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In this week's "That's What She Said," Sarah Spain invites you to pull up a virtual seat alongside her and follow some of her favorite funny sources for NBA tweets.

When Dwight Howard becomes a free agent on July 1, he has a chance to rectify the damage he's done to his reputation by making a necessary, bold move. He should sign with Houston.

It's become an annual question for commissioner David Stern: Can the NBA do something about teams that sit stars? Maybe this debate is about something else.

It would have been perfect if Griner had told Cuban to spend more time worrying about the Mavericks' playoffs chances than her NBA possibilities.

College basketball has been bad this season. And because the NCAA tournament is such a good postseason setup, college basketball will inevitably get a pass, despite being largely unwatchable.

The impatience the Lakers showed is commonplace across sports. A Finals appearance, much less a championship, does little to ensure a future job among fans and owners concerned with the here and now.

It's a strange NBA world right now. Thirty-five is the new 25, and rivalries among players and teams seem to be as shallow as a Kim Kardashian marriage.

With Jonathan Coachman and Jemele Hill ESPN NBA Insider Chris Broussard says if the Nets land Joe Johnson, they'll pass on Dwight Howard. Broussard talks about leverage between Howard and the Magic, and the likely destinations for Deron Williams and...

Monday, Jonathan Coachman and Jemele Hill host from the Bristol, CT studios. They'll welcome AP NBA writer Brian Mahoney (1:45 p.m. ET), ESPN MLB analyst Rick Sutcliffe (2:30 p.m.) and ESPN NBA Insider Chris Broussard (3:30 p.m.). Email us at (svp@...

With Rece Davis and Jemele Hill filling in on The Herd Thursday, here's a few podcast links with Celtics-Heat chatter before tonight's Game 6 at TD Garden: ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg | Heat Index's Brian Windhorst | NBA analyst Jon Barry...

If the rationale behind ousting coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith was to make staying in Orlando more appealing to Dwight Howard, the Magic failed.

Andrew Bynum was having such a spectacular year, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that trading him was out of the question. Given his actions in the first round of the playoffs, it shouldn't be.

Metta World Peace should be held to a higher and different standard. He needs to be suspended at least 10 games, and league officials would be justified if they decided on an indefinite suspension.

Jemele Hill makes a key point, saying: "It's not tanking, it's strategizing." If the incentives are set up properly, nobody should be able to say that. Ideally, the system would reward the teams that are always trying to win. One way that could...

We always want The Next Big Thing, an athlete who can dominate over years, not just a weekend or a stretch of midseason games. Is it Bubba Watson? Jeremy Lin? Does it matter?

ESPN.com's Jemele Hill did a very nice, tight column this week explaining how the lives of professional athletes are connected to the life and death of Trayvon Martin. Contrast that to ESPN's bouncing back and forth on whether its talent can post ...