With the Nets recently hiring Avery Johnson as head coach, effectively removing him from the Hawks coaching search, the team is now down to three candidates: Larry Drew, Mark Jackson and Dwane Casey. Each candidate brings a different perspective to the job with varying degrees of playing and coaching experience. Here is how they breakdown: Read More »

As I wrote the other day, if you are in the NYC area tomorrow, come by the House of Hoops in Harlem if you want to meet Carmelo Anthony. He’ll be doing a Q&A in the store, and we’ve heard there will be some special stuff going down. Also, to create some energy surrounding the World Basketball Festival, ‘Melo will be kicking off Jordan Brand’s legendary Breakfast Club series with trainer Idan Ravin. While the location for this is undisclosed, just know that the 23 kids lucky enough to participate will go home with more basketball knowledge than they came with. Read More »

We know this video has been out for a couple days, but that doesn’t make it any less funny. As the preeminent master of the game-winning shot, no one can argue that Kobe Bryant is the best “Kloser” on the court. Check out the latest video from Vitamin Water, which gives you a glimpse of what else needs some “Klosing.”

The other day, Paul Pierce talked about Nate Robinson and the importance a change of scenery has had on the fifth-year guard. Pierce was quoted as saying this about the Celtics impact on Robinson: Read More »

When you think of basketball in the summertime in New York City, there are certain things that come to mind. Playing basketball in the middle of Times Square is not one of those things, but come this August, things are about to change. This summer, Nike and USA Basketball are bringing the world’s best basketball teams to NYC for the inaugural World Basketball Festival, a four-day celebration of the performance and culture of the game. Read More »

If you were to tell me that after Game 4 in Boston, the two Celtics players doing the post-game interview were going to be Nate Robinson and Glen Davis, I would have never believed you. But as you already know, they stole the show. Take the time to watch this interview that ends with Nate comparing the two to Shrek & Donkey. Priceless.

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I understand that Paul Pierce had the momentum after getting the and-one, but did he really have to clock the referee in the face?

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With the World Cup now upon us, and the FIBA World Basketball Championship right around the corner this summer, I decided to compare the national soccer and basketball teams of some of the planet’s powerhouses: Brazil, Germany, France, Argentina, Spain, England/Great Britain and the USA. How does each country’s team stack up in terms of recent success, individual stars, and world ranking? Read More »

The NBA is a superstar’s league. Kobe, LeBron, D-Wade, Superman. Even when we get multiple superstars on the same team, we give ‘em one nickname, like the Big Three or the Twin Towers — it makes for quicker sound bytes and more clever headlines. So when the Celtics began the fourth quarter of last night’s Game 4 with an un-superstar lineup of Nate Robinson, Tony Allen, Big Baby Davis and Rasheed Wallace on the court alongside Ray Allen, who really thought that lineup would dominate L.A.’s starters and pave the way for the Celtics win to even up the series? … Read More »

Why the Celtics won: The bench. Big Baby Davis, Nate Robinson, Tony Allen and Rasheed Wallace dominated the fourth quarter with their hustle, defense, rebounding, clutch shot-making, and infectious energy. Despite some boneheaded technical fouls by Nate and ‘Sheed (Ray Allen, the only starter on the floor, looked like a 6th-grade teacher at the end of his rope), they couldn’t have done their jobs better. By the time Rondo, Pierce and KG returned, L.A. was too far behind to catch up. Read More »