Once the deck cleared from all the wheeling and dealing before Thursday afternoon’s NBA trade deadline, certain teams cashed in while others held on to their cards hoping to hit the jackpot this summer. NBA.com writer Shaun Powell said it best – it’s all about the cheddar. It’s really all about the money, teams that [...]

It’s the unofficial halfway point of the 2009-10 NBA season and here are the individuals who helped shape the first half of the regular season. COACH OF THE YEAR Nate McMillan, Portland Trail Blazers McMillan and Mike Woodson were in a dead heat for this award, but I have to give it to the coach [...]

The 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest in Dallas didn’t quite live up to the hype, but there was history made Saturday night as Nate Robinson became the first three-time dunk champion. Robinson, the defending champion, didn’t have to bring his “A” game because the competition failed miserably. Shakira and Alicia Keys had better performances than [...]

The best part about Friday night’s NBA All-Star Celebrity Game was seeing ESPN analyst Jon Barry take a face full of water from a Harlem Globetrotter. The joke was on Barry and it didn’t look like he was laughing when his suit was soaked. As for the actual celebrity game, there were few REAL celebs [...]

NBA All-Star Weekend is one of my favorite times of the season. It is without a doubt the best All-Star celebration among all of the major professional sports leagues. Major League Baseball’s home run derby is no match for the NBA slam dunk contest and the 3-point shootout and skills competition simply overpowers the NFL’s [...]

I can’t believe it has been 10 years since Kobe Bryant set up Shaquille O’Neal with that memorable lob pass in Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference finals that resulted in a earth-shaking one-handed slam dunk that changed the landscape of the NBA and ignited one of the best runs in league history. This [...]

Boston’s three-headed monster, the one that has dominated the sporting landscape for the better part of this decade, is close to becoming extinct. Last summer, the Red Sox stumbled out of the American League pennant chase and was forced to watch the hated New York Yankees win the World Series. Then last month, the Patriots [...]