When someone brings up San Antonio Spurs’ Stephen Jackson’s name what usually pops to mind is not what he does on the court, but off it. Since joining the NBA, Jackson has been in the midst of controversy which has lent to his reputation as a bad apple. From his gun-incident while with the Pacers, […]

There he was at the top of the key.  Vince Carter.  Staring into the eyes of the defender.  Thinking to himself…. “You expect me to shoot, don’t you.  Well I got a little something for you, sucka” upfake “ooooohWEE!!  Hey, I think I see your jock on the floor.  Now I got this lane all […]

It really was sad to see Minnesota Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio go down with injury shortly after the All Star Break this season. He was a joy to watch not only for Minnesota fans, but fans of the NBA in general, and he couldn’t be a cooler guy too. Since suffering that season ending injury against […]

The noise has died down some in the back halls of the Amway Center after Stan Van Gundy dropped the bombshell that he knew Dwight Howard had gone to management and asked the team to fire him. The media took it and ran with it, especially after Dwight Howard unwittingly approached Van Gundy during the […]

Last year the Memphis Grizzlies shocked the NBA by taking down the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. This year there was some talk preseason that they might challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Western Conference title, but that faded when they got off to a slow start. It […]

No one is going to blame LaMarcus Aldridge if he can’t finish out the remaining eight games on the Portland Trail Blazers schedule. If  anything, he might actually be applauded for the decision.  Because after everything else that has gone wrong for Portland this season, risking further damage to Aldridge’s lingering right hip is the […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  The Celtics are back A month ago, the Boston Celtics were considered a decent team that was going to float along the middle of the Eastern Conference pack and maybe take a playoff series before bowing […]

OK I promise this will be the last post here at Crossover you will read about Lamar Odom and the Dallas Mavericks but before I do, there is just one more aspect to this fall out between the two parties — this time it involves Mark Cuban. Usually when your boss has you on his […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have been awful forever. Now they have the fourth best record in the Western Conference though. As a result of the winning culture they’ve created in two months however, fourth best isn’t enough for them I guess. Reports are seemingly everywhere that they’re coach should maybe lose his job because he’s […]

Getting kicked in the shin doesn’t sound like it would take that long to heal, or even cause you to miss any games at all. But in Kobe Bryant’s case, the Los Angeles Lakers and coach Mike Brown aren’t taking any chances. Bryant missed his second straight game last night after playing for 138 in […]

It is a debate that is as old as time. Or at least as old as the NBA and the NCAA. March is often touted as the greatest month of basketball because of the unpredictability of the NCAA Tournament. Nobody ever knows who will win what game or how the whole thing will shake out. […]

The usual suspects of free agent point guards for hire this coming offseason typically begins with Deron Williams and Steve Nash. Everyone after that becomes lost in the shuffle. But all of a sudden Goran Dragic is starting to climb the free agent point guard ladder. On Monday the Houston Rockets point guard took  a […]

For nearly 16 full NBA seasons, Ray Allen has glided across lacquered hardwood with a gracefulness that belies the true physical toll the sport inflicts on ones body.  In his youth, when he still sported a fade and was known by some more for being Jesus Shuttlesworth than Walter Ray Allen, he would just as […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Memphis is creeping up on ya The Grizzlies have had their share of injuries this season, but they’re now about as healthy as they’re going to get, and they’re making a healthy push in the West […]

By now you have heard that Lamar Odom and the Dallas Mavericks have “mutually agreed” to part ways, ending their tumultuous relationship. Now that the two parties have parted ways, Mavs’ Donnie Nelson fired off, comparing Odom to “wet gunpowder.” “It’s like going to war with wet gunpowder,” Mavs president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson […]