Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  A clearer playoff picture starting to emerge in the East The season ends in 10 days, and only now are we finally starting to see things snap into focus in the NBA playoff picture. Most teams […]

As if dealing with Dwight Howard, his future with the Orlando Magic and whether or not he wants head coach Stan Van Gundy gone, comes this about Howard’s health heading into the playoffs. The Magic will rest Howard for 10 days due to an ailing back and will be reevaluated once the 10-day break is […]

Friday was both a great day for the NBA and a sad one.  First Commissioner David Stern announced that New Orleans Saints’ owner Tom Benson had purchased the New Orleans Hornets.  Then Stern announced that the Maloof Brothers had more or less taken a dump on the city of Sacramento, Mayor Kevin Johnson and most […]

The Washington Wizards are not a good basketball team.  They have a pretty good point guard, a bunch of shooters, a rookie with a hot Central European girlfriend and a guy named Trevor.  I can appreciate all of these things.  Still, they’re not very good.  They’re so bad that they’re likely going to get their […]

Last night after the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls went into overtime, a friend of mine tweeted that he was very impressed with the NBA (and NHL, but I won’t get into that). He said that the league has to be very happy with the product they are putting out right now. I can’t help […]

Earlier this week, Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov was in Brooklyn touring his team’s still-under-construction stadium and getting a lay of the land as the NBA’s Board of Governors get set to officially vote on the name change for the Nets and give the final OK for the team’s move from New Jersey to Brooklyn. This […]

The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade has had to do a little backpedaling this week after some comments he made on Wednesday about Olympic athletes getting paid for their time spent competing for their country. “It’s a lot of things you do for the Olympics — a lot of jerseys you sell,” Wade said. “We play […]

Since 2010, the New Orleans Hornets have been owned by the NBA, which has led to some poor decisions and conspiracy theories. It looks like the league’s control over the team may finally be over. Tom Benson, current owner of the New Orleans Saints, is set to buy the Hornets for $338 billion. “[USA Today […]

 It’s now up to David Stern to clean up the arena mess in Sacramento, a position the NBA commissioner finds himself in on Friday as he  prepares to meet with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Sacramento Kings ownership, the Maloofs.  If this Board of Governors’ meeting opens with a round of handshakes it might be […]

Iman Shumpert is almost falling into the clichéd story of guys who were told they wouldn’t succeed and then showed up the world by proving them all wrong. I’m not going to say the New York Knicks rookie guard is a raving success, but he has done better than most people thought, and he’s definitely […]

For 19 straight games, Boston Celtics point guard has been setting up his teammates in historic fashion.  Last night against the Hawks, Rondo dropped a 10 point, 10 rebound, 20 assist triple double to extend his double-digit assists streak to 19.  It’s his 25th double-digit assist game in 27 games, and it coincides with a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers opened the first half of this season as the warmest feeling feel good story in the NBA. They played their way to the 3rd best record in the East right out the gate, and seemed to be well on their way to a seed in the top-5 this postseason. Then Spencer Hawes, […]

 In a matter of 24-hours Kevin Love went from an MVP candidate to laid out flat by JaVale McGee.  The Minnesota Timberwolves power forward sustained a mild concussion and neck strain after being accidentally hit in the head by McGee  of the Denver Nuggets during the first quarter on Wednesday, and now the rest of […]

A mid-April matchup between the Eastern Conference’s top two teams is must-see TV. At least it is supposed to be. This is supposed to be the point where two elite teams are rounding into form. Thursday’s game between the Bulls and the Heat in Chicago does not have the pizzaz it probably should have. Because, […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: OKC Clipped The Thunder have started to scuffle a little bit. They have now lost four times in their last six games, courtesy of Chris Paul and the Clippers.  Paul’s layup with 8.8 seconds sealed a […]