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2013 NBA Playoffs

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

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After a long regular season, the NBA playoffs will begin on Saturday with four games. Another four will play on Sunday. Every single game will be played to a national audience.
Here’s a snapshot at who will be facing off in the first round.
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Oklahoma City Thunder (1) […]

Rockets Tie NBA Record with 23 3-Pointers

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Houston dismantled Golden State Tuesday night with a 140-109 rout.  Houston tied an NBA record 23 3-pointers and attempted to break the record with time running out.  Marc Jackson, coach of the Warriors, didn’t take too kindly to the record attempt.
Jeremy Lin sank five 3-pointers, a career high, and Chandler Parsons and James Harden hit […]

Nets Fire Avery Johnson

Friday, December 28th, 2012

After starting the season 11-4, the Brooklyn Nets have gone just 3-10 in December and sit at 14-14.  Just 24 months removed from being the named the Eastern Conference coach of the month, the Nets have fired coach Avery Johnson.  Johnson was in the final year of a 3 year $12 million dollar deal.
A list […]

Clippers Win 15th Straight

Friday, December 28th, 2012

Don’t look now but the Los Angeles Clippers have become the talk of LA.  The Clippers crushed the Boston Celtics last night 106-77 to win 15 in row.
Matt Barnes tied a season high with 21 points and scored the first five points of the game.  Jamal Crawford added 17 points and Chris Paul had 11 […]

Magic Johnson Critical of Lakers

Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Magic Johnson made it very clear he was not in favor of the Lakers hiring Mike D’Antoni as head coach, a few days after the Lakers fired Mike Brown just 5 games into the season.

Magic felt strongly that the Lakers should have hired Phil Jackson and that he was the only coach qualified to lead […]

It’s NBA Time…

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

The wait is over for NBA fans as the 2012-13 season tips off tonight with 3 games on the big board.
First game tips at 7pm with the Washington Wizards visiting the Cleveland Cavaliers, at 8pm we have the Boston Celtics at the defending NBA champs, Miami Heat and finally to cap things off at 10:30pm […]

Mega NBA Trade

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

One of the biggest NBA trades in recent history sent Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers, Andrew Bynum to the Philadelphia 76ers and Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets.
The drama Dwight Howard has caused over the past two seasons about where he wants to play will finally come to an end.  He’ll end up […]

Larry Bird to Step Down as Pacers President

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

Larry Bird will be stepping down as Pacers president in the upcoming days due to some reported health issues.  Bird, 55, is “100% sure he will leave”, according to sources.
Bird served as the head coach of the Pacers from 1997 to 2000 and the team’s president since 2003. He was named Executive of the Year […]

Rockets Making a Push for Dwight Howard?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

The Houston Rockets have agreed to trade small forward Chase Budinger and the rights to Israeli Lior Eliyahu to the Timberwolves in exchange for the No. 18 pick in the draft.  This gives the Rockets the #14, #16 and #18 picks in the upcoming 2012 NBA Draft.  Are they preparing to make a push to […]

Lakers Attempting to Deal Gasol?

Monday, June 18th, 2012

It appears like the Lakers are once again trying to deal Pau Gasol.  Gasol is due $40 million over the last 2 years of his contract.
There is speculation that the Memphis Grizzlies could be interested in Gasol to play with his brother Marc.  Most likely the Grizzlies would need to trade Zach Randolph.
Gasol is not […]