Blogs

At what point is Kobe Bryant no longer an underdog? To be sure, we’re not saying he’s been undervalued or anything like that his entire career. Upon being drafted out of high school and then joining the Los Angeles Lakers almost immediately, doubters rose to the surface. And it’s been that way ever since. The [...]

The Chicago Bulls have Scottie Pippen’s attention. Following a season in which the Bulls won a respectable 45 games without Derrick Rose and while navigating a labyrinth of other injuries, expectations are high in the Windy City. Led by Rose’s return, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah’s improved health and Jimmy Butler’s continued development, the Bulls [...]

Mark Cuban has given Dirk Nowitzki the power of choice. The 35-year-old forward is entering his 16th NBA season and will be a free agent next summer, at which point he can bolt or re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks, the team he has spent the last decade and a half with. All signs point to [...]

LeBron James is happy with the Miami Heat. Winning two straight championships often does that for you. Asked by Robin Roberts of “Good Morning America” about his free-agency plans in 2014, LeBron made sure to mention that he was thrilled to play for the Miami Heat. “I’m happy right now being in Miami, obviously winning [...]

Jeanie Buss doesn’t want Kobe Bryant to leave the Los Angeles Lakers. Previously, Buss told ESPNLA 710 in a radio interview that it was important for Kobe to get healthy and not do anything that jeopardizes his future. Asked to expand on those comments by Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Los Angeles, Buss made it clear [...]

  [...]

When I first saw a headline that read Philadelphia 76ers big man Spencer Hawes scores 58 points in Jamal Crawford’s Seattle Pro-Am, I’ll admit my first thought that it must be a typo. But then came the following video evidence of the chronically underachieving former Lottery pick dominating the competition to notch the highest scoring [...]

Surprise, surprise. Paul Pierce recently admitted that neither he nor Doc Rivers nor Kevin Garnett was prepared to endure a rebuild for the Boston Celtics. Shocking right? Not exactly. Speaking with SLAM Magazine’s Adam Figman, The Truth was very candid about what went down in Beantown: Well, I know the insides with everything that’s going [...]

Don’t figure on LaMarcus Aldridge being traded from the Portland Trail Blazers. Talking with Craig Birnbach of KATU (via Ben Golliver of Blazers Edge), general manager Neil Olshey said that the Aldridge trade rumors were fabricated by the media: “I think it comes from all you [media] — everybody fighting to be first with inaccurate [...]

  [...]