The Pistons certainly made a big splash this offseason in signing Josh Smith and then moving on to acquire Brandon Jennings. Detroit seems poised to make a run for the Eastern Conference playoffs next season with the talent it has collected and the promise of young stars like Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond still developing […]

Eurobasket 2013 is not for another month but that does not mean the intensity isn't there among teams during exhibition play. Take Suns' Goran Dragic (who is playing for Slovenia) and Team Turkey in a recent exhibition game. Dragic was driving in for a layup when a Turkish player popped him with a hard foul. […]

I know, I know… it's Monday. Back to the toil, back to the grind and the weekend is another five days away. So perhaps right now you need a nice laugh to get you through the Monday-blues. Here are some bloopers from the past season to give you a nice chuckle or two including Kevin […]

The Dallas Mavericks failed in their bid to get a big-name free agent these past two summers. Mark Cuban had big plans and broke up his championship team from 2011 in order to get there. He cleared cap room and hoped to bring in both Deron Williams (a Dallas high school star) and Dwight Howard […]

Slow and steady. That has been the Philadelphia 76ers approach to everything-basketball since Sam Hinkie took over as new team president and general manager and it doesn’t appear that turtle-like strategy will change anytime soon. Back in May after coming over from the Houston Rockets, Hinkie said he was, “just trying to use information to […]

So Wizards' John Wall just got paid (80 million extension)… a lot. And now the future of the franchise weighs on his shoulders so it be best for him to be in the gym, working on his game, staying in shape and ensuring he is raring to go next season. Oh and speaking of Wall […]

Fans are still getting used to the idea of the New Orleans Pelicans. The name still needs to be sold and reality still needs to set in for this name to really take. A new jersey should help: There you have it. They are… jerseys. That is about the only adjective that can describe the […]

The NBA lockout in 2011 showed a lot of warts from within the Players Union. Change had to come. In-fighting between several union members led by Union president Derek Fisher and executive director Billy Hunter showed a union that got a collective bargaining agreement they could live with but not one they were too thrilled […]

New York City's Committee on Land Use voted to extend Madison Square Garden Company's permit to operate the arena by just 10 years last week setting the stage perhaps for the "World's Most Famous Arena" to be the site formerly known as the World's Most Famous Arena. That is right, Madison Square Garden may face […]

Lets start with the resume, shall we. An NBA championship and Finals MVP honors in 2004, a 5-time All-Star, All-NBA second team (2006), 2-time All-NBA third team (2007, 2009), 2-time NBA All-Defensive second team (2005, 2006), to go along with awards both in the community and around the league in citizenship and being recognized by […]