Deron Williams (photo. Monte Isom)
Of all the Chris Paul vs. Deron Williams head-to-heads we have seen and will see over the years, last night’s won’t exactly go down in history. The Jazz got the win — which has kind of been the norm in the series so far — clinching the Northwest Division and proving […]

Ben Gordon (photo. Stephen Hill)
Is it really possible that this comic tragedy of season could culminate in a playoff berth for the Bulls? Things have been so crazy around this team that someone needs to write a book (if the beat writers are unavailable, we nominate Joakim Noah), and yet here it is six weeks […]

Raja Bell (Photo. Brandon Sullivan)
The Suns are rolling right now. Since last week’s loss to the Clips, when they got fricasseed by Sam Cassell, Phoenix has run off four straight W’s: they pieced the Lakers on national TV, smacked the Wolves and Nets with little trouble, and last night mounted a fourth-quarter comeback to take […]

LeBron on Dime #31
If you stayed awake long enough during Cavs/Raptors, you caught the fourth quarter when LeBron went nuts and scored 24 points to put the Raps to bed and finish with 39 points, 11 boards and 8 assists. ‘Bron hit a handful of threes during the run and did most of his damage […]

Photo. Tim Tadder
After his breakout postseason, Baron Davis is looking for long-term love. He’s got two years and about $33.5 million left on his deal with Golden State, but could opt out after this season — which he says he’ll do if he doesn’t get an extension signed in the next couple weeks. Obviously you […]

Photo. Jonathan Mannion
Who’s had a worse offseason than the Heat? First they lost Jason Kapono to Toronto. Then there were some very public swings-and-misses with Mo Williams and Grant Hill (not to mention Steve Blake). And the Heat didn’t even get a chance to make a run at Rashard Lewis, but it turns out there’s […]

Part of following free agency is being bombarded with lists of which teams are after which players. So here’s what we were hearing as of this morning: Gerald Wallace has the Mavs, Warriors, Grizzlies, Heat, Bucks, Magic, Blazers and Bobcats after him; Mikki Moore’s agent says about 15-20 teams have been in contact, including the […]