Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: All Miami Everything My apologies to people sick of hearing about Miami all the time.  I tried to not write about it.  But the sheer force of nature that is LeBron and DWade is just too […]

The first part of All-Star Weekend was all Lin. Every player was asked about him. Andre Iguodala pretended not to know who the overnight sensation was. Ryan Anderson mentioned him as the biggest story in the NBA along with the “Where is Dwight?” saga. One of the questions Steve Nash got after the game on […]

The Dallas Mavericks have assigned Lamar Odom to their D-League affiliate, Texas Legends, on what is being viewed as a “rehab stint.” Odom is expected to practice with the Texas Legends on Friday afternoon and play Saturday, at home against the Austin Toros. Meanwhile, the Mavs’ big club plays at New Orleans on Friday night. […]

The Bloguin NBA network of blogs continues to provide some of the best NBA analysis around the Internet. Here are a few hot topics sure to wet your appetite for all things NBA. They may be key cogs for the New York Knicks this season but Landry Fields and Iman Shumpert really need to stick to […]

The Orlando Magic have been scrambling for months trying to figure out a way to keep Dwight Howard. If the rumors are true, they’ve found a way to do that, now they just need to execute. Sources close to Dwight Howard have said that if the Magic can land Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, […]

 Last weekend Kyrie Irving stood at center court after the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Orlando and held the MVP trophy  over his head after going 8-8 from beyond the arc and finishing with 34 points.  It’s a small sample of what the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie point guard could bring to the Australian […]

Grantland.com put together an oral history of the November 19, 2004 game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers recently, the night subsequently known as “The Malice at the Palace”, and it’s a thoroughly interesting read. Below are some excerpts from that piece: Artest charged into the stands to grab the offending cup thrower, […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Schizophrenic Knicks get it together The Knicks were getting absolutely crushed last night.  Demolished.  Picked apart by Kyrie Irving and the Cavs.  Internet commenters were cracking their knuckles and warming up their keyboards ready to trash […]

Greg Monroe probably is not quite recognizable in NBA circles yet. That is kind of hard for a guy who is 6-foot-11, 253 pounds. It is hard to find someone who is so quietly dominating the paint and trying to get into that tier of good, young big men along with Georgetown predecessor Roy Hibbert, […]

In the Lamar Odom to Dallas deal at the start of this lockout shortened season, there are no winners. The Lakers haven’t been able to fill the void left by the vacated 6th Man of the Year type numbers that Odom produced a season ago, and Dallas hasn’t gotten anything from him this season either. […]

Bad luck plays a huge role in sports. Whether it be the ball spinning off the rim or the ball glancing off your knee, randomness is part of the game. It is no more tragic than in the case of injury. Brandon Roy has bad luck. This supremely talented guard had everything in front of […]

The reigning MVP Derrick Rose and the rest of the Chicago Bulls get back to work tonight in San Antonio.  It’s been and up-and-down start to the season for Rose, who has played well, but has also been fighting through back spasms and turf toe.  While he’s certainly in the MVP discussion this year, it’s […]

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony says he only wants carry over one thing from the first half of the season, and that was their loss to the Miami Heat right before the break. The Heat were ready for the Knicks, they had a game plan to shut down Jeremy Lin and the rest of […]