Anybody who has watched the Boston Celtics this postseason will tell you they haven’t seen the Ray Allen that they’re used to. Allen is one of the greatest shooters of all time, but he’s clearly been struggling. In Game 1 against the Miami Heat, Allen shot 1-7 from the floor for 6 points. He also […]

Vinny Del Negro never jumped through my television screen looking like lob city personified to me this season. Maybe it’s the mullet-y hairstyle he’s been rocking since his playing days, or maybe it’s something else. Whatever the case, I didn’t think he’d be back as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers next season. There […]

The New York Knicks have a terrific frontline – Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler. All that’s missing is a legit point guard to steady the team, hit the open shots to free the big men and feed the Knicks’ frontline. New York thought Baron Davis would fill the spot but he had an […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: The Spurs may not lose another game Don’t go to South Beach to find a dominant juggernaut featuring a Big 3 steamrolling its way through the playoffs.  Go to San Antonio.  The Thunder got 88 points […]

The NBA Conference Finals are in full swing but it’s not the only piece of NBA business happening right now.  NBA scouts are going to gyms all over the country looking for their team’s next player.  The picture isn’t 100 percent clear yet but it will be Wednesday night when the NBA does its annual […]

I remember when Marc Gasol first came to the NBA. He was a little overweight and did not seem to have any real skill and quickly earned the tag of being “Pau’s little brother.” Marc was drafted by the L.A. Lakers but traded to Memphis for his older brother. Pau helped the Lakers get to […]

Game Seven losses can be moments of realization of the work left to be done and the future that lies ahead, or they can be moments of realization of just how far you still have left to go and the hopelessness of the future. Philadelphia is in a weird place. Typically a young team like […]

NBA head coaches do not always command the full attention of their teams during timeouts in February. Their guys are sometimes watching the Red Panda as the coach sketches out an inbounds play on his dry erase clipboard. Sometimes that’s even understandable. In late May, however, with the playoff stakes driving all eyes towards that […]

In case you missed it, the Golden State Warriors made a questionable trade not too long ago.  In 2008, they traded for then New Jersey Nets point guard Marcus Williams. In that trade they gave up a conditional 2012 first round pick. That pick was then shipped to Utah in the Deron Williams trade. Clearly […]

Back in 2009, before Oklahoma City Thunder’s James Harden even set foot on an NBA court, Harden patterned his game after San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili. And like Manu, Harden has become an integral cog off the bench for the Thunder. Also like Manu, he is an NBA Sixth Man of the Year award winner […]

Over at Awful Announcing, one of my favorite things to do is to look at what sports topics may be trending on Twitter and the conversation that takes place during games. Usually, these are the best and funniest tweets firing barbs at the likes of Joe Buck and Chris Berman.   Last night, the Twitter […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Miami too much in Game 1 The Boston Celtics needed a lot of things to go right to steal Game 1, and very little of it did.  Aside from Kevin Garnett having another strong performance (23 […]

The Miami Heat dispatched the Boston Celtics (93-79) in Game One of their Eastern Conference Finals series but again were without the services of center Chris Bosh. Bosh has been sidelined with a strained abdominal injury sustained versus the Pacers in the Heat’s semifinals series, but if Heat fans were looking to see him back […]

Their season hasn’t even ended yet, but already there’s speculation that Philadelphia 76ers swingman Andre Iguadola could be out of the City of Brotherly Love this summer.  According to Alex Kennedy with Hoopsworld, The Los Angeles Lakers, who have already targeted Iggy once may try to trade for him once more this summer. Andre Iguodala […]

Probably not the worst idea ever assuming Sheridan’s report is the one you choose to believe. With this past season feeling like a uber-slow removal of a band-aid that tears out as many arm hairs as possible on its way to exposing the ugly wounds that the Dwight Howard trade saga has inflicted on the […]