Dirk Nowitzki (Photo. Monte Isom)
Thirty-four seconds left in the game, Mavericks down by two to San Antonio, and where was their shiny new Hall of Fame point guard? On the bench. Jason Kidd (7 pts, 10 asts, 2 stls) hadn’t fouled out, and he hadn’t played a bad game; Avery Johnson simply went with a […]

Awwwwdaaaamn!
Here’s the problem with the Cavs: While their #1 is one of the five best players in the world and has playing better than anyone anywhere for the last month or so, 2-through-12 they’ve got a collection of talent that’s subpar at best. Hence the .500 record for most of this season, and hence the […]

The more we look at the Ricky Davis/Antoine Walker trade, we have to wonder: What did Ricky do so wrong to make Minnesota want to dump him for ‘Toine — who might get bought out and never even play for them — and 1.5 big men? (The 0.5 is for the half season Wayne Simien […]

Nate’s passing now?
(Photo. Colin Brennan)
The NBA went 3-1 yesterday in its World Tour preseason schedule: the Knicks smashed Maccabi Tel Aviv at MSG, the Rockets worked over Panathinaikos (Greece) in Houston, and the Grizzlies demo’d some mediocre Spanish team called The Students across the water. The Raptors — minus Chris Bosh — lost a close […]

G.O. gives Christian nutrition tips.
The Oregonian ran a big feature on Greg Oden over the weekend, in which we learned a few things about the rookie:
* Trying to gain back the weight he lost after tonsil surgery, Oden is housing two double-cheeseburgers, fries and a pop every night at 1 a.m. His favorite spot to […]

Today’s NBA talk is going to be all about the huge Mavs/Suns matchup in Dallas, the game we’ve all been looking forward to for months. Although it’s a little dampened by Dallas’ loss to Golden State the other day, this is still easily the biggest regular season Game of the Year as far as pre-game […]

You would double-team this guy, right?
Even if the NBA is more of a perimeter player’s league now, there are still certain low-post threats that simply have to be double-teamed. For example, the Pistons chose to single-cover Shaq last night with a collection of Antonio McDyess, Dale Davis, Nazr Mohammed and others, and they got a […]