For a team that is young, rebuilding, and awful like the Washington Wizards are, trading a young player like JaVale McGee for a guy ten years into his NBA career like Nene is seems like a strange move in some ways. In other ways though, it might also be a move made to enhance the […]

The Denver Nuggets have been crushed by injuries this year.  Nene was hurt earlier this year.  Rudy Fernandez missed significant time.  Danilo Gallinari was just getting back into his groove after missing a month.  But just as quickly as it seemed the team may have been starting to jell again, it’s falling apart with ANOTHER […]

After the Houston Rockets waived NBA veteran point guard Derek Fisher, could the Miami Heat be Fisher’s next destination? If it is up to LeBron James, then Miami would be the place for Fisher and doesn’t see an issue adding the former NBA champion. “I don’t know what our plans are but I don’t see […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  It’s all or nothing with Orlando Either Dwight Howard and the Magic are clicking, or they’re not.  Last night, they were not.  The Bulls defense certainly had a hand in that, but the Magic only scored […]

“We want Monta”… That’s what one fan screamed during the course of deafening boos aimed toward Golden State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob on Monday night during Chris Mullin’s No. 17 jersey retirement ceremony at Oracle Arena. Instead of the halftime celebration recognizing Mullin’s services to the organization as a five-time all-star, Olympian and Hall of […]

You know who gets a pass on everything except this? Dwyane Wade. Anytime something goes wrong for the Heat, it gets put on LeBron. Wade commits bad turnovers from time to time and can also be late getting back on defense because he is busy screaming at a referee or staring him down because he […]

It must feel great to get out of D.C. The Washington Wizards’ tiny little sailboat was sinking fast and along came the Los Angeles Clippers’ yacht to throw out a life preserver to Nick Young. Time to sail to more peaceful waters. Young described his trade to the Clippers as “a dream come true.” No […]

After starting the season 4-20, the Detroit Pistons have improved their last-place record to 16-29. So basically once every team in the League saw a 4-20 awful team on their schedule, the Pistons have then been able sneak up on teams to the tune of winning 12 of their last 21. Despite this overwhelming success […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were stuck in something of a rut and needed the change that came when Portland released Nate McMillan and named young, up-and-coming coach Kaleb Canales. The Trail Blazers needed that fresh breath of life. Even a young All Star like LaMarcus Aldridge looked forward to the change. And certainly one big […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Kobe giveth…  You don’t see many 3-for-20 shooting nights out of Kobe Bryant. Actually, you don’t see any 3-for-20 shooting nights out of Kobe. That has never happened before.   Kobe got a lot of praise […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio is set to have surgery to repair his torn ACL this Wednesday in Colorado per his tweet. On my way to Vail to get surgery on Wed.Ready 4 da countdown.I’m dying to start my rehab.If u smile everything is way better 🙂 #bepositive Prior to his season-ending injury, Rubio was […]

Every Sunday, the CC staff will get together to present our plays and players of the week. PLAYER OF THE WEEK Kobe Bryant 4 Games (4-0) 30.3 ppg5.0 rpg5.0 apg Kyle Boenitz:  The Lakers had a grueling week but Kobe Bryant made sure they came out without a loss. L.A. had a back-to-back on Tuesday […]

The free agent class of 2012 has a new number one guy and yes, it’s still a superstar.  Friday morning Deron Williams told reporters, including Stefan Bondy with the New York Daily News that he would be hitting the open market this offseason. “I’m not going to opt-in. It’s not monkey-see, monkey-do,” Williams told the […]

The NBA trade deadline has passed and the dust has finally settled. Of course there will be players waived and bought out but for the most part the NBA landscape has changed yet again. Whether it be a team totally changing the course of their franchise (Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Wizards) or teams improving […]