Gilbert Arenas has found life in exile to be liberating. His sabbatical from the NBA and the “fantasy world” of the league has helped him clear his mind and focus on the one thing he didn’t have the will or the time to do — get healthy. Arenas’ 49-game tenure with the Magic last season […]

 Last year at this time, Joel Przybilla wasn’t even sure if he’d survive the February 24 NBA trade deadline and be a part of the Portland Trail Blazers for the rest of their season.  Now twelve months later and not having played since last March after a trade to Charlotte, the free agent center is […]

France has produced some solid NBA players. Tony Parker, Nicolas Batum, Rony Turiaf and Ian Mahinmi are perhaps more of the notable French-born players and one of them who gets lost in the shuffle is Dallas Mavericks’ Rodrigue Beaubois. There is no doubt he can fill the basket (he’s nicknamed “Roddy Buckets” for a reason). […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Who does Gregg Popovich work for? There was some debate last night over a classic Pop move.  With the Spurs riding an 11 game winning streak, he sat Tim Duncan and Tony Parker with Manu Ginobili […]

The San Antonio Spurs announced Monday that guard Manu Ginobili and center Tiago Splitter will both miss the next two weeks of action, Ginobili due to an oblique strain he first injured against Detroit last week and Splitter due to a strained calf he suffered in Saturday’s victory against the Los Angeles Clippers. Despite losing […]

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  Philadelphia 76’ers @ Memphis Grizzlies  We’re looking at a pair of teams on the verge of making that next step.  Both Philly and […]

The list of accomplishments for Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki continues to grow longer. After winning his first NBA championship last year, he’s done just about everything a player can hope to accomplish during his career. And while he’s never won a single-season scoring title, he has now moved into 20th on the all-time NBA […]

If Derrick Rose is healthy, and playing at a Derrick Rose type level, the Chicago Bulls have a good chance to knock off the Miami Heat come playoff time and rep the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. Ifhe’s not healthy, or not playing D-Rose basketball, the Bulls will definitely lose to the Heat again […]

CBS Sports NBA guru Ken Berger minces no words when describing what is going on with the Los Angeles Lakers at the moment.  With Pau Gasol publicly fretting about his status with the Lakers and Kobe Bryant going public with his desire to have the chatter end, eyes have turned to the Lakers front office. […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: DERONSANITY!!!  No, that’s no good. DERONCREDIBLE!!!  Ugh… no. DERON… ummmm oh Deron Williams was awesome last night. Lin is a much easier name for puns. Since this was under such a spotlight, let’s just cut to the […]

 It’s that time of year again in the NBA.  Time for the annual get-away games this week where teams around the league take the floor one last time before embarking on NBA All-  Star weekend — this time in Orlando — or to take advantage of some much needed time away from the game to […]

The moment you have all been waiting for is here. Monday the NBA announced the competitors for the Taco Bell Skills Challenge. How many of you remember who won it last year? Give it a minute. Time’s up. Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is back to defend his title and he has got […]

New Jersey Nets center Brook Lopez returned to the court last night after missing nearly two months with a broken foot. Lopez played 22 minutes, scoring nine points and pulling down two boards. Go ahead, make your Brook Lopez rebound jokes now. The Nets ended up losing the game 92-85, mostly because Bucks forward Ersan […]

It is starting to look like the wheels may be coming off in Boston. The Celtics got blown out by the lowly Detroit Pistons yesterday, their second loss to the 11-22 team in less than a week. The Celtics are sitting at 15-15 right now, and with two tough games coming up against the Dallas […]