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Touche, Doc. Touche. Right before the Clippers thrashed the Heat on national television, Doc Rivers was asked about Ray Allen, who still hasn’t decided whether he’ll return to NBA action and chase another title or retire a two-time champion. His answer was, predictably, awesome, balanced with the right amount of snark and innocent sense of [...]

The Knicks are bad. Let’s not split hairs about this. They’re awful. They need a savior, someone who can rescue them from the Eastern Conference doldrums. Good thing two superheroes in Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani, neither of whom has played this season, are on their way back. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [...]

Allen Iverson has been slaying giants for his entire career as an undersized scoring guard in the NBA. Now in his life after the NBA he has just slayed another giant. This time a corporate one. Nike. Back in October, Nike let the world know they were releasing 2-3 tribute editions of the “Zoom Flight [...]

Jason Kidd made his return last night to Brooklyn as the Bucks faced the Nets. Based on the way in which he departed Brooklyn, fans aren’t that fond of Kidd who is arguably the best player in franchise history. Listen to the reception Kidd receives when he is announced. Please enable Javascript to watch this [...]

Please enable Javascript to watch this video Some pretty impressive dimes over the past week. Although it’s sad to see Rose out for a bit, was nice to see him putting on a show with this kind of hang-time and court vision. But we aren’t sleeping on the Curry dish either. Dubs are on fire. [...]

It’s amazing the impact winning can have on someone’s attitude and general demeanor. Take Kobe Bryant, following the Lakers’ surprise 98-92 victory over the Rockets Wednesday night. No one saw it coming. Sure, Dwight Howard didn’t play as he tended to a sprained knee, but still. It was a pleasant shock for those in Tinseltown [...]

Kevin Love needs time. Just like the rest of his Cavaliers teammates need time to jell, he needs time to understand his functions and role within the team’s offense. And he knows this. He admitted as much following Cleveland’s 92-90 loss to the Spurs, per Northeast Ohio Media Group’s Chris Fedor: It appears Miami’s Chris [...]

Vince Carter parted ways with the Toronto Raptors in 2004 when he basically forced a trade to the New Jersey Nets. Needless to say there was plenty of hard feelings on behalf of the Raptors organization and fan base who considered Vince ‘Air Canada’ Carter their franchise player. In fact for the last decade the [...]

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been playing through a sore left knee throughout almost all their games this season. He’s been enduring this pain since their 95-90 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 30. But last Tuesday night, in their 117-113 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, things got a little worse as [...]

In their 114-109 victory against the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant just broke another milestone once again as he officially became the fourth player in league history to reach 32,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, and Michael Jordan. With exactly 1:10 remaining in the game, Bryant scored his [...]