Offbeat

By now, seemingly everyone and their mother has weighed in on the Mike Rice firing at Rutgers.  Just in case, you’ve been living under a rock or something, Rice is the now deposed coach of the men’s basketball team at Rutgers, who was caught on tape heaving basketballs and shouting homosexual slurs at his team [...]

(H/T to @ESPN_Numbers) [...]

Lebron James is currently on top of the world. He’s the best player on the defending champion Miami Heat, arguably the best player in the NBA as he awaits his next MVP award, and his team is positioned a top the leaderboard to make another championship push. Life is good. In fact his joy is [...]

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Last night was the battle of the titans in the Western Conference. The Spurs with the best record in the West took on the Thunder who are owners of the second best record. The Thunder wanted to make a statement that they are the defending Western Conference champs and plan to stay that way. And [...]

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New York Knicks star guard J.R. Smith has had a bit of a roller coaster career thus far, but this year he is getting plenty of attention for the positive things he brings to a contending team. No one has ever doubted Smith’s athletic ability and/or skill set, what often comes into question is shot [...]

I wouldn’t want to even consider looking directly into Woodson’s eyes after this poor defensive close out on the shooter by Iman Shumpert. [...]

It was a sweet sweet homecoming for Jose Calderon as the Pistons snapped their three game losing streak last night to beat Calderon’s former team, the Toronto Raptors. But en route to the victory, Jose Calderon accidentally started walking towards the Raptors locker room at half-time (on April Fool’s day none the less). He shares [...]

Phil Jackson yesterday decided it was high time he got on twitter to share his thoughts on the NBA. It may literally have been ‘high’ time. The ‘Zen Master’ either had a little trouble hitting the right keys, or he maybe just wants you to believe that he did. Hmmm, trippy. Either way, who can [...]