The Oklahoma City Thunder will have to give up their second-round draft pick next year to the Boston Celtics as part of a ruling by NBA commissioner David Stern. Right before the trade deadline of the 2010-2011 season, the Celtics traded Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson to the Thunder for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic and […]

The short answer is no. If you look at the picture even Ben Gordon thinks my headline was a feeble attempt to link a relatively meaningless trade that took place late last night to the NBA Draft tomorrow. The long answer, though, is that Charlotte’s trade with Detroit for Ben Gordon may justify the draft […]

NEW YORK CITY – The 2012 NBA Draft is tomorrow but some of the top college players projected to be drafted early in the first round were on hand in Times Square to talk about their NBA journey and the culmination of years of hard work coming to fruition at tomorrow night’s big event. Anthony […]

Draft night is getting a close inspection in Orlando. This will be Rob Hennigan’s first chance to show Magic fans what the team is going to be about. It is also the time when assets are flying about and those highly coveted, and extremely cheap, draft picks go flying out the door. Many suspect that […]

David Stern hit some hot water during the Playoff in an interview with Jim Rome. Rome, in his ever-confrontational, smack-driven way, asked Stern how he would respond to those fans and observers who suspect the league rigs the lottery to get a result it wants. Few are able to spar with Stern and come out […]

Lamar Odom was sent home from the Dallas Mavericks last season because he lacked effort, intensity and really didn’t seem to care about the game of basketball.  He was bummed about getting traded from the Lakers (twice) and also had some personal problems he was dealing with.  It’s pretty much guaranteed he won’t be on […]

The NBA season might be over, but that doesn’t mean fans will have to wait until October for pro-basketball to kick off. The 2012 Olympic games are right around the corner which means the highly anticipated basketball tournament is only days away from tip off. Many NBA players will be representing their home country such […]

Despite being forced into an early retirement due to injury, Brandon Roy’s attempt at an NBA comeback seems to have generated plenty of intial interest around the League. Once a top-10 player in the Association, teams appear to be lining up willing to bet that Roy still has enough in the tank… and his knees. […]

The NBA announced Tuesday that it has fined New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire $50,000 for using a gay slur on Twitter. In a release Stu Jackson, the NBA’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations said Stoudemire was fined for “using offensive and derogatory language in a Twitter message.” Last week, Stoudemire responded to a […]

Mike Tyson is getting ready for his career on Broadway. Although, if his one-man show includes any singing, he’ll have his audience wishing he had bitten their ears off. Tyson appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” before the NBA Finals started to sing a tribute to LeBron James. Not to seem biased, he followed it up […]

Brandon Jennings’ career has always had a big-fish, small-pond feeling (well, at least in his own head). Remember on Draft night three years ago, Jennings elected to skip attending the Draft because he and his agent were afraid he was not going to be picked in the lottery and then showed up late after the […]

The Houston Rockets have sent forward Chase Budinger to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 18th pick in the NBA draft. That gives Houston the 14th, 16th and 18th picks this Thursday. But chances are they won’t make any of those picks for themselves Although sources stressed that no deal is imminent, the Rockets have had […]

If you watched any of NBA TV yesterday, you probably noticed it was non-stop Miami Heat championship parade and pep-rally coverage. Of course, to the victor, goes the spoils as Heat players, coaches, and staff were on hand for the fans as they celebrated Miami’ second title in franchise history. But what about the Oklahoma […]

The news itself is not alarming, but it will still feel a little weird to think of the Indiana Pacers and not picture Larry Bird running the team. His time has officially come to an end. According to Mike Wells of the Indianapolis Star, Bird is leaving the organization after taking over in 2003 as […]