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The NBA Finals were more than a little lopsided. Even Chris Bosh said the Spurs hammered them and were ‘the best team I’ve ever played against’. But that didn’t mean the exciting, highlight worthy plays didn’t go both ways. The Spurs ball movement and technical offense was something to watch, and as usual the Heat’s [...]

With the entire world watching, many guys on the Spurs made a name for themselves. Kawhi Leonard no doubt leads that list, but Patty Mills is on their too. Whenever he relieved Parker, the Spurs offense didn’t miss a beat. Mills is arguably just as quick as Tony and has a better outside shot. Because [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is speaking for the entire Dallas Mavericks organization when he clears his throat, turns to Carmelo Anthony and says, “Yo, what up?” The New York Knicks superstar is expected to hit free agency this summer, at which point he could leave for greener pastures, roads paved in honey and gold and all that [...]

The Miami Heat have a lot of decisions to make this summer. That goes for both the players and management. The roster needs tweaks and guys need to decide what they’d like to do financially. There has been much talk about Wade, James and Bosh, but Chris Andersen also has the ability to opt-out of [...]

That’s all she wrote folks. Roughly eight months later, we have an NBA champion. It’s the San Antonio Spurs, who unseated the Miami Heat in convincing fashion, ruining their three-peat hopes in a matter of five games. Duplicating last year’s performance was always utterly impossible. This matchup spanned seven games and took a number of [...]

After the first two games of the Finals, most were wondering where Kawhi Leonard was. He had 9 points in each of the first two games and wasn’t much of a factor. But then, he stepped it up in a big way in game 3 with 29 points and never looked back. He played very [...]

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When thinking of players currently in the NBA with the best handles, names like Jamal Crawford, Tyreke Evans, and Chris Paul instantly come to mind. They all got their start somewhere, and although we missed out on those aforementioned players’ early hoops careers because they were primarily prior to the internet age, youngsters today are [...]

So far, the Derek Fisher hire in New York hasn’t done anything with regard to Melo wanting to stay. Why should it? He’s an unproven coach who was playing a few weeks ago. After meeting with Fisher and Phil Jackson, Melo will still opt out of his contract and become a free agent. To be [...]

Forget the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat have free agency on the brain. More specifically, Pat Riley has Carmelo Anthony in his sights. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Brian Windhorst, the Heat will try, against all odds, to form a Big Four this summer: The Miami Heat’s immediate focus remains overcoming a 2-1 NBA [...]