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Doesn’t Charles Oakley know that, contrary to his playing days, the NBA is like one big band of loving brothers exchanging hugs and fist bumps and laudatory pleasantries? Sure doesn’t seem like it. The former New York Knicks bruiser is now on record as questioning Carmelo Anthony’s superstar status. Seriously. From the New York Post‘s [...]

As most predicted, the NBA’s rookie of the year is going to be Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Andrew Wiggins. An officially announcement will be made on Thursday, according to various league sources. Wiggins played the entire 82 games this season and averaged 16.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 36 minutes per contest. [tweet https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/593551506533527555] The [...]

Rajon Rondo’s time in Dallas could not possibly have gone any worse than it did. When he was in Boston, both former coaches and teammates have spoke out about how difficult Rondo can be, and the Mavs found that out first hand. After his benching early in the series vs. Houston, the team cited a [...]

DeAndre Jordan wants to be friends with Mark Cuban. With the Dallas Mavericks’ officially ousted from the NBA playoffs, they’re free to start planning for yet another crucial offseason. Dirk Nowitzki is pushing 37, Monta Ellis and Tyson Chandler are both free agents and the Rajon Rondo trade was bust. If the Mavericks plan on [...]

With Scott Brooks out the picture, the OKC Thunder have apparently set their sights on the college ranks for their next head coach. Florida’s Billy Donovan and UConn’s Kevin Ollie top the list. Per ESPN, OKC has engaged in formal talks with Donovan. Of course, this isn’t Donovan’s first go-’round with the NBA. He accepted [...]

Who knew Robin Lopez was artistic? In a season-saving Game 4 win against the Memphis Grizzlies, Robin Lopez customized a adidas DLillard 1 for Damian Lillard by freehand drawing on them. This isn’t the first time that Lopez has taken his talents to sneakers as he has customized adidas sneakers for himself for the last [...]

Chauncey Billups knows what we all know, but what the New York Knicks inconveniently do not know: Carmelo Anthony isn’t a vocal leader. Here’s what Melo’s former teammate had to say, per ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: Chauncey Billups, an ESPN analyst who played with Anthony for three seasons in Denver and New York, said [...]

Kevin Love is out indefinitely for the Cleveland Cavaliers, which may be a blessing in disguise…for the Los Angeles Lakers. After getting, um, entangled with Kelly Olynyk midway through the first quarter of the Cavaliers’ series-clinching Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics, Love will be out of action indefinitely. Twitter is all aflutter with [...]

Ty Lawson may or may not be jealous of the Dallas Mavericks. Sure, on some level he should be. They made the playoffs while his Denver Nuggets did not. That alone paves the way for envy. But the point guard took it a step further on Instagram. Apparently. We think. We’re not really sure. Consider [...]

Several weeks ago, we mentioned that NBPA would be announcing awards that would be given out to players, solely voted on by the players. But up until now, we didn’t know what those awards would be. This is spearheaded by comments Kevin Durant made regarding the media having too much power. However, this will not [...]