Bargnani dealing with struggles, trade rumors

Andrea Bargnani has spent his whole career with the Toronto Raptors. Since being selected with the first overall pick in the 2006 draft, he’s continued to improve year after year. He’s had his injury issues, but the fact that his stats kept getting up had to be encouraging. But his scoring numbers peaked in the […]

Video: T-Mac doesn’t take kindly to on-court taunts

Former NBA star Tracy McGrady is currently playing overseas with the  the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association and is leaving his mark on the league – literally on player's chest. During a recent game, T-Mac was on defense when a player knocked down a long range shot in his face. Said player then proceeded […]

Kevin McHale

Kevin McHale returns to basketball after daughter’s death

This weekend saw the return to basketball of Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale.  The former NBA All-Star has been away from the game since the tragic November 24 death of his daughter. Sasha McHale died of Lupus-related complications and was only 23-years old. Before the Rockets took on the Dallas Mavericks, McHale spoke of the […]

Clippers unbeaten since Griffin questioned rotations

Losing streaks can do nasty things to teams. Losses, particularly on a team that expects to compete for championships, bring frustrations to the surface and a search for what is going wrong. The Clippers snapped a four-game losing streak two weeks ago with a victory against the Timberwolves. That losing streak though began testing Los […]

Shootaround: A quiet confidence

Milwaukee Bucks (9-9) vs. Brooklyn Nets (11-7) 6 p.m. Brandon Jennings has not always been quiet in his career. His career started a year early as he and Sonny Vaccaro launched an aggressive and surprising move to go to Italy instead of play the obligatory year in college. Jennings' gunner style did not quite fit […]

Starting 5: Mavericks with O.J.

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Hold the Mayo There were two players that were seeing a major increase in role entering this season and a chance to really find their way in the NBA. James Harden went from the best […]

Starting 5: Moral Victories

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Lakers see progress in loss The Los Angeles Lakers do not have moral victories. They have NBA championships and a tradition of getting what they want in free agency and trades to remain relevant. Team […]

Is moving Beasley to the bench the cure all for Suns’ troubles?

The way things are going in Phoenix, Alvin Gentry may need to add on a second level to his doghouse. The newest tenant: Michael Beasley. It is hard to pin the Suns losing five straight on Beasley alone, but he is certainly not helping his cause. So it sounds like Gentry may try to remedy […]

Could Cousins’ struggles be his ticket out of Sacramento?

This is certainly not the year three that DeMarcus Cousins had in mind going into the season. His scoring and rebounding numbers are down from last year and he just looks miserable out there. Of course, that could also be because he plays for the 5-12 Sacramento Kings. It’s one of those situations where you […]

Video: Knicks’ Anthony dominates kids on the court

There is no doubt that Knicks' Carmelo Anthony is one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA. He is averaging 26.4 points this season for New York and is leading the team to a 14-4 record good for tops in the East. But when he is not dropping points on NBA teams, he is […]

For Some Reason, the Lakers Seem Intent On Keeping Pau Gasol

  The Lakers certainly have been a lightning rod team of sorts for most of their history, but more so in this past offseason than at any other time in recent memory. Obviously, being dragged into the Dwight Howard saga–and eventually trading for the center– along with trading for Steve Nash and firing head coach […]

Shootaround: More than a fluke?

New York Knicks (13-4) vs. Miami Heat (12-4) 8 p.m./TNT On the first Friday of the season, the Knicks had a chance to make a statement. There was a lot of emotion at Madison Square Garden that night. New York's previous game against Brooklyn was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy and there were still a […]

Video: Lakers ‘pooped their big-boy pants’

The Los Angeles Lakers may have won last night versus the Hornets but it was their play, or lack there of, against the Rockets which may have brought this season's best put-down of the Lakers' poor start. LA ha the lead on the Rockets for most of the game until a total collapse came late […]

Starting 5: Finish strong

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: J.R. just shoots Oh, the career of J.R. Smith. Smith has long been an incredibly talented player and shooter. He started his career as an athletic slasher who could dunk. He always had a lot […]

Shootaround: Find some footing

Denver Nuggets (9-9) vs. Atlanta Hawks (9-5) 8 p.m./ESPN It is still early enough in the season to wonder what kind of identity teams will be taking on. Twenty games hardly seems like enough to establish a long-range identity. But habits are still being formed and, believe it or not, 20 out of 82 is […]

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