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You know how at the beginning of every NFL season, everyone is 0-0 and has a chance at the Super Bowl? That is not true in the NBA. For fans of five to 10 teams every year, the NBA draft lottery is the Super Bowl. No other sport decides its future...

I was one of eight or 10 media members who got to watch the lottery last night from inside the television studio where the NBA draft order is filmed. It's not quite as cool as being in the secret locked-down room where the lottery actually happens, b...

Chris Copeland's agent, John Spencer, told ESPNNewYork.com on Friday that the Knicks are planning to give the rookie forward a qualifying offer for next season. Spencer also said his client "really wants to return" to the team. "He loves the city,...

MIAMI -- Guard Nate Robinson wants to return to the Chicago Bulls next season, but he isn't sure if the team will have enough cap space to keep him. "I would love to (come back)," said Robinson, whose Bulls were eliminated by the Miami Heat on We...

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Love That Game 7: Monday night marks the second and third Game 7 in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, but that should be no surprise. Over the last 10 NHL seasons (since 2002-03), this is the sixth time that there have been at least three Game 7s pla...

CHICAGO -- When things are going well in Carlos Boozer's world, he loves that he is just feeding off his teammates. The veteran forward goes out of his way to talk about their contributions because he doesn't usually like to talk about his own accomp...

When the Warriors lost David Lee to what the team assumed was a season-ending injury in the team's first playoff game, I was skeptical that Golden State would be able to reconstruct its offense on the fly against an opponent devoting nearly 100 perce...

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

This year, like every year, I found myself thinking about the NCAA tournament during the first round of the NBA playoffs. It's no secret that I love March Madness so much that I use the event as a bookmark for other memories in my life. (For exam...

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

CHICAGO -- In the midst of the Chicago Bulls' preparations for Game 3 against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, Grantland's Bill Simmons offered up a reminder that no matter what happens over the next few weeks, the Bulls always must keep an eye on the ...

Coaching news has rudely interrupted the endless stream of first-round playoff games, as both Charlotte and Cleveland came to major decisions about their head-coaching positions on Tuesday. The Bobcats' semi-surprising decision to fire Mike Dunlap wi...

J.R. Smith recently said that if the Knicks win the championship, he will get a Knicks tattoo. So should fans read anything into the permanency of that potential blue and orange addition? Well, during a "SportsCenter" segment on Monday discussi...

Each week Dick Vitale writes about the sport he loves, college basketball.

One New York hotel, two unhappy basketball teams.