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

...to Oklahoma City for the rights to a forward from Germany who has never played in the NBA. The cost-cutting trade will save more than $10 million for the Jazz, who are well in...

Implications of Maynor deal far-reaching

...German forward Peter Fehse in this trade, but he has no chance of ever playing in the NBA. He's only in the deal because league rules require both teams to receive something in a...

Maynor trade gives Jazz better leverage

...to Oklahoma City for the rights to a 2002 second-rounder who will never play in the NBA -- German forward Peter Fehse -- sliced Utah's luxury-tax bill this season from $12.6 million to...

Tuesday Bullets

...to brag about that. What's cooler -- being more expensive? Or more accessible? Christmas shopping at the NBA Store, and learning some terrible news: The Kevin Garnett made out of legos is not for sale...

The most valuable timeout

...50 mark). In short, they get to do something that we have seen work many times in NBA games. But they had no timeouts. Why? Because they had already used three of them in the...

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

...if you start the jump before you gather the ball. Or, a simpler way to make it NBA street legal is to be careful to jump off just one leg, then land for the jump...

First Cup: Tuesday

...quarter I thought. It kind of just got contagious.' ... The Bulls' collapse was the second worst in NBA history and the worst second-half collapse ever. "That's the first time I've ever been...

Del Negro Watch: A tale from Sloan

...since 1988) that there have been an astounding 235 head coaching changes (including interim coaches) around the NBA during Sloan's 22-season tenure with the Jazz. But once upon a time, Sloan got the...

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

Basketball never mattered less

...see. Kirk Snyder's agent says the talented and athletic guard would like to return to the NBA. But the former Utah, New Orleans, Houston and Minnesota player first has to see what happens with...

First Cup: Monday

...be Larry Bird's greatest nemesis in games of H-O-R-S-E before seeing his NBA career ruined by knee injuries. Sunday night, Bender scored 11 points in 14:42 and basically was...

Wallace's Words Don't Sit Well With Chandler

NEW YORK -- It would be easy to give Gerald Wallace at least partial credit for Tyson Chandler's season-high 14 rebounds in Sunday's 98-94 loss to the...

Late Friday Bullets

...love a bit of humility? The TNT crew calls Deron Williams the best point guard in the NBA. Who doesn't love a pissed off Chris Paul? Since Kiki Vandeweghe took over the Nets have...

My radical position on crunch time performers

...time? Not so fast ... I don't know who the best crunch time player is in the NBA. Before handing out an award like that, I'd dig into all kinds of stuff, like: How...