Those are supposedly the words of Clippers’ owner Donald Sterling. Last week, Sterling came into the Clippers locker room in a hysterical fit following L.A.’s loss to San Antonio, basically ranting and raving at his entire club.

As details continue to emerge, this episode paints Sterling as a complete lunatic. Read More »

Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley is a lot of things – an American businessman, a billionaire, a philanthropist – but one thing he is not is a fool.

After purchasing the Grizzlies franchise in 2000 and then orchestrating the move of the team from Vancouver to Memphis in 2001, Heisley knows exactly what he’s doing. And despite the Grizzlies’ current record, he has them prepped to compete in the Western Conference for years to come. Read More »

Back in January, it looked like Shaun Livingston‘s NBA career was pretty much over. Once you’re waived by the Grizzlies, things are not looking very promising for you chances in the L.

Over the weekend though, some good news broke concerning Shaun as signed a deal with the NBA Development League’s Tulsa 66′ers. In his first game, Read More »

You know that when Rick Pitino is bleeped out calling Laettner an “asshole,” there’s a part of him that isn’t acting…

There are three schools of thought choosing the MVP. (1) Pick the guy who did the most with the least. (2) Pick the best player on the best team. (3) Choose the guy who should have won the year before.

With his dude clearly in the hunt, Mike Brown has decided to align himself with one of these philosophies, making the early push for LeBron.

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Going into yesterday’s Suns/Spurs game, Smack reader “that’s what’s up” probably put it best: “It’s getting so bad that I’m actually hoping the Spurs only win by 10, as not to humiliate the Suns any further.” That’s what this alleged rivalry has come to, with San Antonio absolutely owning Phoenix to the point where they can walk into the Suns’ gym and feel like it’s their house — so when the two play in Texas, it’s like the Spurs can beat them on autopilot … Read More »

As much as I loved the Eric Gordon return (we’ll get there in a second), we’re giving last night’s Fantasy MVP to the big German. Sure he didn’t hit any threes, but Dirk went for 34 points, 9 boards, 7 assists and 2 blocks. There is a whole lot to go over on this clock moving Sunday. Here we go. Read More »

If the Blazers are going to be a legit championship contender someday — like before Greg Oden needs a hip replacement — they need to get in the habit of putting away inferior teams early and not making things so hard on themselves. Earlier in the week, Portland needed 14-0 run in the fourth quarter and some Brandon Roy free throws in the final seconds to beat the Danny Granger-less Pacers, and it turned around and hurt them in the following night’s huge divisional game in Denver, where the Blazers were clearly exhausted. Last night, the Blazers struggled to get past a T’Wolves team (sans Al Jefferson) they really should have smashed, which could come back to bite them when they face the Lakers tomorrow … Read More »

The Hawks, despite losing two in a row to the Knicks and Bobcats, are very quietly sitting at 34-28 in the upper crust of Eastern Conference playoff teams. That hasn’t stopped the drama though, evidenced by the reported clash between Josh Smith and Mike Woodson during halftime of last night’s game against Charlotte. Read More »

I could literally give Dwyane Wade the fantasy MVP just about every time he plays at this point. Wade was ridiculous again yesterday and although he once again was a turnover machine (8) he scored 42 points on an insane 74% from the field. That’s unheard of for a guard. He also had 8 assists, 6 boards, and 3 threes. Wade’s playing on a level that we’ve never seen from him. That being said, there were a number of fantasy standouts yesterday and things to watch out for. Read More »