Houston Rockets

Kobe Bryant must never change. Seriously, he can’t. Chills, the bad kind, are sent down my spine when I think of how much more mundane topics of conversation would be if he changed. Or stopped talking altogether. Case in point: Los Angeles Lakers media day. It was a glorious occasion, one that wasn’t as filled [...]

New Head Coach of the Brooklyn Nets Jason Kidd recently joked with Carmelo Anthony during a 9-11 dedication about changing uniforms. All Kidd-ing aside, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, and Kobe Bryant lead the list of the NBA’s free agents in the summer of 2014. Anthony’s name has been mentioned in connection with the Los Angeles [...]

General managers are rarely honest. Lying, deflecting and evading are (probably) in their job description. Nothing the NBA’s maneuvering minds say can be taken at face value—most of the time. On certain occasions, however, there are moments of clarity. Sometimes, they can be genuine and truthful. This is one of those times. Houston Rockets GM [...]

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will soon be back together again. While touring Europe with Nike, Durant was asked about Westbrook’s return. Per Raúl Barrigón of Hoopshype (h/t ProBasketballTalk), Durant said he expects Westbrook to be back for the start of the season. At a Nike&Foot Locker event in Barcelona (Spain), Kevin Durant said he [...]

Every so often I come across something said awhile ago that I find interesting and think wasn’t talked about enough. This is one of those times. Speaking with ESPN New York’s Jared Zwerling, Carmelo Anthony said he thinks the NBA’s balance of power has shifted from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference. “When I [...]

Like you needed another reason as to why Dwight Howard left the Los Angeles Lakers. In a radio interview on ESPN 710 in Los Angeles transcribed by ESPN Los Angeles’ Ramona Shelburne (h/t ProBasketballTalk), Antawn Jamison, now a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, admitted that Kobe Bryant and Howard never trusted each other: What [...]

Could Lamar Odom find himself donning purple and gold once more? According to Radar online (h/t New York Post) the Los Angeles Lakers have reached out to Odom and told him they’re prepared to sign him if he goes to rehab to kick whatever drug habit he has: The Los Angeles Lakers have told troubled [...]

For Antawn Jamison, there was only the Los Angeles Clippers. No really, there was no one else. At least that’s what he says. “In my heart I really didn’t want to go anywhere else,” he said, according to Eric Patten of Clippers.com. Hopefully he didn’t say something similar to the Los Angeles Lakers last year [...]

Listen to Jeff Van Gundy. The former NBA coach and current ESPN color analyst is at a loss for hair, but his supply of hot knowledge exceeds that of yours, mine and probably your neighbor’s too. So when he calls the recently retired Tracy McGrady an all-time great, accept what he’s saying as fact. While [...]

Dwight Howard retrospectively strikes again. Since spurning the Los Angeles Lakers to play for the Houston Rockets, the reports haven’t stopped. Rumors have surfaced every which way you turn, like he still hadn’t made a decision or something. Only we’re nearly two months removed from his decision. Still, his link to the Lakers has yet [...]