Well someone fell asleep at the wheel or someone simply is trying to rub it in the face of Spurs fans across the globe but NBA TV had a snafu and aired a commercial for Spurs NBA championship gear. That's right, not the back-to-back champs Heat, but the Spurs commemorative items such as DVD, Spurs […]

Two months ago, the NBA's second season began and took us on a wild ride. From Stephen Curry's emergence on a national stage with his scoring barrage to LeBron James and the Heat's daily wild ride through the Playoffs to Nate Robinson's first round heroics to the madness that was the Lakers, the Playoffs had […]

It has already started and given how close the San Antonio Spurs were to winning their fifth title, given the age of their stars and the growing powers in the Western Conference, I cannot say I completely blame anyone writing off the San Antonio Spurs. It makes sense. It is hard to imagine this Spurs […]

Miami's Game Seven victory over San Antonio on Thursday night drew the second highest overnight rating for the NBA Finals on ABC since the network took over broadcast of the Finals in 2003. Only Game Seven of the 2010 Finals between the Celtics and Lakers drew a higher overnight rating. Thursday's 95-88 thriller drew a […]

LeBron James sized up his man time and time again in the familiar stare down of a master trying to figure out the best way to attack. All series it has been pull-up jumpers to the frustration of the Heat in the three losses. James has at times not looked like LeBron James in this […]

Stop me when you have heard this before: The proposed blockbuster deal between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics is pretty much dead. Both teams should have known that this potential mega deal was not permitted under league rules, as they were informed as much earlier in the week, multiple league sources said. CBSSports.com’s […]

The San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat will play for all the marbles tonight as they will face off in Game Seven of the NBA Finals. However, the Spurs blew a great shot at clinching the NBA Finals in Game 6 as they squandered a five-point lead in the waning moments of Game Six in […]

He never won an NBA title as a player. He never won one as a coach. For Jerry Sloan, perhaps that fortune will change as an executive or at least consultant now that he is officially back in the game after spending the last two seasons in retirement. On Wednesday, the Utah Jazz welcomed back […]

After about a 24-hour hiatus, in which the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers broke off talks about a blockbuster deal, star point guard Chris Paul, who holds a lot of clout in the Clippers organization, basically told management to get a deal done with the Celtics. So with a little brainstorming, restructuring, and compromise, […]

 Game 7 is THURSDAY! —– Have you recovered yet from Tuesday night's Game Six? The back and forth  comebacks, the shots at the big moments and the resurrections. It was everything a close Finals game could and should be. It was about the execution in the end and the players on the floor. The referees […]

The Denver Nuggets are slowly starting to rebuild their front office and coaching staff after a steady exodus of folks, either by choice (Masai Ujiri and Pete D’Alessandro) or by force (George Karl). On Monday, a new executive vice president of basketball operations had been named. On Tuesday, a deserving head coaching candidate went through the […]

The Heat were on the ropes, the Spurs were moments away from bringing in title No. 5 to the franchise and the Heat needed something to turn the tide. Enter Heat's Ray Allen. Dwyane Wade misfired on a three to tie the game in the fourth quarter and with 7-seconds left in regulation, Allen nailed […]

The Heat were on the ropes. The Spurs knew it. The Heat knew it. The fans knew it. The coronation seemed to begin as fans filed for the exits losingh ope with Miami down 10 points entering the fourth quarter and then even down five points with 30 seconds to play. It was Rudy Tomjanovich […]