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Grizzlies don’t mind a little grit

The FedExForum in Memphis is known as the "Grind House." It is a major home court advantage for the Grizzlies and encapsulates a team that the city has fallen in love with the last three years. Memphis has gone from NBA laughingstock — seemingly giving Pau Gasol away for nothing — into one of the […]

CC photos of the day: LeBron’s ‘Ironman’ kicks

Nerd alert! If you were not aware, the next installment in the Ironman series is heading to theaters this summer  and Heat's LeBron James is getting into the Ironman spirit. James had a pair of his Nike LeBron X series customized to look like something Tony Stark would wear when he isn't in full Ironman […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Life for LA Excuse everyone for feeling down on the Lakers. Los Angeles lost a big game in Oklahoma City against a likely Playoff opponent and missed another opportunity to gain ground in the Western […]

That time Tony Parker was almost a Celtic

We've known for a long time that Tim Duncan was almost a member of the Boston Celtics coming out of college (Celtics had the best chance to get the first pick in the draft), but did you know that Tony Parker was also almost a member of the Celtics? That's right, over NBA All-Star Weekend, […]

Lakers come back down to Earth

  The Los Angeles Lakers have done a lot to regain some momentum over the past month. After their disappointing 17-25 start to the season, they went 13-5 to make it back to .500. They had people believing they were a playoff team, maybe even a team that could challenge for the Western Conference title. […]

Shootaround: Time to shine

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR L.A. Lakers 105 Final 111.0 48.1 36.4 14.5 51.9 Oklahoma City 122 Pace: 94.6 129.0 52.1 31.8 1.8 25.0 Kobe Bryant (LAL) — 30 pts, 8/19 FGs Russell Westbrook (OKC) — 37 pts, 10 rebs, 5 assts  Los Angeles Lakers (30-30) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (43-16) […]

CC video of the day: Charlotte pushes to reclaim ‘Hornets’ name

Ever since it became official that New Orleans will drop "Hornets" and become the "Pelicans" next season, Charlotte is in full force trying to reclaim the team's original nickname to replace "Bobcats." Titled "Let's take back our buzz," (which sounds like some motto for hard core drinkers) check out the video of the push for […]

Shootaround: Off to the races

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR Atlanta 88 Final 89.0 44.4 21.7 13.8 12.4 Denver 104 Pace: 95.0 109.5 56.4 32.4 15.9 10.5 Al Horford (ATL) — 18 pts, 13 rebs Ty Lawson (DEN) — 18 pts, 8 assts  Atlanta Hawks (33-25) vs. Denver Nuggets (38-22) 9 p.m. Denver is quietly the […]

Ibaka goes for the low blow on Griffin

A new NBA rivalry is brewing between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have emerged as one of the teams that could challenge the Thunder for the Western Conference title, and they were going for the season sweep of OKC on Sunday. It looked like the Thunder were going to […]

Spurs lose Tony Parker for a month with ankle injury

In the Spurs' win over the Kings on Friday night, Parker sustained a grade 2 sprain to his left ankle, an injury that will cause him to miss around four weeks   The constantly injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs suffered yet another unfortunate blow to their core as a routine win over the hapless Sacramento Kings […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Heat unleashed New York looked like the team that could beat Miami. The team had shooters, an elite scorer and big men able to defend and keep LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the perimeter. […]

Sunday Notes and Statistics

Parker suffers ankle injury Tony Parker's eyes were perhaps getting a little big for his stomach. These last two years, Parker has transformed himself into one of the premier point guards in the league. Maybe the 2007 Finals MVP was that already, but now Gregg Popovich has turned the team over to him and told […]

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