0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 9/19/2012
After more than a decade of keeping things bottled up, holding a secret inside must have finally gotten to Jalen Rose. Rose came clean this week about the 2000 NBA Finals where his Indiana Pacers lost to Kobe Bryant’s L.A. Lakers. In Game 2, Bryant went up for a jumper and came down on […]
0 comments by John Karalis
To answer the question in my headline… no, probably not. …… and I would love to end the piece there. Wouldn't that be great? By now we all understand that Adam Morrison is never going to live up to "third overall pick" status. That was made pretty clear, pretty quickly. Now Morrison is looking […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
Wisconsin will always be home for Alando Tucker. While Tucker is actually an Illinois native, he broke the scoring record (2,147) in 2007 and was named Big Ten Player of the Year while at the University of Wisconsin before the Phoenix Suns drafted him 29th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft. But now, five years […]
0 comments by Trevor
The Houston Rockets more than likely are going to be pretty bad this coming season. They have too many power forwards masquerading as small forwards, or vice versa, it's unclear. They also only have one true center, Omer Asik, who has shown promise but also only averaged 13 minutes a game. Still, they're going to […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
Many Minnesota Timberwolves fans feel "next season" may never come. Season after season, the team is full of promise yet somehow do not make the playoffs or get struck with injuries which derail any momentum. Case in point, last season. Minnesota was looking great at the beginning of last season but sensational guard Ricky Rubio […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Rudy Gay is something of a forgotten star. He is good enough to be the best player on a very good team, but most of the time not good enough to be an All Star. Flashy enough to earn a major contract and live up to it, but obscure enough to make people question his […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 9/18/2012
For those of you who don’t know, The Onion is a satirical news outlet that produces content in print, video and web form. They often take shots at athletes or figures in sports, but everybody knows it’s just a joke like something you might see on Saturday Night Live. Everybody except Stephen A. Smith. The […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
Jeremy Lin was sleeping on a couch as he captured the NBA world's attention last season with the New York Knicks. Despite inking a $25 million contract to bring Linsanity to Houston next season, he has not forgot what made him succesful. Some high profile athletes sleep in hyperbaric chambers. Jeremy Lin sleeps best on […]
0 comments by Kyle Boenitz on 9/17/2012
Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are two guys who continue to surprise me with the way they play at such a high level as they get older. A few years ago, I would have guessed that both Garnett and Duncan would be retired going into the 2012-13 season. On the contrary, in an interview with […]
0 comments by John Karalis
If there was one obvious lesson to be learned by outside observers of the Dwight Howard mess, it is that he has a deep desire to be loved by everyone. It is why he made the ridiculous move to opt-in to a season in Orlando he really had no intention of playing as a member […]
0 comments by wendell maxey
“Imposing physical specimen who protects the basket….” That was just one of the sentences used in an NBA scouting report to describe Hasheem Thatbeet’s ability coming out of Connecticut back before the Memphis Grizzlies selected the 7-foot center as the second overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. Now three years and four teams later, […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
As the season gets closer, the pressure will begin to build on several players to perform for their teams. For a number of these players it will be team and individual pressures to perform that will drive them this season. Failure could have career-changing consequences. For the members of the 2009 Draft Class, this is […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers on 9/14/2012
How about the idea that LeBron James can get better? After winning Gold in the Olympics, an NBA Title, Finals MVP and his third Regular Season MVP, that's what teammate Dwyane Wade believes to be possible. In an interview promoting his new book, D-Wade offered the following to ESPN Chicago: "The sky's the limit," Wade […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Bill Russell had non-emergency open heart surgery about three weeks ago Russell told John Hareas of NBA Entertainment. Russell said he needed to have a valve replaced in his heart and went in for relatively routine surgery to correct it. As Russell said, open-heart surgery sounds pretty serious but this was a non-emergency procedure. The […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
NBA 2K13 is close to hitting the shelves at your local video game shop which means the promotional parade is in full force in order to get sales going. And although the game will provide many gamers and NBA fans hours of entertainment, Clippers' Blake Griffin tossed in his hat in promoting the game. Check […]
