Boston-Atlanta: Where Head-Butting and Not Getting Tossed Happens

I'm wondering if anyone noticed that fact that, just before Game 4 (about 6 p.m.) of the Boston Celtics-Atlanta Hawks matchup the league informed Paul Pierce that he would be fined $25,000 for making a "menacing gesture" during Game 3. The "gesture" Pierce made was said by Commissioner David Stern and his patrolman Stu Jackson to be a "Blood gang [read more...]

Chris Paul, the NBA and the Flop Factor

Chris Paul is overrated. Last night the New Orleans Hornets point guard became the first player in NBA history to start his career with at least 30 points, 10 assists, and three steals in a game. Beautiful. Paul is playing against an ancient point guard in Jason Kidd, an old team in Dallas, and with rules that, if followed, would stop him, [read more...]