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A franchise long defined by Dr. Jerry Buss, Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant is coping with a dizzying array of injuries and changes. We examine with J.A. Adande: ...

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There's something about the way Tim Duncan's outlet passes move. J.A. Adande with a killer Kobe "28 assists in two wins" question: "Is it the fancy passing, or a passing fancy?" The Celtics have been okay without Rajon Rondo in the past. But what...

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Another story of some macho college basketball coach allegedly crossing the line in heinous ways. (Via J.A. Adande's Twitter feed.) That it happens sometimes does not shock me. It's an industry with little oversight and huge stakes that attracts and ...

J.A. Adande is asking Blake Griffin all the right questions. How about that dunk, indeed. But to celebrate too much is to show up Kendrick Perkins, the burly starting center on a rival. And to take too much credit is to grandstand at the expense of h...

J.A. Adande does an amazing job explaining the Lakers' season. Here's what I see: Neither Phil Jackson nor Kobe Bryant tried all that hard to keep the rest of the team fired up and focused. Both now blame the season's sorry end on the rest of the tea...

By J.A. Adande Yes, it's a negotiating tactic and, no, I don't believe the NBA will actually contract, but it's sure interesting how persistently David Stern keeps the concept alive. CBSSports.com first reported it, and rather than shooting it...

By J.A. Adande First of all, enough with the nonsense that the picture of Tiger Woods' flubbed chip shot headed straight toward the camera is the greatest sports photos of all time. It doesn't even belong in the same gallery as the Bobby Orr Stanl...

By J.A. Adande As a conclusion to LeBron Week, and with a nod to Henry Abbott, here are a few Friday afternoon bullets as I try to clear my mind of all things LeBron: If Dan Gilbert really thought so little of LeBron James then why was...

By J.A. Adande Never in our country's history has one person meant so much to a major town as LeBron James does to Cleveland. It's almost become counter-productive. Would you want to live in a city that's totally dependent on one person, even if t...

By J.A. Adande With the prospect of Phil Jackson leaving the Lakers edging closer to reality and the thought of the Hornets trading Chris Paul entering the realm of possibility, my mind's in overdrive. You see, sometimes I combine various tidbits ...

By J.A. Adande It might be hard to fathom in a time when Stephen Strasburg is pitching in the big leagues seemingly right after baseball's draft, when Derrick Rose leads a team to the playoffs as a rookie not long after LeBron James saved a franch...

By J.A. Adande Phil Jackson shouldn't take it personally should he and the Lakers part ways this summer, even if it comes right after a championship. It happens to the best of them. Like Jerry West. Or Phil Jackson. West stepped aside as the La...

By J.A. Adande This goes down as a first. Never before have I asked a question that led to a protest. Phil Jackson has a variety of interests beyond basketball, so back on May 4, at his pregame news conference before the Lakers played the Jazz...

By J.A. Adande For some players it's already time to analyze every facial expression and pronoun, so let the record show that as Utah power forward Carlos Boozer sat in front of his locker and absorbed the Jazz's second-round sweep at the hands of...