It has always paid to be tall. Take it from me, a guy who isn’t. In today’s NBA though, where players like Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, and even a step down to the Brad Daugherty’s of the world are long since retired, it really pays to be tall. Especially if you can couple even a […]

Chris Paul was a huge addition to the Los Angeles Clippers this season but as the season progressed, CP3 got hit with the injury bug and has been out of action since January 14 and “Lob City” has been weathering the storm without their floor captain. Paul suffered a hamstring injury Jan. 14 versus the […]

Nearly a month in to the NBA season and some teams who were supposed to be really good are (Miami, Chicago, OKC), some teams who were supposed to be good aren’t (Boston, New York) and some teams who weren’t supposed to make much noise (Philly, Indiana, the entire Northwest Division) have made a lot of […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Everyone make Magic “disappearing” puns! I love headline writers, especially when it comes to the Orlando Magic playing poorly.  How many “disappearing act” headlines are there today? But they’re appropriate today.  In a game against a […]

Center turned analyst Shaquille O’Neal (still mumbles, by the way) is still poking Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard with a stick. More than once this season Shaq has said that Andrew Bynum, not Dwight Howard is the best center in the NBA. Dwight responded to NBA.com by saying he wasn’t interested in responding, but then […]

The smartest man in every room he has ever set foot inside sat down for a Q + A with Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel over the weekend, and his answers did appear laced with a relatively high volume of snark. Even for David Stern’s standards. Maybe he’s trying to re-brand himself as being […]

When NBA’ers offer cliche’ filled soundbyte packages during postgame pressers or whatever we have the tendency to respond with a collective eye roll. It’s boring, and sounds like that teacher Charlie Brown had after a while. So many times we can almost recite a response before a particular player even starts talking. We left it […]

It’s hard not to mention the Seattle Supersonics and not think of Gary Payton. Whether he was talking trash our scowling at opponents on his way to earning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 1996, or throwing half court lob dunks  to Shawn Kemp on the break, there’s no doubt “The Glove” […]

Everyone has their own theory about where New Jersey Nets star point guard Deron Williams is headed. Some think he’ll be out of a Nets uniform before the trade deadline, others think he’ll sign somewhere else as soon as the season is over. Whatever the outcome, Williams doesn’t want to talk about it. He’s clearly […]

The Boston Celtics’ “Big 3” era of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen could be coming to an end sooner than later if Boston continues their losing ways and if GM Danny Ainge does pull the trigger on a deal. And if Ainge is putting out “feelers” on a potential trade involving the “Big […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Lakers drop their third straight Another game of “Kobe vs. the world” with Bryant takine 30 shots and no one else taking more than 12. We’ve said a lot about the Lakers so we’ll keep this […]

For NBA fans, Carmelo Anthony has been an enigma. On one hand, he is one of the most dominant and purest scorers in the league. His strength in the post against other small forwards makes him difficult to guard. His speed and outside shooting ability make him impossible to guard. He developed into a pure […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki will miss a week’s worth of games due for what head coach Rick Carlisle called “conditioning”. Earl Sneed with