NBA

The Miami Heat are not playing like a championship caliber team right now. Not at all. Except for LeBron James, that is. Miami is fresh off its second-straight loss, the first of which came against the Washington Wizards and the latter of which came against the New York Knicks. As demoralizing at the loss to [...]

Andrew Bynum has been a monumental disappointment for the Philadelphia 76ers, but the team itself has been a surprise. Yet it is that enough to satiate the appetite of this organization? Philadelphia currently sits with at 10-8, giving them the sixth-best record in the Eastern Conference. It’s a record that has been achieved without Bynum, [...]

The saga that is the future of Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol continues. Rumors have begun swirl, most of which state that the Lakers are interested in dealing the struggling Gasol. But regardless of whether or not said reports hold any validity, trading the Spaniard may not be an option for Los Angeles. According [...]

James Harden is off and running with the Houston Rockets, but there is a new elephant in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s locker room in the form of Kevin Martin. The high-scoring shooting guard came to the Thunder in what was, to say the least, a painstakingly difficult Harden trade. Oklahoma City was hard-pressed to relinquish [...]

Pau Gasol has recently been staring at a figurative clock on his time with the Lakers. As LA has been moving from their more traditional offense to a 7-seconds-or-less style, the need for athletic size has put glaring emphasis on Gasol. Gasol is, in my opinion, a top 5 forward on his worst day in [...]

The Wilson Chandler experiment is not going well for the Denver Nuggets. Not well at all. But is it time for the team to give up hope of the wing man ever making a substantial contribution? It’s a more than fair question. Since being traded to the Nuggets in 2011 as part of the Carmelo [...]

We can call for Pau Gasol’s head until we’re blue, purple or green in the face, but he was nowhere to be found when the Los Angeles Lakers were taken down by the Houston Rockets. Gasol sat out in Houston as he continues his seemingly lost battle with tendinitis in both of his knees. But [...]

Just what the hell is in Tim Duncan’s gatorade? The San Antonio Spurs are-yet again- surprising practically everyone with their 14-4 record. Gregg Popovich has, seemingly on a dime, switched the emphasis on Spurs basketball from that boring, lamentable half-court offense to what it’s been the past couple of seasons: an enviable mix of three [...]

A large part of me wants to believe in the Atlanta Hawks. Heck, looking at their 9-5 record, a large part of me is telling I should believe in them. But I don’t. Though Atlanta is fresh off a six game winning streak, it may have been one of the least indicative winning streaks in [...]

It’s not easy being Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks. Seemingly single-handed, Chandler turned the Knicks into a top-11 defense last season, and he and coach Mike Woodson have picked right back up where he left off. His direction on the defensive side of the ball remains nothing short of inspiring and innovative. He [...]