For a team in search of talent to add to their roster, looking at the list of available unrestricted free agents is depressing. While sure there are guys that are worthy of an NBA jersey, getting legit NBA minutes is a whole other story. While the prizes on the market are still clearly Allen Iverson, Lamar Odom and Andre Miller, here are the ten best available free agents left: Read More »

There are a lot of crazy stats and records out there, but I doubt any compare to this: Jason Kidd has recorded regular season triple-doubles against 27 of the league’s 30 teams. Considering he’s played on only three different squads throughout his NBA career, that’s quite impressive. But the question is, will he be able to make the clean sweep? Read More »

This was gonna be a list of Five Bold Predictions for 2010, but I couldn’t think of the other four. So here it is:

Pat Riley will be the Lakers’ next coach.

Championship or not, Phil Jackson is only coaching one more season. And there are only a handful of coaches who are (1) good enough to take on a team of the Lakers’ caliber and (2) strong-willed enough to handle all that comes with coaching that franchise in that city. Read More »

While you may have heard yesterday that Olympiakos – the same team that lured Josh Childress over to Greece – is interested in Knicks point guard Nate Robinson, apparently the Greek team is willing to give Nate up to five million reasons why he should learn to like souvlaki. Read More »

For starters, in no way do I think breakups are comical or should be made fun of — unless it’s a couple that got together on a reality show. So if this was, like, “Real” and “Cornfed” from “Real Chance of Love” breaking up, I’d have jokes. Since it’s not, I’ll just rehash the facts.

Richard Jefferson, who last I’d heard was married to Trinidadian supermodel Teresa Lourenco (I’m slacking on my gossip-page reading), had been engaged to somebody else since 2007 — a former New Jersey Nets dancer — and was supposed to get married over the weekend. But according to FOXSports.com… Read More »

Coming into the League, Anthony Randolph earned comparisons to Lamar Odom and Tayshaun Prince. In the scheme of prospects, that’s actually pretty high praise. (Jonny Flynn‘s “best-case” comparison on Draft Express is Earl Watson.) But, seeing as Randolph has been a complete monster in the summer league thus far, should we raise his comparison ceiling?

If Ron Artest just inked a three-year, $18 million deal to come to Los Angeles, what business does Lamar Odom have holding out for nothing less than five years, $50 mil?

This seems silly. The Lakers’ management had an offer to Lamar Odom on the table for about a week worth $36 million over four years or $30 million over three. They’re already sporting the League’s largest pay role. But L.O. won’t budge. So now they’ve taken the deal off the table. Read More »

Big night in the Vegas Summer League, where the “veterans” outshined the rookies and toyed with some of the scrubs. Anthony Randolph continued his MVP-caliber run, dropping 42 points (13-22 FG, 16-21 FT), four steals and three blocks on the Bulls while looking like a more athletic version of Chris Bosh. Randolph has shown flashes in college and during his rookie year; we know, It’s Just Summer League, but the guy is looking like he’s gonna be a beast in the NBA. Few power forwards in the League have his athleticism and few small forwards have his size, making him an instant matchup problem. Read More »

Perhaps in conjunction with MLB’s All-Star Game being played tonight, NBA TV re-ran a bunch of old All-Star Games all day. One of my favorites is still the ’01 version, when Allen Iverson and Stephon Marbury led an East comeback and A.I. got the MVP after scoring 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. Check for cameos by Anthony Mason, Sprewell, Kobe‘s ‘fro, Vlade and GP.

Although this video is two years old, that doesn’t make it any less amazing…