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Which Western Conference All-Star has the best chance at winning All-Star Game MVP? [...]

February 8, 2011 – Allen Moll Now that we are firmly into the 2nd half of the season, NBA teams still in contention are gearing up for crunch-time. Those teams will have to rely heavily upon their MVP candidates if they wish to not only make the post-season but advance deep in the 2011 Playoffs. [...]

February 3, 2011 – Alex Rosencutter When The BIG Three decided to join forces in Miami during the most lucrative NBA Free Agency period ever, everyone knew that Wade and Lebron would carry the scoring load and that CB1 would take the backseat. However, I bet no one thought that Chris Bosh would be the [...]

February 3, 2011 – Allen Moll It would be an understatement to say the least if I where to state that the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest during NBA All Star weekend has been boring, anti-climactic, and downright horrific to watch over the past few years. Just like this year’s contest, we can usually predict the [...]

February 1, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It appears Phil Jackson will officially be hanging it up at the end of this season. Since as early as last summer, Jackson has said this will be his final season coaching in the NBA. However, Jackson is somewhat known for having a hard time staying away. After his [...]

January 31, 2011 – Kevin Burke Does anybody remember when O.J. Mayo was on the cover of countless magazines back in the day? He was barely in high school when he was coverboy for a myriad of basketball print publications. He took that hype to the University of Southern California where he played for one [...]

January 28, 2011 – R.S. De France Even though the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin is in his second year with the team, he is technically considered a rookie. Griffin’s tremendous rookie season got me wondering where he ranks among the best rookie power forwards (PF) of all-time in the NBA. Beyond the eye-popping, oxygen-sucking, [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll Many of you probably don’t remember the 6‘11 and 265 lb Brazilian double-double machine, known as “Baby”, taken as the #8 selection by the Toronto Raptors in the 2004 NBA Draft, but his name is Rafael Araujo. It’s ok, I didn’t either, especially since he played in only 139 NBA [...]

January 28, 2011 – Allen Moll For those of you who don’t already know, Earl Boykins has the distinction of being the 2nd shortest player in NBA history, right behind former Hornets standout Mugsey Bogues(5’3). The diminutive guard measures out at a miniscule 5’5 and weighs only 135 lbs but he doesn’t let his size [...]

January 25, 2011 – Joshua Sexton At the halfway mark of the NBA season, all of the teams who were expected to be at the top of the standings are right where they were expected to be. In the Eastern Conference, the Celtics, Heat, Bulls and Magic occupy the top four spots. In the Western [...]