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Ask almost anyone to count off the best active basketball players in the world and Kevin Durant’s name will be mentioned in their first breath. Many of those same people, however, will tell you that Durant doesn’t have the killer instinct to single-handedly lead his team to an NBA championship. Some of those people will [...]
The opening weekend of this year’s NBA Playoffs was largely a snooze-fest, with the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors providing the only close contest of all of the opening games (thanks, Andre Miller!). Monday’s pair of games showed a marked improvement in competitive balance, starting with the Chicago Bulls tying their series with the [...]
Remember a few years ago when the Cleveland Cavaliers decided that Mike Brown was not the guy to take their franchise to the next level and unceremoniously dumped him? Yeah, looks like they’re regretting that decision.
I had it all planned out. “Miami’s Streak Ends in Cleveland.” “Cavs Step Up to End the Streak of Former-Hero-Turned-Enemy.” Any similar headline would have done the job, as long as the words let it be known that the Cavs had ended the streak of the mighty Heat in Cleveland. Instead, the 23-game win streak turned into 24.
The 1972 Los Angeles Lakers are already admitting they are starting to get nervous. The 2013 Miami Heat are now entering Joe DiMaggio territory, with LeBron James riding an all-around statistical wave that is ranking historic in NBA annals.
Michael Jordan will always be the game’s most important basketball player. He left his lasting imprint on the game, and in so many ways ushered us into a new era. Still, he remains an outlier. LeBron James is taking the sport in a different direction — the right one.
Sunday night’s high-octane, high-scoring All-Star game just wouldn’t have lived up to its name if there wasn’t a little Kobe versus LeBron action.
With so many high-flying, big-name hoopsters taking part in the dunk contest throughout its entertaining history, it begs the question, “who would be asked to perform in the Ultimate Slam Dunk Contest?”
Photographer Rocky Widner, who snaps pictures for NBA Entertainment, took a picture during LeBron James’ NBA debut against the Sacramento Kings on October 29, 2003. Widner took a nearly identical picture of The King on Saturday.
Miami superstar Dwyane Wade kicked Charlotte guard Ramon Sessions in the groin. It’s unclear what Sessions did – if anything – to provoke the kick, but you can see video of the incident in this post, along with video from Wade’s growing list of dirty on-court antics.
Before we get to the NBA’s Christmas Day schedule for 2012, a quick little something for anyone who might at all be struggling to get into the Christmas spirit.
Finally. The long, tiring saga of Dwight Howard’s inevitable exit from Orlando has ended. He is heading to L.A. to put on the Lakers uniform. Is this a net positive or negative for the league?
For one reason or another, we all innately want to believe that things were somehow better or tougher when we were younger. But were they…really?
The Internet and sports radio have been abuzz lately with current USA Men’s Basketball players claiming that they could beat the 1992 “Dream Team,” which is widely considered the greatest team ever assembled. Lost in all of this hubbub, however, is a debate that is much more fun and ridiculous: Which was the best bronze medal-winning USA Men’s Basketball team?
After Kobe Bryant calmly stated that he thought this vintage of Team USA could beat the Dream Team, fans everywhere – plus MJ, Larry, and Charles – started to straight up lose their minds. It got Jon thinking … who would make the Ultimate Dream Team cut out of the 24 combined players involved in this discussion?
