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Darko Milicic will forever be an NBA Draft punchline. Darko was somehow in the middle of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all being drafted in the top 5 in 2003. Darko was sandwiched right in between and went second overall, right before Melo, Bosh and Wade. In defense of Detroit, although [...]

Whether or not Doc Rivers forced this “trade” to the Clippers is unclear. But what we do know is that he wasn’t interested in being a part of a Celtics rebuild. Based on that information, the perception is that he was on board with this move. That doesn’t bode well for Doc with being welcome [...]

With the NBA draft looming, the rumor mill is beginning to heat up. Teams will use this time to acquire contracts and draft picks, and shed big salaries with the hope of freeing up some cap space for free agency and/or getting under the league’s luxury-tax line. Three of the biggest names available, according to [...]

The NBA season is behind us, so now we shift our focus to the this week’s draft. This draft isn’t exactly stacked, so owning the #1 pick may not be as big of a deal. Therefore, the Cavs have been rumored to be willing to move that pick for the right price. However, the latest [...]

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Former NBA MVP and 4 Time Scoring Champion Allen Iverson has been having a rough go of things recently, essentially ever since he last played in the NBA with Philadelphia back in 2010. It has been well documented about his alleged problems with alcoholism, debt, and a failed marriage with his wife Tawanna. Even though [...]

LeBron James is an NBA champion. Again. Nine years went by before he was able to win his first title. Now he has two in as many seasons. It doesn’t get any better than that. But some will speculate that it does, that it has to. Basking in the glory of obtaining his second ring [...]

Congrats to the Miami Heat. They earned this one. There’s no conspiracy theories here. No “help” from the refs. Just basketball for a change. Having said all that, for the first time Greg Popovich is receiving criticism. Did he outcoach himself in the series? If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors [...]

Over the last few weeks, instead of the NBA universe being abuzz over next week’s underwhelming prospects for the 2013 NBA Draft, the biggest news coming out of the Association are some juicy rumors about the on again-off again talks between the Celtics and Clippers involving Kevin Garnett, DeAndre Jordan, and coach Doc Rivers. Although [...]

Well obviously Tim Duncan is upset. The San Antonio Spurs fell in Game 7 of the NBA Finals to the Miami Heat, failing to win their fourth title of the Big Three era and fifth of Duncan’s career. It was the first finals loss Duncan himself ever had to incur. He was 4-0 previously and [...]