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Mamba reloaded. Kobe Bryant has been medically cleared to resume basketball activities and has returned to Lakers practice. Naturally, he’s out of shape (his words, not ours) and just because he’s been cleared doesn’t mean he should jump in head first. As we know, it will take some time before he trusts his body enough [...]

Rajon Rondo hasn’t played a game for the Celtics in what seems like forever. In fact, with the departure of all of the key components from Boston, we’ve almost forgotten about him. But when he returns from his ACL tear, he will once again be one of the top PGs. And his injury hasn’t stopped [...]

The guys on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ roster apparently don’t know how this is supposed to work. A players-only meeting is intended to get guys on the same page and to right the ship. An altercation is the last thing that should happen. However, according to ESPN, that’s exactly what transpired. The Cavs had a players-only [...]

If you remember, last year around this time(November 20th to be exact) half of the NBA was tweeting in amazement about a 5’10 Division III player from Grinnell College that went on a scoring binge, setting the all time NCAA scoring mark for a game. Of course, we are referring to Jack Taylor, who broke [...]

There have been a number of famous siblings following in their father’s footsteps by paving their own way to the highest level of basketball lately. In the past we have seen Michael Jordan’s two sons succeed on the collegiate level, Doc Rivers’ son Austin, once the top ranked high school player in the country, get [...]

A diminished version of Kobe Bryant is better than no Kobe Bryant. That’s the stance Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni is taking. To an extent, it’s one that he’s always took. He hasn’t allowed Kobe’s absence to dominate post-game pressers nor has he entertained the prospect of his uncertain return more than he [...]

To some it’s still hard to fathom that Rasheed Wallace, the NBA’s all time leader in technical fouls, is now an up-and-coming assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons, but its a proven fact that Rasheed was arguably one of the most talented and versatile big men of his generation. Standing 6’11, he was capable of [...]

As great of a player as Dr. J was, I think it’s fair to say he’s still probably underrated. Two things are responsible for that in my opnion: he played part of his career in the ABA, and he was winding down as Jordan was taking off. For whatever reason, Jordan’s era is the one [...]

This was never going to work. When the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard, Omer Asik’s days as a starter were numbered. More likely, his days in Houston were numbered. Despite what coach Kevin McHale repeatedly indicated, Asik and Howard could not share the floor together. Doing so would dictate that Howard play power forward. Or, [...]

Carmelo Anthony is pissed. Finally. I’m not going to blame him, either. If I were him, I’d be pissed too. Like, really pissed. Following the New York Knicks’ 109-106 loss to the Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden Anthony tried to sidestep questions regarding the no-call on his desperation three late in the fourth quarter, [...]