Money. “Soft cap.” “Hard cap.” “Revenue.” “Salary.” Those word have been swirling throughout the season as the current CBA is about to expire and players, owners and the league argue over a new agreement. Millionaires fighting with billionaires. Men who play a game for a living against men who have more money than the average […]

The Golden State Warriors are the fourth team to buy a D-League team with their purchase this week of the Dakota Wizards. The Wizards, who went 19-31 last season, will control the team’s business and basketball operations at the start of the 2011-12 season. While the Wizards will remain in Bismarck, North Dakota for now, […]

To the victor go the . . . Legos? After winning his first NBA title, Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki was immortalized in Legos complete with matching Lego Larry O’Brien trophy. Actually, 25 to 30,000 individual Legos were to be exact were needed to make Dirk. And it’s a good thing Nowitzki won the NBA title. […]

Larry Bird is basketball. It is difficult to comprehend the NBA without “Larry Legend.” He helped revive the NBA in the 1980s with his superb play and his unadulterated joy in playing and winning. He hung on to basketball as long as he could and did whatever his team needed. Go out and score 50 […]

Little word is leaking out after the NBA Board of Governors meeting Tuesday where the labor committee met with all the NBA owners to give an update on the negotiating process. Officially, the owners have not decided to lock out the players. However, the players union decided to cancel a planned meeting for Wednesday to […]

During the 2011 NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks made a trade to acquire Rudy Fernandez which could possibly make J.J. Barea – who is a free agent – expendable. And although he would like to stay in Dallas, should the Mavericks not resign Barea, where would he like to play next? Mavericks point guard J.J. […]

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 […]

Any other summer, David West’s decision to opt out of his contract and become a free agent would not have batted an eye. The eight year pro established himself as a borderline All Star alongside Chris Paul. He averaged 18.9 points per game on 50.8 percent field goal shooting and 55.8 percent true shooting percentage. […]

The 2011 NBA Draft has now come and gone, and despite the assertion by nearly everyone invested in the drafting and scouting process that this was an unusually weak class. Fans had moments of outrage and disgust when their teams drafted players they knew nothing about. This was arguably the first truly connected draft, as […]

Scottie Pippen continues to rail against his former teammate Michael Jordan. First, Pippen stunned the masses when he considered Miami Heat’s LeBron James the greatest player to play the game over Jordan who he considered the better scorer. It sparked a huge debate where fans, media and even other NBA players, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, […]

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, […]