Back in 1999, the high school version of myself said things like: “Mike Redd is definitely good, but Scoonie Penn is for real, man.  He’s legit.  When the Buckeyes take the floor, Scoonie Penn is simply the best player out there.”  Which is part of the reason why, a dozen or so years later, I’m still partially amazed […]

The NBA has put out the Eastern Conference Game 1 times.  Here’s a look, courtesy of Sekou Smith The Bulls and Pacers kick things off in the East on Saturday at 1pm on ESPN.  Miami-Philly tips off at 3:30 on ABC and then Orlando-Atlanta caps things off at 7pm back on ESPN. The only Eastern […]

After the trade deadline when the NBA’s “mercenary period” opens, you expect to see the grizzled veterans on the losing teams to get their release and join a championship-contending team. We have seen these signings pay big dividends in the past. So when the New York Knicks — a team in need of an athletic, […]

Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant got whistled for his 15th technical foul of the season in last night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.  What followed was this tirade: You can clearly see at the :33 mark Kobe yelling at referee Bennie Adams… yelling “Bennie!”… and following it up with an f-bomb and the gay […]

With the first seed locked up, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich decided to rest his “big three” of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers took advantage of the Spurs’ depleted roster early and went on a 7-0 run. The Spurs tried to fight back with […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= L7lmRT3ek6M[/youtube] With just one more game left to the regular season, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum crumbled to the ground after hyper-extending his right knee against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Though he gingerly walked off the court on his own moments later, he was unwilling to attempt to get up […]

Dallas Maverick Jason Terry suffered a severe case of PCS or Premature Celebration Syndrome last night in Houston. The symptoms include denial, pumping one’s fists in the air in celebration, lack of teammates celebrating with you, and not knowing the score. In last night’s Dallas Mavericks-Houston Rockets game, Dallas was down by one point, 85-86, […]

Every Tuesday, our staff will gather to discuss a hot topic of the week. It’s been well over a month since the Carmelo trade to New York. Early on, the common knowledge was that New York got the best of that deal. With the Nuggets in fifth place in the West and the Knicks sliding […]

Chris Paul is the heart and soul of the New Orleans Hornets. Subtract him and the Hornets franchise will be back to square-one and with his impending free-agency, the Hornets will do all it can to keep their star in a Hornets uniform. But will he leave New Orleans for a chance to play for the Charlotte Bobcats and Michael […]

A dunk, when everything works out just right, can be nasty.  Filthy.  Chalk-outline-in-the-paint-cuz-you-got-BANGED-on kinda nasty.  But when things don’t work out…  …well… Let’s just ask Von Wafer: Let’s back up and see how many things went horribly… horribly wrong for Von.  We have the missed dunk (1), celebrating because he didn’t realize he’d missed the […]

Every week, we’ll take a look at the schedule for one game of the week and I’ll throw two team bloggers in an interrogation room for a series of five questions about the matchup. Tonight’s San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers game is our game of the week, and our very own Jeff Garcia will […]

Rarely do you get gifts this late in the season. Rarely. Teams (most teams anyway) are fighting for Playoff positioning and not willing to concede anything. Even the bad teams have young guys trying to prove they deserve a contract renewal for the following year. So the Heat should probably thank the Celtics just a […]

The Detroit Pistons’ season is about to come to a painful end. The franchise has dealt with a losing season, the drama surrounding Rip Hamilton, a players walk out on coach John Kuester, and the sale of the franchise, so what better way to cap off their tumultuous season than having a scuffle between Charlie […]