According to clickorlando.com, Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard could be close to signing a two-year extension with the team: Magic center Dwight Howard spent the holiday weekend working on signing a two-year extension with the team, sources told Local 6 Sports Director David Pingalore late Monday. Sources said the deal is all but signed by Howard. […]

It was Dirk Nowitzki’s lowest moment. He had the NBA championship almost literally in his hands on two free throws. He shot 90.1 percent on free throws for the season and 89.5 percent during the Playoffs. It seemed like making two free throws late in Game Three would be seemingly automatic. Dallas had been crumbling, […]

With one year left on Mike D’Antoni’s current contract with the New York Knicks, comes this tidbit from the New York Post regarding Chauncey Billups and D’Antoni. Apparently during the Knicks’ playoff series against the Boston Celtics, the injured Billups was more of a coach than D’Antoni: One player said Chauncey Billups, especially after he […]

Denver Nuggets’ J.R. Smith may not live this down with his teammates but while in Miami, Smith was cited for driving a scooter without a valid driver’s license. According to the report, Smith was not jailed for the offense and will appear in court at a later date and was released on his own recognizance. […]

Before the beginning of the Dallas Mavericks’ regular season, guard Jason Terry went ahead and did something rather bold – he got a tattoo of the Larry O’Brien trophy. “Everybody laughed and they thought it was a joke at the time,” Terry said. “When they actually see me get it, they were like, ‘This boy […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder were gravely disappointed as they sat in the locker room at American Airlines Center Wednesday. For the second straight game they had seen a late lead slip away and a chance to stun the veteran Mavericks and continue a magical journey through the postseason. Kevin Durant was not having any of […]

Ray Allen, Dwight Howard, and Shaquille O’Neal have one thing in common: they all been in movies. Now it would appear New York Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire might be the next to join that list. Apparently, Stoudemire is a huge fan of the horror movie The Strangers, and would like to be in the sequel: The […]

Earlier this week, after the Miami Heat eliminated the Chicago Bulls to advance to the NBA Finals, LeBron James took that as an opportunity to blast his former teammates in Cleveland.  With respect to the guys he played alongside during his last trip to the NBA Finals, he said this of his decision to join the Heat this past summer: “I understand a […]

NBA players, and pro athletes in general, sometimes get criticized for not doing enough with their fame and fortune off the court to help people.  And while that’s sometimes an accurate criticism, it’s not one that can be leveled at Andrew Bogut. The Bucks star helped stir up publicity about a missing teenager in Australia

Yes, I am completely serious.  I watched twitter collectively erupt with hysterical laughter when the news was announced this week that Mike Brown will replace Phil Jackson as the next head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, and I really don’t understand what’s so funny about that.  What will be funny, in a twisted way for me as a Cleveland sports fan, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are an absolute mess of a franchise right now.  After going through two GM’s in less than a year, they’re now trying to figure out what to do with their former franchise player, Brandon Roy.   Knee injuries have turned the former All-Star into a decent player who can occasionally drop […]

Eastern Conference Finals –  Game 5: (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (2) Miami Heat, United Center Final Score: Miami 83, Chicago 80 The Bulls played their best game since Game One in this series. Luol Deng sent a thunderous dunk over LeBron James in the first quarter that sparked Chicago to a double-digit lead for most […]

  As the playoffs continue on, regardless of the record TV ratings, it’s becoming more and more obvious that there will be an NBA lockout. With that in mind, the Crossover Chronicles staff sounded off on whether or not a lockout will change the NBA. My take If a lockout happens, and it seems like […]