Rumors

If injuries didn’t claim his prime years, we may be talking about Yao Ming as one of the greatest centers ever. But instead, we wonder what could’ve been. His international appeal was groundbreaking for the NBA and from that aspect, his impact was huge. The Houston Rockets will retire Yao’s number 11 jersey. It may [...]

Judging by the video updates from adidas, Derrick Rose seems to be progressing nicely from his torn ACL. He’s been back in the gym for a while now, and apparently he has begun cutting on that knee. Good news, but just take it easy, D-Rose. Derrick Rose began cutting on his surgically-repaired left knee, the [...]

While he’s celebrated as an offensive genius, Mike D’Antoni’s perception is that he’s equally as bad as implementing defense. Proof of that is when the Knicks hired Mike Woodson last year to be a defensive assistant. That was pretty telling. Will there be more of that? New Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni is expected to reach [...]

While they were together in New York, it was widely rumored that Carmelo Anthony and Mike D’Antoni didn’t see eye to eye. In fact, it’s rumored that ‘Melo more or less forced D’Antoni to resign. Whatever truly happened, we’ll never know. But what we do know is that Mike is now in L.A. and Melo [...]

Although it seemed imminent that Phil Jackson would return to the Lakers sideline, the Lakers ended up bringing in Mike D’Antoni as their new head coach. In a surprising turnabout, the Los Angeles Lakers hired Mike D’Antoni as coach late Sunday, passing on another reunion with Phil Jackson, D’Antoni’s agent told Yahoo! Sports. The decision [...]

We showed you what many are now referring to as the ‘Kobe Bryant Death Stare‘ that was shot the way of Coach Mike Brown a couple nights ago. Kobe was kind enough to entertain some questions from LakersNation about the video and GIF quickly becoming viral on the web…. [...]

With a young core of Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers, the New Orleans Hornets have a bright future. That’s if they can ever get them all on the court at the same time. Eric Gordon hasn’t played much since being dealt to N.O. Unhappiness and injuries are to blame. The Hornets and their [...]

The Pacers are everyone’s sleeper pick this year, and for good reason. They have a young, talented core and should make another playoff run. But starting out the season without Danny Granger, arguably their best player, isn’t good. The Indiana Pacers expect to be without Danny Granger for approximately the next three months after the [...]

We’ve seen it many times before. When a team with high expectations starts losing, the first one to face blame is the Coach. And although the Lakers won their last contest, staff in the Lakers organization have been none too happy with the attention the Lakers struggles are receiving. Couple that with the fact the [...]

When Kobe Bryant entered the NBA, some current players were still wetting the bed at night. Hard to believe that he’s still playing at a high level. A few months ago, when asked, Kobe said he only wanted to play a few more years. Did he change his mind? “My aim is to play until [...]