Mark Cuban is speaking out again, as his right to do so, this time it’s about the Olympics (again). Last weekend Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle announced Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki would miss a week’s worth of games to basically get back in shape. Basically Dirk took a very short break between the NBA Finals […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  The Battle of Los Angeles That’s more than just the last great Rage Against The Machine album now. I can’t get the image of seeing “World Peace” pushing and shoving in the middle of a scrum […]

Yesterday was a randomly big day for the NBA draft class of 2008. It was the last day contract extensions could be handed out before that group of 30 hits restricted free agency this summer. We’ve known for some time Derrick Rose was going to get paid and last month it became official. Until last […]

It’s interesting to see player reaction after a coach gets fired. Sometimes guys show remorse, other times they show indifference. When Flip Saunders got fired yesterday, I expected to hear indifference from the Wizards players. Their 2-15 start seemed to show indifference to any of Flip’s teachings. Today, both John Wall and Andray Blatche both […]

It’s been a tough year for the Boston Celtics. They’re sitting at 7-9 right now and with their aging superstars, there’s been a lot of talk about blowing up the whole team and starting over. Now they’re dealing with some injury problems as well. Point guard Rajon Rondo has missed the last three games with […]

Weeks of ongoing negotiations between Nicolas Batum and the Porltand Trail Blazers all comes down to Wednesday, and if the deadline  passes and an extension isn’t reached Blazers fans shouldn’t be alarmed. But there still may be long term cause for worry. On a day that so far has seen both Kevin Love of the […]

Luol Deng had been playing pretty well so far this season, and so had his Chicago Bulls. I mean, just look at the picture below if you don’t believe me. They’ve won just about every game that the versatile and improving forward has played in this year, and currently sit in a pretty solid spot […]

Now that New Orleans Hornets’ Eric Gordon has receivied an extension offer, come the issues of his injured knee. However, Gordan says it is feeling fine. Gordon has played in only two games for the Hornets because of a bruised right knee. He averaged 21 points in the two games. Gordon said he was evaluated by a team-appointed […]

David Khan reportedly said he wanted to maintain as much roster flexibility as he could, which is why he wouldn’t offer Kevin Love the full maximum five-year, $80 million contract extension to stay in Minnesota.  Well, that flexibility works both ways, because now Kevin Love could be gone in three, after reportedly agreeing to a […]

Tuesday night, Ray Richardson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Kevin Love had agreed to a 4-year, $62-million extension that would keep him with the Timberwolves through 2018. Love is the biggest member of the 2008 Draft class yet to sign an extension. Russell Westbrook got his max extension. So too did Derrick Rose. […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  CARMELO DIDN’T HIT A SHOT!! OMG THE KNICKS MUST HAVE… … smoked Charlotte and broken their six game losing streak.   Of course.  And of course, there’s no gigantic correlation between the two (just like Miami […]

Deron Williams is leaving New Jersey next year. There is no doubt about that. Whether it will be Brooklyn or someplace else is another question. But Williams is going to be very happy to be out of New Jersey and his team’s temporary home in Newark. The last two years, the Nets have played their […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are currently one of the hottest teams in the NBA, but that’s just a recent development. Their first year after moving from Seattle, they were a disaster, and that was only three years ago. But this season, a year after getting to the Western Conference Finals, they’re one of the favorites to […]

Mike Brown brought change to the Los Angeles Lakers. The triangle is gone and the team has had to learn how to play a new offense with a relatively new team on the fly. It would be no surprise if someone got lost in the shuffle. Without a facilitator like Lamar Odom on the roster, […]