Delonte West to Russia?… NBA Players Beware of the Euroleague Move

Now it's Delonte West. The Cleveland Cavaliers point guard, a restricted free agent, is mulling a two-year, $10 million offer to play for Dynamo Moscow. Last week Cavs shooting guard Daniel Gibson signed a five-year, $20.8 million deal, which is the most Cleveland is expected to offer West. Because of his free agent status Cleveland can match any offer another NBA [read more...]

Straight Guy For The Queer Eye: NBA Uniforms Still Not Gay Enough

When former NBA player John Amaechi became the first pro basketball player to announce that he was gay back in 2007, I was thoroughly impressed with his courage and hoped perhaps it was a beacon of light, an invitation for other homosexual athletes -- who might have been living a double life -- to reveal their true identity as Super [read more...]

Celtics Step Up

LeBron James and Paul Pierce has the kind of classic playoff duel that harkens back to the days of Bird against Wilkins. Because of Pierce's superior supporting cast stepping up and James missing key shots, the Celtics survived another seven game series. Despite the Celtics inability to play on the road, they've managed to win two series and will now [read more...]

Game 7’s to Decide Who’s for Real (Celtics vs. Cavaliers)

There is no greater phrase than "We go to game 7." All the predictions go out the window at this point because no matter what, anything can happen. For the Boston Celtics, they might be the team under the most pressure of the four teams. The acquistion of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce should have at least made the first [read more...]

Impact Players

It's unlikely there has ever been an NBA regular season with more intriguing storylines than the 2007-08 one. It started last summer, when both Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were traded from last place teams in the Western Conference to the new Beast of the East, the Boston Celtics. That was followed by Lakers star Kobe Bryant demanding a trade, [read more...]

The MVP Debate

I've heard the NBA has an image problem . I've heard the Seattle SuperSonics, a team that won the 1979 NBA Championship and only three years ago won the Northwest Division with a 52-30 record, are on the verge of moving to Oklahoma City and their fans aren't all that happy. I know one of the league's premiere franchises, [read more...]

The New-Look Bulls

Thursday's deadline three-way trade by John Paxson may well go down one day as the move that saved his legacy as GM of the Chicago Bulls. Doing the impossible and trading what is easily one of the NBA's worst current contracts allows Paxson to finally move on from the most egregious error of his tenure. As many have said, losing Wallace is [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Start the Carousel

Now that the season is over for all but two teams (it's just a matter of time, Dallas) in the NBA, the coaching carousel is about to get underway full-time. Already, many highly paid analysts for various newspapers, websites, and magazines have begun to weigh in on who will be coaching next season and where. Presumably these prognosticators have connections [read more...]