coach Frank […]

 The Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs should count their blessings or at least pray they are not the next teams struck by injury misfortunes this postseason.  Out of all of the team still alive in the NBA playoffs, the Pacers, Heat and Spurs can hang their hat on the fact that they […]

The almost year-long Portland Trail Blazers general manager search is starting to bring up some old familiar names even while current interim  general manager Chad Buchanan hopes to have the temporary tag lifted from the position title. During the last two months, sports agent Noah Croom, TNT analyst Steve Kerr, and active GMs in the […]

Andrei Kirilenko has not changed his stance about returning to the NBA every since he stood on the floor at the 2011 European Championship as  part of the all-tournament team last September and contemplated offers in Russia from both CSKA Moscow and Spartak St. Petersburg. Back then Kirilenko carefully weighed his overseas options in light […]

If Andrei Kirilenko isn’t wearing a Brooklyn Nets all-black-everything jersey next season, the beef from the borough can be thrown toward one team.  And it won’t be another NBA team like the Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic or even the Sacramento Kings, which have all been linked to the Russian small forward over the past eight […]

Former Chicago Bulls player Scottie Pippen just went all Knute Rockne on Bulls fans everywhere. And it wasn’t good enough. Instead of dropping the notorious “win one for the gipper” speech before Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers, the former Bulls all-star and Basketball Hall of Famer asked Chicago’s fan base and entire locker room […]

Tom Thibodeau isn’t the only head coach readjusting his game plan after Derrick Rose tore his ACL in Game 1 of the Chicago Bulls’ first round series  against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Now Mike Krzyzewski and Team USA are officially in scramble mode. Not only will Rose, the reigning NBA MVP, not be playing […]

The NBA playoffs are officially upon us. And that can only mean one thing… More black-rimmed glasses, buttoned up plaid collared shirts and those signature trendy single strap-buckled backpacks Kevin Durant rocked  during postseason press conferences for the Oklahoma City Thunder last season. Dallas Mavericks, you’ve been warned. The NBA’s “geek-chic fashion pioneer” is ready […]

One of the more compelling stories of this lockout-shortened season just might pick up where it left off if all goes right for the New York  Knicks this postseason. After undergoing left knee surgery on April 2, Jeremy Lin returned to practice with the Knicks on Wednesday, leading to questions  surrounding the return of Linsanity […]