Before Game Four on Tuesday, Erick Spoelstra reminded the media not to expect too much from his now-backup power forward. Haslem played all of 13 games in the regular season when a foot injury knocked him out very early on. No one expected him to even return in time for the postseason, let alone contribute […]

Western Conference Finals –  Game 5: (3) Dallas Mavericks vs. (4) Oklahoma City Thunder, American Airlines  Center Final Score: Dallas 100, Thunder 96 Once again, with minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, the Thunder built up a lead, just to see it get demolished by Dirk Nowitzki, Shawn Marion and the Mavericks. The Mavs outstanding […]

Jeremy Tyler was the grand experiment for American basketball. Brandon Jennings spent his obligatory one year between high school and the NBA playing in Rome and Jennings went through his lumps learning to be a professional. Tyler though was something different. Tyler opted to skip his senior year of high school and turn professional two […]

Now that you’ve heard Royce Young’s thoughts on tonight’s Mavericks-Thunder game, let’s take a look at the game from a Mavericks’ bloggers’ perspective. Rob Mahoney of The Two Man Game talked to me about what the Mavs have to do to end the series tonight and shedding old labels. 1. What do the Mavericks have to do […]

With game five of the Western Conference Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder coming up tonight, I talked to Royce Young of Daily Thunder to ask him if the Thunder can survive this elimination game in Dallas among other questions. 1. Do you chalk up the game four meltdown to inexperience or […]

First it was San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker making eye-raising remarks about the Spurs while in his home country of France and now it is Toronto Raptor’s Andrea Bargnani also making remarks about the Raptors while in his home country of Italy. While being a guest color commentator for the Italian feed of a Western […]

Are you ready for a Mavs-Heat Finals?   Eastern Conference Finals –  Game 4: (1) Chicago Bulls vs. (2) Miami Heat, AmericanAirlines Arena Final Score: Miami 101 – Chicago 93 (OT) Chicago had an 11 point lead early in the game and a six point lead early in the fourth quarter, but Dwyane Wade woke […]

Multiple sources have reported that the NBA players union has fired off a complaint to the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleging the NBA is engaging in unfair labor practices.  For the players, their collective bargaining agreement expires on June 30th and this new claim seeks to stop the NBA and the owners from […]

The Spurs gained the top seed in the Western Conference and seemed certain to make one last run for an NBA title with the Tim Duncan/Tony Parker/Manu Ginobili core. San Antonio changed its identity in 2011 to better suit a changing NBA and Western Conference landscape while emphasizing the comparatively springy legs of Ginobili, Parker […]

Western Conference Finals – Game 4: (3) Dallas Mavericks vs. (4) Oklahoma City Thunder, Oklahoma City Arena Final Score: Mavericks, 112, Thunder 105. The Thunder trailed through much of Game 3 and behind by as much as 23 points before making a late push to almost steal the game away. This time in Game 4, they […]

Detroit Pistons’ Rodney Stuckey just finished his fourth season in the NBA.  And over his career he’s averaged a little less than 14 points, a little more than four assists, and a little more than one agent, per year.  Stuck just ditched his fourth agent in four years to go with Leon Rose. Rose is […]

Earlier today, I wrote about Bulls center Joakim Noah’s gay slur on national television last night. I felt that Noah deserved the same $100,000 fine Lakers guard Kobe Bryant got for his gay slur in April. The NBA has officially announced that Noah will be fined $50,000. Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah has been fined […]