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Bradford Doolittle writes that Sacramento's Tyreke Evans -- a former rookie of the year with franchise-player potential -- has struggled to live up to expectations with the Kings and now finds himself without a contract extension and a true position.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2012

Less than a week away from the first NBA draft workout in New Jersey, Chad Ford provides an updated list of players scheduled to attend and writes that although there aren't many top prospects, these workouts hold some value for NBA teams.

Blog | Conversation | May 14, 2012

Knicks' Tyson Chandler deserves defensive player of year award.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2012

Oklahoma City has lots of room for improvement before the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 05, 2012

Kevin Durant has been great, but LeBron James deserves MVP.

Story | Conversation | April 04, 2012

John Carroll provides three trades that teams should have made at the deadline.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2012

Doug Gottlieb knows what it's like to come into college as a freshman athlete. And he knows what it's like to have regrets after the conclusion of your college career. To that end, he offers 15 tips for freshmen to make the most of their college years.

Blog | Conversation | September 01, 2011

Shooting 3s ... The legend of McGary It's about 3:15 p.m. PT and we were 45 minutes from the tip of a live television event when Mitch McGary (Chesterton, Ind./Brewster Academy) ripped down down the backboard at Venice Beach on Sunday. Here we a...

Blog | Conversation | August 29, 2011

David Thorpe examines the top undrafted free agents, a group led by Tennessee's Scotty Hopson.

Blog | Conversation | June 27, 2011

With all of the talk about star one-and-done players, sometimes the veteran college ballers get lost in the draft shuffle. Chad Ford takes a look at six upperclassmen who have either improved or hurt their draft positions recently.

Blog | Conversation | January 11, 2011

With a few early-season draft favorites, such as Harrison Barnes, failing to live up to expectations, NBA scouts are giving some players a hard second look, allowing the likes of Donatas Motiejunas and Jon Leuer to rise up draft boards.

Blog | Conversation | December 07, 2010

Fans had high expectations for the Milwaukee Bucks this season, but they just haven't lived up to expectations. Insider's Tom Haberstroh tries to explain why, starting with a series of failures at the offensive end.

Story | Conversation | December 01, 2010

How historically great could the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers be?

Story | Conversation | November 03, 2010

As we await what might be the most important Game 6 in NBA conference semifinals history, Chad Millman talks to a few Vegas handicappers about how they're handling public and wise guy money on Thursday's throwdown.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2010

The Dance Lessons series on conventional NCAA tournament arguments concludes with the question of whether you need a dominant big man to win a title. Short answer: Kentucky's looking pretty good right now ...

Story | Conversation | March 24, 2010

Tom Haberstroh looks at past NCAA tournament teams to see whether NBA-caliber talent is required to win a national championship.

Story | Conversation | March 22, 2010