With Rudy Gay now off the trade market, NBA trade rumors will latch onto a new player. That player appears to be Josh Smith. And it did not take long for something to coalesce in the rumor mill. Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld reports the Suns have initiated preliminary discussions with the Hawks for Josh Smith. […]

Between no cartilage in his knees and another setback in his NBA return in Minnesota, Brandon Roy is not ready to retire just yet, but that is not keeping him from thinking and talking about life after basketball. Truth be told, that life after basketball could be right back in the game on an NBA […]

Last night the Phoenix Suns spoiled Steve Nash's return to the place he called home for the better part of the last decade by storming back behind the crazy hair and shot making of Michael Beasley.  That's not the most important thing that came out of the Suns' victory.  What's most important is that after […]

It' pretty simple – stop the player from scoring the basket. However, it seems the Rockets forgot about this when they faced the Nuggets recently and Danilo Gallinari made the Houston defense look silly. Off a missed shot by Houston's Chandler Parsons, Gallo snatched the rebound and was off and running. All who was left […]

Billy Hunter has made his fair share of enemies in his role as the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. Last year during the lockout, his motives were questioned and players and their agents wondered whose side he was really on. Now he has got a new mess to clean up. An internal […]

Ohhh Matt Barnes. This guy just loves conflict. He can  never keep a level head and has rightfully earned the label of a "dirty player" in the NBA. Well, chalk up yet another incident of unsportsmanlike conduct to his resume as he got things heated in last night game between the Clippers and Timberwolves. During […]

Rick Adelman has not been on the bench with the Minnesota Timberwolves since January 5. For the most part, no one really knew why he was gone until yesterday when Adelman said it was because his wife was having seizures. Adelman had been keeping the personal matter very quiet over the last couple of weeks, […]

Time has allowed the news to sink in for Boston. It was a shock Sunday afternoon when the team announced All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo would miss the remainder of the year after tearing his ACL. The look of shock on Paul Pierce's face when Doris Burke informed him of Rondo's injury was gut-wrenching. As […]

Despite not having star guard Derrick Rose for most of the season, the Chicago Bulls are tops in the Central Division and look to be a force in the playoffs. Some of the credit for the Bulls' success this season goes to Carlos Boozer who has stayed injury-free and is averaging 15.8 points, 9.7 rebounds […]

Eric Bledsoe is probably looking around the Staples Center and saying, “What about me, ya’ll?” All right, so Bledsoe may not have the All-Star credentials of Chris Paul but with the latest news on Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers, head coach Vinny Del Negro is going to have to continue to throw confidence and […]

To the victor, goes the spoils. And the spoils certainly went to the Miami Heat as they did the traditional visit to the White House to be honored by Barak Obama on their 2012 NBA title. Not only did they present Obama with a Heat jersey, he spoke on the Heat's road to the title, […]

Damian Lillard is having the best rookie campaign so far.  Anthony Davis may very well be the future of the league. Terrence Ross is a highlight moment waiting to happen.  Another rookie racking up the highlights is Warriors rookie Harrison Barnes.  The former UNC stand out came in to the league with a reputation as […]