Chris Paul (photo. David Deal)
The Charlotte/Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets are a relatively young franchise. Next season will be their 20th in the NBA since joining as an expansion team, and in that time the Hornets have only advanced past the first round of the playoffs five times. When you think of ESPN Classic moments involving […]

Latrell Sprewell was one of the truly unique players of this generation. Is there a current-day NBA player you can think of who reminds you of Spree?

And after you watch the above clip, WATCH THIS.

I don’t remember this at all.

Tyson Wheeler (photo. URI)
Doing some research over the weekend, I came across a database for pro teams in Italy operating under the FIBA umbrella. Some names on the rosters you might recognize:
* Danya Abrams (Boston College)
* William Avery (Duke)
* Thomas Gardner (Missouri)
* Vincent Grier (Minnesota)
* A.J. Guyton (Indiana)
* Junior Harrington (Denver Nuggets)
* Ivan Harris (Ohio […]

LeBron (photo. Mannion)
Before Game 6 of the Cavs/Wizards series got out of hand, there was a play in the second half where Delonte West was leading a 3-on-2 break with Wally Szczerbiak and LeBron filling the lanes. Seeing the potential for what could happen, both Washington defenders focused their attention on LeBron, surrendering a wide […]

Word just came down a few minutes ago that Avery Johnson has been fired as the Mavericks head coach.
Knee-jerk reaction by Mark Cuban? Looks like it. How often do you see a coach fired after a 51-win season and losing a playoff series in which they didn’t have home court advantage? How often do you […]

All due respect to what Steve Nash has been for the Suns in the past, but last night wasn’t exactly his best work. Watching Nash commit multiple turnovers and brick shots down the stretch, some longtime Phoenix fans might have even been pining for the good ol’ days of this man: Kevin Johnson.

Luke: Jackie Moon of the D-League
The decisive Game 3 of the D-League championship will tip-off tonight (NBA TV, 9:30 p.m. EST) between the Austin Toros and the Idaho Stampede. Before the game I got a few minutes with Luke Jackson and Josh McRoberts of the Stampede, two guys playing in the D-League under very different […]

Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley, Derek Fisher, Nate Robinson, T.J. Ford, Gilbert Arenas … please take four minutes out of your day and watch this. And for everyone else, tell me this man wasn’t the prototype for what Steve Nash is today.

Michael Redd (photo. Hill)
How does a (non-interim) NBA coach get fired after just 100 games when his team was never that good to begin with? An admitted lack of communication with the players and not getting along with your only All-Star can do the trick.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has this about since-deposed coach Larry Krystkowiak’s downfall:
“As […]

Remember when Toronto fans couldn’t get enough of Vince Carter? This video is back from 2001, when “Air Canada” dropped 52 points on A.I.’s Sixers in the second round of the playoffs. It was during this same series, of course, that Vince made the controversial decision to go to his UNC graduation on the same […]