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 […]

After taking over the Indiana Pacers when Jim O’Brien was removed as head coach, interim coach Frank Vogel guided a young Pacers team into the playoffs and tested the Eastern Conference Champions Chicago Bulls in the playoffs. And after a successful time as interim head coach, it seems Indiana might be making Vogel the permanent […]

Trade talks involving Golden State Warriors’ Monta Ellis are heating up as the Warriors are trying to send Ellis to a contending team according to CBSSports.com: The Warriors and representatives for Monta Ellis are working cooperatively to see if a trade to a contending team can be arranged, a deal that would likely happen around the NBA […]

The Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat are all knotted up in the 2011 NBA Finals at 2-2 as they head into Game 5 tonight in Dallas. So with the stakes high, and a possible first franchise championship on the line for Dallas, you would think Rick Carlisle will be reigning in the players, and trying […]

If you are an avid user of Twitter and an NBA fan, then you know all about Orlando Magic’s Gilbert Arenas and his chattiness on the social media platform. From tweeting about day-to-day life, blind dates, to profanity, Arenas does not hold back and apparently the NBA did not hold back from fining him recently: […]

Teams have floated out the usual suspects when it comes to coaching. Mark Jackson has been a popular name for head coaching vacancies for a few years now. Kevin McHale was a semi-successful coach at Minnesota and is now back in the coaching game. Re-treads in coaching are commonplace and once you are in the […]

With three weeks left to agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, it seems NBA owners are still unwilling to move from their intial demands that the players make concessions that will mirror the contract structure of the NFL.  National Basketball Players Association President Derek Fisher said the following (quoted from a series of

Could a reunion of the Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” be on the horizon for the troubled franchise? Unfortunately, there isn’t a time machine available to bring back Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas in their prime to help this team return to the playoffs but both are reported to be under consideration by former teammate Joe […]

The man who once shoved aside criticism of not attending a Philadelphia 76ers practice with his “we talking about practice” one-liner says when he finally hangs up his sneakers, he’d prefer doing so as an NBA player. For as much as he had the talent to drop jaws about as often as he crossed ankles, […]

When we get to this stage of the postseason, we expect close games. Two elite teams playing each other at the top of their games, you expect a close, entertaining game every night. It feels that quite often these expectations are not met. Sure last year’s seven-game series ended with a fourth-quarter comeback, but the […]

The NBA has a problem.  The flopping is out of control. And not just the kind where a guy gets brushed and falls down like he’s been shot kind of flopping.  The kind that Anderson Varejao, Manu Ginobili and Derek Fisher are all known quite well for.  No.  Now the NBA, thanks to Miami Heat’s LeBron […]

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 […]

Here’s the super-quick version of the recap:  WOW!  Ok, here are a few more details: Game Four:  Miami Heat vs.  Dallas Mavericks, American Airline Center Final Score:  Mavericks 86 – Heat 83 The Mavs were down as much as seven in the fourth quarter but they made another comeback to tie the series at two. […]

Suddenly talk of cutting payroll in Philadelphia makes more sense.   There are multiple reports out today indicating the Sixers will be sold, possibly within the week.  Sixers executives confirm talks are ongoing.  Comcast-Spectacor and chairman Ed Snider have owned the Sixers since 1996, but an executive confirms Tuesday there are ongoing discussions about the […]

Flopping or selling calls can draw the ire of NBA fans, players, and coaches Say what you want about the “art” of selling calls but it is effective if done right. As a fan you hate it when it’s done to your favorite NBA team but love it when your favorite player gets away with […]