The sources cited in Ken Berger’s most recent Deron Williams report go much deeper than the traditional ‘people close to the situation’ typically would. In this case, the people who are talking about Deron Williams’ unhappiness with not just the woeful Nets of New Jersey/Brooklyn sort of are actually ‘a person who knows Deron Williams […]

It’s one of the first rules of broadcasting:  the mic is always hot.  That’s especially true nowadays with things like League Pass… which doesn’t run all the same commercials.   But Charles Barkley, Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller forgot that last night.  Awful Announcing has some of the transcription: “I thought this was the greatest […]

The third time isn’t the charm for Stephen Curry. On Thursday night against the San Antonio Spurs, the Golden State Warriors guard re-injured his surgically repaired right ankle for the third different time since the start of the season. And now not only is the injury hampering the Warriors slow start to their 2-4 season, but […]

The Dallas Mavericks got trounced again last night and the defending champs continue to struggle. The title for “Best in the West” is definitely there for the taking. Everyone’s preseason favorite was the Oklahoma City Thunder and they’re looking good at 5-2, but the best record in the Western Conference belongs to the Portland Trail […]

The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Paul Westphal on Thursday, ending a tenure that lasted only two years. The Kings had gotten off to a rocky 2-5 start with a young roster that featured former rookie of the year Tyreke Evans, second-year player DeMarcus Cousins and free agent acquisition Marcus Thornton. It was a young […]

In 2008 the Philadelphia 76ers spent the 16th overall pick on the University of Florida big man Marreese Speights. Two years later the Memphis Grizzlies used their 12th overall pick on the Kansas University product Xavier Henry. Yesterday both teams dealt both players in exchange for second round draft picks. The third team in this […]

At one point, you would think it blasphemous to think Gilbert Arenas would not be on a roster in 2012. Arenas was one of the most explosive and dynamic scorers in the league. Sure his high usage and shot-heavy style would get panned by those that follow advanced statistics, but when would the NBA ever […]

With the 2012 NBA All-Star Game fast approaching, many fans will be looking forward to All-Star Saturday. The highlight of All-Star Saturday is the Slam Dunk Contest . . . well it used to be a highlight. Let’s face it, as the seasons have past since its inception, it lost a lot of luster as […]

While Los Angeles may be “Lob City” with Chris Paul throwing oops to high flyers like Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, perhaps the best lob of the early NBA season came tonight from Rudy Fernandez of the Denver Nuggets.  Fernandez had quite the journey this offseason to Denver from Real Madrid via Dallas, but could […]

I was 6 when the original Dream Team started their Olympic campaign in Barcelona, but I still remember having their poster on my wall. That team meant so much to American basketball, and it still does. That team asserted that the United States could assemble the best basketball talent in the world, and that no […]

 When Nate Robinson arrived to play with the New York Knicks in 2005, you couldn’t wipe the childlike grin off his face all season long.  No one gave him a shot to make it to the NBA, yet here he was coming off the bench for Larry Brown (and later Isiah Thomas) and putting up […]

On Sunday, Rudy Gay might as well have played with that shoulder sling he consistently rocked last postseason draped over his Grizzles uniform. He couldn’t have played much worse.   In that 40-point loss to the Chicago Bulls, the Small Forward from Memphis shot 16% from the floor (2 of 12) to finish with 5 […]

The Miami Heat head into tonight’s home game with the Indiana Pacers coming off their first loss of this young NBA season. The Atlanta Hawks got the better of the South Beach Bandits on Monday night, so even after starting the season 5-0 the curtain has now been officially pulled exposing the fact that the […]