The NBA today announced the players selected for their annual All-NBA squads, as voted by a panel of 119 writers and broadcasters. Miami Heat forward LeBron James was the only unanimous selection with 119 1st team votes while Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, the newly-crowned MVP, and Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard weren’t far behind […]

Shaquille O’Neal may very well have played his last game in the NBA. The Celtics center suffered through injury after injury in his lone season as the Big Shamrock, playing in a career-low 37 games and appearing in just two playoff games. O’Neal is hardly the dominant figure he was throughout his entire career as […]

The last of the old guard has fallen in the NBA.  First it was the Spurs.  Then the Lakers.  And now the Celtics have been dispatched as the younger, faster, and stronger in the NBA take their rightful place at the top of the heap.   It’s natural selection.  Old lions only last so long in the pride before […]

With two teams waiting on their opponents to come out of the two remaining semifinals series and the conference finals just days away, we though we’d bring the staff together to talk about the series and the sudden transition that these playoffs have brought. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts or any questions […]

One person towers over Chicago with an iron fist, getting news anchors to shake at the knees. A bad word is never said for fear of incurring this person’s wrath and being forever exiled out of the city. This would seem to be Michael Wilbon’s reaction whenever anyone criticizes league MVP Derrick Rose. But that […]

When it comes to the NBA playoffs, the usual NBA head coaches – Gregg Popovich, Doc Rivers, and Phil Jackson – are right in the thick of things getting their respective teams through series after series to the NBA Finals. This isn’t the case in this year’s NBA playoffs. Popovich, Rivers and Jackson saw their […]

It is early May, the playoffs are humming along, the NCAA’s early entry withdrawal date has passed. It can only mean one thing: the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to try and convince Ricky Rubio to leave beautiful Barcelona for Minneapolis. For once I don’t think the normal Joe on the street can do a better […]

Former NBA forward Robert “Tractor” Traylor was found dead today at his home in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico where he was playing for the Vaqueros (“Cowboys”) de Bayamon, the club confirmed on Facebook. He was 34 years old. The much-maligned 6’8″ player battled weight problems throughout his playing career and was actually traded for Dirk […]

Los Angeles Lakers’ Andrew Bynum gave his exit interview yesterday and it included that apology for his blatant cheap shot on Dallas Mavericks’ JJ Barea.  It’s nice he made the apology… but he had to do it.  This wasn’t one of those borderline calls where Lakers fans could look through forum blue and gold glasses […]

With the Dallas Mavericks dispatching the Los Angeles Lakers, only one game was scheduled as the NBA playoffs continue to march on. Yesterday, the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks were looking to grab win number three in the series but only one team would be able to grab a tighter grip on the series. Game […]

As if trading away Gilbert Arenas and most of the roster from their 2008 playoff run wasn’t enough, the Wizards went ahead and re-branded with new jerseys, colors and logos today. Gone are the gold and blue and back yet again are the classic red, white and blue of the Bullets days. Unfortunately not gone […]

Game Four: (2) Miami Heat vs (3) Boston Celtics, TD Garden Final Score: Heat 98, Celtics 90, Overtime The Heat got their chance to pick their closer once again, but it was the Celtics who could not finish the game. Paul Pierce’s last second shot at regulation was a mess of a play and left […]

Carlos Boozer heard it in Game One and Two as the Bulls saw their first real bump in the road on the Derrick Rose coronation tour. Boozer scored just eight points in Chicago’s Game Two victory to go with 11 rebounds. He never really silenced the fans’ negative opinion of him until he scored 18 […]

In the span of 54 seconds, the Los Angeles Lakers season went from “disappointing” to “embarrassing”.  With 9:06 left in their season, Lamar Odom bull-rushed Dirk Nowitzki, lowered the shoulder, and tried to deliver a hit like a free safety on a wide receiver on a crossing pattern.  Then, less than a minute later, Andrew […]