Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Sacramento Kings. 2011-12 Record: 22-44 Key Losses: J.J. Hickson (signed with Portland), Terrence Williams (free agent), Donte Greene […]

A new team is a new chance for Michael Beasley. It seems like everyone has given Beasley a third or fourth chance at this point, but this one really might be it for Beasley. The most disappointing second overall pick since Darko Milicic continues to make promises with his talent that he has not been […]

This has to be one of the greatest dunk in Suns' history when one of the greatest defensive centers in NBA history got posterized by a future mayor. The scene: Phoenix, AZ, 1994 NBA playoffs. The players: Suns guard Kevin Johnson and Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon. Who ever would have thought that the littlest guy […]

As a former Phoenix Suns fans, I feel qualified to write a post on the end of an era. I say “former” because only a few years ago they were my favorite team. I loved watching the Steve Nash to Amar’e Stoudemire pick and roll. The rest of the NBA saw Raja Bell as a […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Phoenix Suns. 2011-12 Record: 33-33 Key Losses: Steve Nash (signed with L.A. Lakers), Grant Hill (signed with L.A. […]

Mark Jackson and Don Nelson are very different people. Nelson was boisterous, out-of-the-box, off-the-wall and innovative. Jackson, granted still a young coach, is a bit more reserved, works on relating to players and has a completely different focus. Yes, their coaching philosophies are completely different. Don Nelson was about offense. Everything he did was innovating […]

Less than 24 months ago, Warriors rookie Harrison Barnes was the projected number one pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. After a great freshman year, Barnes and the rest of UNC's starters opted to return to UNC for a run at the NCAA Championship. His sophomore season showed little improvement over his freshman one and […]

It would be hard to find a Los Angeles Laker fan who is not claiming the 2013 NBA title before the season even starts. There is no denying that adding Dwight Howard and Steve Nash to the team make them an immensely better team, but just how good? One of the greatest Lakers of all […]

It was truly a case of David vs. Goliath. The heavily favored Dallas Mavericks versus the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first-round of the 2007 NBA playoffs. No one gave Golden State a chance against the mighty Mavs when the unbelievable happened. The Warriors forced the Mavs to six games when one of the […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Golden State Warriors. 2011-12 Record: 23-43 Key Losses: Nate Robinson (signed with Chicago), Dorrell Wright (traded to Philadelphia), […]

Mike Brown is the NBA's version of a defensive mastermind. He coached his way to an NBA Finals once by placing starters like Drew Gooden, Sasha Pavolic, Larry Hughes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas in spots on the floor where they could do nothing else but become adequate defenders. On offense that year, he let LeBron James […]

The Lakers will be doing quite a bit of celebrating this year. On December 28, the Lakers will retire Jamaal Wilkes' No. 52 jersey in honor of his induction into the Hall of Fame this offseason. Wilkes played eight seasons with the Lakers after starring at UCLA and playing his rookie season with the Warriors. […]