Rumors

There’s plenty of finger pointing that can go on as to why the Knicks were eliminated in the second round, but the bulk of the blame shouldn’t be with Carmelo Anthony. And truthfully, the fact of the matter is that the Knicks roster isn’t talented enough from top to bottom to win the East. As [...]

JR Smith had an incredible season for the New York Knicks. He shot the lights out, and single handedly kept the Knicks in dozens of games helping them to a second best record in the East and en route to a Sixth Man of the Year award from the NBA. Then the Playoffs started. And [...]

The Brooklyn Nets parted ways with coach PJ Carlesimo the day after the Bulls eliminated them from the playoffs and they are still looking to fill that void. We’ve heard high profile names such as Phil Jackson and Jerry Sloan rumored, but how about Scott Skiles? Skiles was most recently with Milwaukee but is rumored [...]

If you’re thinking that the Miami Heat can just sleepwalk their way through the Eastern Conference Finals, slow down just a second. Let’s not forget that Indiana had a 2-1 lead in their 2nd round playoff matchup last season before the Heat ultimately won in 6. So their capable of making this interesting. This series [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s season came to an end earlier than anticipated at the hand of the Memphis Grizzlies in 5 games. Now, the front office is met with some tough decisions this offseason. One, in particular, is what to do with Kendrick Perkins. Ever since joining OKC a few years ago, Perk hasn’t quite [...]

Greg Oden’s story is truly a sad one, and it’s ironic that he has actually played the equivalent of a full season since being drafted in 2007: just 82 games. After being released by Portland last year following the need for another knee surgery, Oden has not ruled out an NBA comeback. He’s certainly young [...]

An awkward situation just got even more awkward. Former NBPA president Billy Hunter had what appeared to be a somewhat uneasy relationship with the players. You sort of got that sense during the lockout and that manifested itself we he was removed from his post earlier this season. There seemed to be some sort of [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers won their first division title in their franchise’s history this past season and they decided to celebrate by getting eliminated in the first round to the very impressive Memphis Grizzlies team. This is now a transitional time in the era of this new Clippers movement. Chris Paul can decide to leave [...]

A couple of times during his tenure as Boston Celtics head coach, Doc Rivers’ return the following season was up in the the air. Then he was signed to an extension and that talk went away for a while. This offseason is no different, and there are also questions around Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett’s [...]

It’s always interesting to see which former players get lucky enough to land front office or coaching jobs once their careers are over. It works out for some and not so much for others. For example, Patrick Ewing has been dying to become a head coach for more than a decade now and has been [...]