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Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]

If the Wizards had John Wall all of last season, who knows where they would’ve ended. Their record since  getting Wall back was good enough to make the playoffs, but of course it doesn’t work that way. The Wiz added some good pieces this offseason, but Nene was hurt last night to a calf injury. [...]

This is starting to get weird. And quite frankly, a little embarrassing. The New York Knicks are title contenders. That’s what they’re selling us on, anyway. Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert, Andrea Bargnani—they’re supposed to be the core of a championship hopeful. Yet talk keeps shifting to the future, like the Knicks [...]

In sports, at one point or another, we’ve all had suspicions of teams tanking during a season in order to improve their draft positioning for the following year. We’ve just never heard of any one associated with that team admit it. Until now. An anonymous NBA GM has apparently admitted that his team may tank [...]

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We’ve seen a trend in recent years where parents are getting their children involved in sports at a much younger age than when we were growing up. As a child, I remember most school districts didn’t begin organized basketball until at least middle school, 7th or 8th grade to be exact. But today we are [...]

This is the type of stuff you want to hear in the league these days. In an age where everyone is friends with everyone else, seeing two teams that genuinely don’t like one another is refreshing and welcomed. That’s what we have with the Heat and the Bulls. Even with Derrick Rose back, I’m not [...]

Donald Sterling is a tyrant. Worse, he’s a tyrannical fool. The Los Angeles Clippers owner has long been known for his despotic and often-senseless rule. Logic isn’t always a part of his thought process and before Chris Paul’s arrival, he was known for pinching pennies and escorts’ asses (kidding, I think), not building a winner. [...]

It was a glorious 2012-2013 NBA campaign for the Miami Heat that started back in October with an opening night blowout win over their chief rival Boston Celtics, met in the middle by an amazing 27 game winning streak, leading to a franchise record 66 regular season wins, and culminating in the team’s 3rd NBA [...]