Mark Cuban believes in Deron Williams and the Brooklyn Nets…said no one ever. Prior to Brooklyn’s 113-96 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night, Big D’s owner was asked about Williams and the state of the Nets. When steered in the direction of admitting that the Nets weren’t contenders, yet still strapped for cash, [...]
March 21, 2013
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LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are inseparable. Until 2014 at least. Both LeBron and Wade are set to become free agents after next season (if they so please), and speculation has run rampant as to what James specifically will do next. Will he return to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Join forces with Dwight Howard and the [...]
March 21, 2013
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Even before absconding to South Beach, LeBron James wasn’t always a beloved figure in Cleveland. Or should I say in the Cleveland Cavaliers locker room? Yeah, let’s go with that. Per Chris Tomasson of FOX Sports Florida, James was often chided (resented?) by his teammates upon coming into the league: Silas wouldn’t give any names. [...]
March 20, 2013
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In a normal year, if an NBA teams wins 13 games in a row, they are the talk of the league. But this has been anything but a normal year. Since the Miami Heat are currently on a 23 game win streak, hardly anyone is talking about the Nuggets. In fact, hardly anyone realizes what [...]
March 20, 2013
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The answer is no. The Boston Celtics have played their way well into the NBA’s playoff conversation and by doing so, they’ve opened the offseason floodgates, specifically with regard to Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley. Boston is 16-7 since Rondo went down and have, at the very least, feigned contention. Upon Rondo’s removal from the [...]
March 20, 2013
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Carmelo Anthony isn’t the toughest of NBA players, and the New York Knicks certainly aren’t the most honest of franchises, but there’s no reason to believe either side is lying. After having his knee drained of fluid, Melo said that the buildup was related to a hamstring injury, which Mitch Lawrence of the New York [...]
March 19, 2013
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The Miami Heat really wanted their 23rd straight win bad. It puts them in elite company as the team with sole possession of the second longest winning streak in NBA History. Taking a historic step with their 23rd straight victory that puts them all alone in second place among the longest winning streaks in NBA [...]
March 19, 2013
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Andrew Bynum’s season is officially over and now the real work begins for the Philadelphia 76ers. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Bynum will undergo season-ending surgery on both knees to clean out any remaining debris: Andrew Bynum will undergo season-ending surgery on both knees, source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) March [...]
March 19, 2013
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Dwight Howard doesn’t need Kobe Bryant. Strike that, Howard isn’t going to panic without Kobe in the lineup. Which he shouldn’t. When Bryant suffered a sprained ankle in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Atlanta Hawks, many were anxious over how the team would fare without their leading scorer and second-leading assist man, and [...]
March 18, 2013
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James Harden and Stephen Curry? What now seems like a completely out-of-the-blue pairing was once, in fact, was a possibility. According to Bill Simmons of ESPN’s Grantland, when the Oklahoma City Thunder were shopping James Harden, the Golden State Warriors were one of the teams they engaged heavily in talks: But here’s the real killer. [...]
March 18, 2013
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