0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/12/2016
Rick Carlisle has won a world championship. He has firmly established himself as one of the NBA’s five best coaches. Yet, his 2016 season — for reasons totally beyond his control — might get lost in the tides of history. In a season defined by the supreme excellence of the Golden State Warriors and San […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek
The Utah Jazz aren’t an inept organization. They haven’t endured dysfunctional ownership situations or suffered in the face of incompetent management — not for long periods of time, at any rate. Yes, Ty Corbin coached this team for a period of time and destroyed a lot of stomach linings in Salt Lake City, but decades […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/21/2016
Sunday afternoon in the American Airlines Center, the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers played one of the more thrilling and remarkable games of the 2016 NBA season. The considerable importance of the game only magnified the proceedings. Mavs-Blazers was packed with fun, craziness and intensity, offering something for fans with wildly disparate tastes. The game […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 1/14/2016
It’s one of the more fascinating questions in the NBA right now: What if Jason Kidd had not made a power play in Brooklyn, being content to coach the Nets without having more control over operations? This question was worth asking on Sunday, when Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov (the biggest problem with the organization) sacked […]
DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 16: Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks and Deron Williams #8 sit on the bench during a preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Center on October 16, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 12/14/2015
Watching the present iteration of the Dallas Mavericks, I’m distracted by what could have been. The final vestiges of Deron Williams, former Utah Jazz superstar, and earlier than that, consensus All-American out of Illinois, have brought the ex-All-Star back to his hometown to team up with another thirty-something in their closing stanzas as a professional athletes. Williams, only […]
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 12: Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks sits on the bench in front of owner Mark Cuban during the game with the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on April 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The Mavericks won 120-106. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 9/9/2015
Getting ready for the 2015-’16 season? I’m asking 50 questions before things get under way. Have an important question for the upcoming NBA season you want answered? Find me on Twitter (
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 12: Brook Lopez #11 of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the first half against the Los Angeles Clippers at Barclays Center on December 12, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 9/3/2015
Getting ready for the 2015-’16 season? I’m asking 50 questions before things get under way. Have an important question for the upcoming NBA season you want answered? Find me on Twitter (
Kevin Love’s future might be tied to another Kevin. Photo by Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman on 8/7/2015
It’s a hypothetical that’s never going to happen, but we’re going to have some fun with anyway. What could the Oklahoma City Thunder get in a trade if Kevin Durant tells general manager Sam Presti he won’t be returning? Durant has one year and just over $20 million left on his contract. In this scenario […]
0 comments by Joseph Nardone on 4/28/2015
Winning may disguise a team’s shortcomings for a period of time, but there are instances when everyone already knows the deal. Yeah, yeah: the Brooklyn Nets beat Atlanta on Monday night to continue in their quest to move forward in the playoffs. Yet, the winning of a single game hasn’t hidden a reality most already know […]
0 comments by Kevin Causey on 4/27/2015
Late in the fourth quarter, with his team down two points Deron Williams hit the biggest shot of the game. He was double-teamed but kept his dribble alive, turned and threw up what looked to be a prayer and he hit nothing but the bottom of the net. After shooting like a man who had […]
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 25: Jeff Teague #0 of the Atlanta Hawks attempts to drive past Brook Lopez #11 of the Brooklyn Nets during the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs at Barclays Center on April 25, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/25/2015
The Atlanta Hawks stand at the center of several recognizable paths after three games in the 2015 NBA Playoffs. Whether that’s a good or bad thing for them? We don’t know… but we’ll soon begin to collect much more valuable and revealing information. The final two rounds of the NBA playoffs represent showcase events in which […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/23/2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015. No one won a playoff series on this day, or even took a 3-0 lead. No one scored 50 points or grabbed 30 rebounds. Yes, Tim Duncan played like a man much younger than his almost-39 years, but we’ve come to expect Duncan to defy Father Time. This does not immediately […]
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 11/10/2014
The last few years for Deron Williams have been extremely tough. It is not that Williams has missed a ton of games — he played in 64 last year and 78 the year before — it was just that it was clear Williams was not the same kind of player. He did not have the […]
0 comments by Josh Burton on 9/29/2014
It is no secret Deron Williams of the Brooklyn Nets has not been all that great in the past few seasons. He was consistently one of the few best point guards in the NBA throughout his time in Utah, and after a decent start with New Jersey/Brooklyn, injuries have claimed a lot of his productivity. So it is […]
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/19/2014
The Nets had a payroll this year of $102,825,181. That is a lot of luxury tax — nearly doubling the amount the team paid to the players and the league. With that kind of a payroll comes outsized expectations — championship expectations. You do not spend that kind of money without expecting to win a […]
