Taking Inventory at Christmastime

The 25-30 game mark is my favorite moment in the NBA season. Come again? What can you possibly glean from December basketball? Oakland A's general ...

First Cup: Thursday

Fred Kerber of the New York Post: "'Twas the night before the night before Christmas ... and the Nets still lost. They had Yi Jianlian back from a kne...

What will next summer's salary cap be?

By Chris Sheridan With NBA gate receipts down less than anticipated, the doomsday scenario of a $6-7 million drop in the salary cap for the 2010-11 s...

Gasol's extension worth $57 million

By Marc Stein Pau Gasol's extension is worth an even $57 million over three seasons, according to figures obtained by ESPN.com. The official numbers...

Merry Christmas, Blazer fans

The Blazers started the year with gaudy depth. Maybe the most depth in the league. One of the positions that was particularly stacked was center, whe...

Wednesday Bullets

An amazing tale of Rod Thorn and his remarkable father. Dan Feldman of PistonPowered on the Pistons, who lost "The Larry Brown Cup" to the Bobcats: "...

First Cup: Wednesday

Joe Freeman of The Oregonian "In a game that was equal parts depressing and exhilarating, the Trail Blazers overcame yet another significant injury to...

Implications of Maynor deal far-reaching

By John Hollinger Coming into the season, we knew that the Oklahoma City Thunder would be able to demand a hefty price for the privilege of renting i...

Maynor trade gives Jazz better leverage

 Sometimes seemingly minor deals have a significant impact on the trade market leaguewide.  Tuesday could well be one of those times.  The Utah Jazz...

Tuesday Bullets

David Thorpe (Insider) on the league's top rookie at the moment: "Teams know Evans wants to get to the rim, but most of them are not able to keep him ...

The most valuable timeout

... is the one you use in the game's final seconds. At other times in the game, timeouts are handy and all. They have some effect, we assume, right...

Jamal Crawford's street-legal shake-n-bake

I just ran across a video how-to of Jamal Crawford's "shake-n-bake." It's a very cool move. Honestly, for Christmas, I'd like that in my game. I...

I thought the Suns were supposed to be in tune with each other

First Cup: Tuesday

Sam Amick of The Sacramento Bee: "When the Kings walked so sheepishly off the United Center floor at halftime against Chicago on Monday night, they ha...

Del Negro Watch: A tale from Sloan

By Chris Sheridan While Chicago Bulls fans try to digest the totality and the implausibility of their blown 35-point lead in Monday night's loss to...