NBA Rumours
TRADE WINDS: Knicks, Nets Fire Shots in Battle for N.Y.MADISON SQUARES The Trade: DENVER sends Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, Sheldon Williams and Renaldo Balkman to New York. They also land and send Minnesota Timberwolves guard Corey Brewer...
NBA TAKE 5: Yao Ready or Not?OPEN ENDED – With the Matt Barnes deal teetering the Toronto Raptors have had a string of premature leakage of information from their involved parties. While many media had gotten wind of the Barnes...
Turkoglu Out As Raps RemodelIt may not qualify as a complete blow-up but in the aftermath of Chris Bosh’s departure the Toronto Raptors have been one of the most active teams in the NBA. After finally accomplishing a sign and trade...
Team Reports
SUNS: Gortat Escapes Orlando in Search of Shine
Marcin Gortat was lost in Orlando. Even after signing his first major NBA contract last year he knew his opportunities would be limited in with the Magic, a team that features big time player and big minute...
HEAT: Overrated Bosh Returns as Underrated Star
If you are looking at statistics to determine power forward Chris Bosh’s value to the Miami Heat this season you’d be asking to be misled. If you are still stuck with the image of Bosh trying desperately...
Johnson Steals the Love
Playing his first game since his initial snub from the All-Star weekend Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love had money on his mind. Fitting then that his first shot against the reeling Toronto Raptors...
Columns
SONOFAGUN: Future of the East is Heat vs. Knicks
“This is the series everybody wanted,” said Miami Heat forward LeBron James when it was determined that his team would be facing the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA playoffs. Not so fast...
CHEAP SEAT: Perkins Worth as Celtic Overblown
Did the trade that sent big man Kendrick Perkins and guard Nate Robinson to the Oklahoma Thunder for bigs Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green make the Boston Celtics better? Probably not. Did it make them worse?...
SONOFAGUN: Allen Making Mark with Grizzlies
“DeMar who?” was the response Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen gave at his visitor’s locker when asked about the defensive effort versus DeMar DeRozan’s low-impact 25 points in the Grizzlies...
Blogs
10-POINTER: NBA Greats, Fates and Mistakes
10-POINTER If my world was a basketball game I’d have 10-pointers. For a writer, three just isn’t enough. There are too many great things that come in tens, like fingers, taxi vouchers, the commandments...
THE BASKETBALL SAMURAI: The Hated LeBron James
“You’re nobody ‘till somebody kills you” – Biggie Smalls Last week during the unprecedented mega-media presentation of his free agent decision LeBron James said he didn’t want to make an emotional...
THE BASKETBALL SAMURAI: The Business of Bosh
The public business end of Chris Bosh’s free agency saga, spit in large part through his twitter account, took another turn this week when word of a “top five” list of preferred destinations was...