The deadline to reach contract extensions for the 2009 draft class is now less than a week away. Teams have until the end of the month to either reach a new contract with their players or allow them to become restricted free agents next summer. One of the biggest names involved in these disputes is […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the San Antonio Spurs. 2011-12 Record: 50-16, lost Western Conference Finals Key Losses:  James Anderson (signed with Atlanta), […]

I do not think many people will come out and say publicly that Dirk Nowitzki picked a bad time to have knee surgery, but I get the sense there are some grumblings about it. After all, it was not like he got hurt and then decided to have surgery, it was something that must have […]

The 2013 NBA Chamiponship will be David Stern's last. The long-time NBA commissioner announced Thursday that he will step down as the league's commissioner on February 1, 2014, ending his mostly successful tenure as the NBA's commissioner. Deputy commissioner Adam Silver will become the commissioner of the league on that date. Stern oversaw the largest […]

The Dallas Mavericks came into the NBA in 1980 and for 31 years, an NBA crown eluded them. The team would have great regular seasons, and deep playoff runs but when it came to walking away with the title, it constantly slipped their grasp. But that all changed in 2011. The Mavs finished with a […]

It hasn't really started up yet, but a question that is going to come up every now and then is whether Dwight Howard is going to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers.  He's played in one preseason game so far and looked pretty sharp for not having played basketball for six months.  Assuming he's healthy, […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the Dallas Mavericks. 2011-12 Record: 36-30, lost first round Key Losses:  Jason Terry (signed with Boston), Jason Kidd […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the Memphis Grizzlies. 2011-12 Record: 41-25, lost first round Key Losses:  O.J. Mayo (signed with Dallas), Dante Cunningham […]

If there were one word that best described the inner workings of the NBA lately it would be “change”. Over the course of the last five months, we have seen the league adjust its instant replay system, clamp down on flopping and place a time restriction on pregame handshake rituals. And on Wednesday, the NBA […]

New Orleans has seen their NBA franchise face lifted a countless number of times over the last few years. Not only have the Hornets had a substantial amount of player turnover, but the ownership of the team has shifted as well, including a brief stint being owned by the league that redefined the term “conflict […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is two weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next few weeks. This week is the Southwest Division. Today is the New Orleans Hornets. 2011-12 Record: 21-45 Key Losses:  Jarrett Jack (traded to Golen State), Chris Kaman (signed […]

What might have been the last thing the San Antonio Spurs and David Robinson should have done when presenting "The Admiral" with the 1995 NBA MVP award? Having the ceremony right before Game 1 of the 1995 Western Conference playoffs in front of Houston Rockets' Hakeem Olajuwon. Olajuwon used that award presentation as motivation to […]