In the midst of the Spurs' 3-point onslaught in last night's Game Three victory over the Heat comes some troubling news from the San Antonio locker room. Tony Parker left the game in the middle of the third quarter with an undisclosed hamstring injury. While he returned to the bench and to the game, Parker […]

After the three-day adidas Eurocamp wrapped in Treviso, Italy on Monday, a number of NBA general managers, executives, coaches and scouts left with high hopes about Lucas “Bebe” Nogueira (7-feet, 213 pounds, center), Raul Neto  (6-foot-1, 186 pounds, point guard) and Augusto Lima (6-foot-9, 206 pounds, power forward). Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about […]

Game Two was the kind of game good teams have nightmares about. The defense and principals of a team break down and it leads to an onslaught of highlights and talk that makes a player and a team doubt itself. Especially when the stakes are so high. The only thing a team can do to […]

 NBA Finals Game 3: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs 9 p.m./ABC — Series Tied 1-1 The stats and trends entering a Game Three are being pretty well publicized at this point. In the 13 times since moving to a 2-3-2 format, the team that has won Game Three when the series is tied 1-1 […]

The answer to the question of whether a 63-year-old Julius Erving can dunk is an emphatic: YES {youtube}2M5v90U4cMI{/youtube} Erving has been making plenty of media rounds as NBATV's acclaimed documentary The Doctor premiered Monday night. It has gotten rave reviews from the NBA community. It is airing again on NBATV on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. if […]

Even though he led his team to the Western Conference Finals, Hollins will be without a job this offseason After a disappointing playoff exit, a sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the Memphis Grizzlies, under new ownership and front-office executives, have officially done what most people expected […]

It has only been a week since Jason Kidd retired, ending a 19-year career that saw him put up incredible numbers with the Mavericks, Suns and Nets and redefine his career time and time again as he got older. He is a surefire hall of famer, a triple double machine and one of the great […]

The Miami Heat got a measure of revenge last night as they defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 104-83. Leading the way for Miami was LeBron James who finished with 17 points, 7 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. One of those 3 blocks came at the expense of Tiago Splitter who foolishly […]

As teams get deeper in the postseason, it is easier to overcomplicate gameplans and think too much. It is easy to get stuck in the adjustments and forget about the play that gets you to that stage of the postseason. It is easy to look at the trees and lose sight of the forest. The […]

 Jason Collins makes good on essay promise, marches proudly —– It was only less than two months ago that Jason Collins made history, coming out as the first active gay athlete in a major American sport. The revelation was met with almost universal acceptance and a bit of a shoulder shrug. That is not necessarily […]