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Mike D’Antoni hasn’t sugarcoated anything since joining the Los Angeles Lakers. When he was coaching the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks, you could never really get inside his head. Not like you can now. In Phoenix, there was an air of bravado in the way he spoke and confidence in his step. With the [...]

When thinking of Real Madrid from Spain, our minds traditionally go toward the highly successful and wildly popular and prestigious soccer club that is annually among the World’s best. But they also are a very accomplished basketball club in Europe that has won numerous European Cups and has featured several future NBA stars in years [...]

The great Steve Nash may be falling apart right before our very eyes. He’s already likely to sit out the second game of most Laker back-to-backs, and now he’s out for a couple of weeks with back pain. Luckily for L.A., they’ve gotten off to a surprisingly decent start, thanks in large part to their [...]

Expectations are a funny thing. Did I say funny? Sorry, I meant to say that expectations are a cruel-hearted, unshaven bastard. Especially in the NBA. Early on, we cannot escape them. They’re with us always. Always, always, always. And they screw around with our power rankings. At heart, weekly evaluations should be impulsive and read [...]

LeBron James isn’t superhuman, he just plays like he is. The Chosen One has demolished opposing defenses on a nightly basis for over a decade. We’ve grown accustomed to it. Expect it. Assume it’s going to happen every second of every game. Understandably, all of us who don’t hate the greatest NBA player alive—sorry, MJ—were [...]

The college basketball season is officially underway, so let the salavating over this young crop of freshmen begin. Next year’s draft class is already being touted as one of the best in the last few decades, as freshmen Andrew Wiggins (Kansas), Jabari Parker (Duke) and Julius Randle (Kentucky) should all be millionaires a year from [...]

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Just about everybody on Earth feels as if Michael Jordan pushed off on Bryon Russell at the conclusion of game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals. Everybody except Michael Jordan, I’m sure. And just for the record, Russell’s former teammate John Stockton thinks so too. Stockton recently spoke to Sports Illustrated about all things Jazz, [...]

Don’t look now, but University of Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins may have some stiff competition, when it comes to the #1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. It’s super early, but Kentucky freshman Julius Randle, who has been favorably compared to Lebron James, looked every bit the player that numerous NBA teams are already [...]

There have been some significant injuries to some key players already this season. Not an overwhelming number, but enough to throw a wrinkle in the plans of some teams. The Denver Nuggets now realize what this means. They will be without the services of JaVale McGee for the forseable future after the big man was diagnosed [...]