Shootaround: Time for a change

 Game 4: Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs 9 p.m./ABC — Spurs lead 2-1 15 points. 7-for-21 shooting. 1-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc. And, most importantly, Spurs 113, Heat 77. These are the numbers undoubtedly rattling around in LeBron James' head after his Game Three disaster of a performance that now has Miami almost […]

Kyrie Irving, Paul George, 27 total invited to Team USA mini-camp

Summers for top NBA players seem to get busier and busier, and one reason is because of international competition.  Team USA will not attempt to qualify for the 2016 Olympics until next year's FIBA World Cup of Basketball (formerly the FIBA World Championships). However, this summer, 27 of the NBA's best young players will be […]

Report: NBA and Chris Hansen discussing Seattle expansion

You have to hand it to Chris Hansen: the man will not rest until the NBA has returned to Seattle. He moved closer to getting some rest with a report that surfaced on Wednesday explaining how Hansen and fellow principal investor Steve Ballmer have apparently engaged in "productive talks" with the league to bring an […]

Shootaround: New Kidd on the block

 Nets to hire Jason Kidd —– The Nets spent a long day interviewing Pacers assistant Brian Shaw. They listend to what Shaw had to offer and the ideas he had for the future of the Nets. They listened. Shaw was once again a bridesmaid and not the bride as another interview fell short for Shaw […]

Rehabbing Steve Nash plans to play in charity soccer games

Steve Nash struggled through injuries this past season, playing in only 50 of the Lakers' 82 games during the regular season, and two of their four playoff games. He suffered through hip, hamstring and other injuries that required epidural shots to get him onto the court.  But that is not going to stop Nash from […]

Tony Parker could miss Game Four?

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 […]

Poor Showing At Adidas Eurocamp Could Be Blessing In Disguise For Carr‏

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 […]

Spurs rout unrecognizable Heat

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 […]

Shootaround: Step up time

 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 […]

New coaches face old dilemmas

During the last few weeks, several teams filled their vacant coaching positions and entered a new phase of their franchise's futures. There was longtime Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer accepting the post in Atlanta. Warriors assistant coach Michael Malone jumped to the Kings to head the new era in Sacramento. Larry Drew left Atlanta to take […]

Yes, Dr. J can still dunk

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 […]

Will Dario Saric change his mind on NBA Draft again?

With six days remaning until players can officially withdraw their name from early entry into the 2013 NBA Draft, you have to wonder if Croatian point forward Dario Saric is set to change his mind . . . again. Late last week Saric's agent, Robert Jablan, said in an interview with Bourban Street Shots that […]

Coach Jason Kidd? Nets consider the hire

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 […]

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