Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day.   1:  Gravity’s a bitch, ain’t it? There’s only a month and a half left in this insane NBA season, so we’re starting to get a better sense of who’s for real and who’s not in the […]

 Stephon Marbury’s two seasons playing in the Chinese Basketball Association has been drama-free up to this point, that  is until the latest headline claiming the former NBA all-star point guard struck a fan after a CBA playoff loss.  According to multiple reports, Marbury and his Beijing Ducks teammates were trapped in their team van after […]

Despite their 16-23 record, the Cleveland Cavaliers actually seem finally to be recovering post-LeBron. Kyrie Irving has burst on to the scene faster than most people would have expected and is already looking like one of the league’s best point guards. If they can get a few more pieces in place, they might rise back […]

Here we go again. It is not all his fault, but New York Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni is hearing it from the Madison Square Garden crowd.  “Fire D’Antoni” chants broke yesterday during the Knicks’ loss to the 76ers. The Knicks were down as many as 21 during the second half before making a brief […]

The regular season is not a valid comparison to postseason NBA Basketball at all. We can all agree on this, we all know this, but yet everybody still tries to draw comparisons anyways.  I distinctly remember the 2007 Cleveland Cavaliers sweeping the regular season series with the San Antonio Spurs, only to then get swept […]

Securing NBA veteran Chauncey Billups was a huge coup for the young Los Angeles Clippers team. What better player could the team want backing up Chris Paul and the Clippers’ second unit. However, as the season progressed, Billups ruptured his Achilles causing him to sit out the rest of the season and quite possibly, his […]

It is a simple request from coaches. Give 110 percent, play your best, don’t leave anything on the floor. These tenets hold true from high school to the pros. Without doubt, the best teams are the ones that combine skill, talent, strategy and effort. George Karl knows that. He has coached superstar-laden teams and unheralded […]

Last season, with two days left before the 2011 NBA trade deadline expired on February 24, three separate trades went down starting a deadline deal frenzy that began with James Johnson going from Chicago to Toronto, Kostas Koufas being dealt to Denver from Minnesota, and of course the blockbuster between New York and Denver for […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  It’s a great rivalry… but…  The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers engaged in an entertaining back-and-forth yesterday afternoon that showed all the signs of a classic rivalry. Neither team was able to pull away after […]

J.R. Smith has never been confused for Rhodes Scholar. He does a couple of things well: scoring the basketball and providing a canvas for America’s tattoo artists. Beyond that, he’s a bit of an ass.   That’s the easiest segue I’ll ever get in my writing career, because it’s a picture of one that earned […]

Every Sunday, the CC staff will get together to present our plays and players of the week. PLAYER OF THE WEEK Kevin Love 3 Games (2-1) 33.0 ppg16.3 rpg1.7 apg Philip Rossman-Rich:  This might be the last week we talk about the Timberwolves in a positive light after the injury to Ricky Rubio in Friday’s […]

The excitement over Ricky Rubio’s rookie year is over after the Timberwolves point guard tore the anterior-cruciate ligament in his left knee Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Timberwolves officials said after the game they were concerned Rubio’s knee injury was a tear and Saturday morning an MRI confirmed those fears, writes Jerry Zgoda of […]

Our nightly look ahead to the schedule with a couple of notes and story lines so you can plan out your NBA viewing.  All Times Eastern. Fire up the League Pass  8:00  LA Lakers @ Minnesota Timberwolves  Did you know only 2.5 games separate the Timberwolves from the Lakers out West?  The only teams better […]

Mike Brown probably should’ve just hired a “Triangle Guy” as his assistant, ran that as his offense in LA, and implemented his own defensive system from there in his takeover of the Los Angeles Lakers. It might’ve worked better that way this season with the pieces his Lakers currently have. Unless, of course, the idea […]

LeBron James is the MVP so far this year. Unless someone has some fantastical, incredible, ridiculous final 20 games of the season, there does not seem to be a point in arguing who else should get it. This is an argument for second place, and one of the (perhaps) surprise names competing for that spot […]