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 […]

Dirk (photo. Monte Isom)
The main reason it still seems so strange that the Mavs are battling Golden State and Denver for those last couple of Western Conference playoff spots isn’t because Dallas won 67 games last year; it’s because they’re pretty clearly better than the Warriors and Nuggets this year and shouldn’t be underachieving like […]

Photo. Marc Morrison
Two-thirds of Thursday’s NBA schedule saw superstars trying to carry their teams: one got the job done and one didn’t. In Portland, the game was close until the last couple of minutes of the third quarter, when the Rockets went on an 11-0 run sparked by T-Mac and Bobby Jackson. Having a Sacramento […]

Photo. Tadder
Whether he was just trying to build suspense or he’s been operating on J.R. Rider Standard Time, Gilbert Arenas‘ comeback in D.C. was plenty dramatic. After going M.I.A. for morning shootaround and pre-game warmups — even the actually beginning of the game — Gil strode out from the locker room halfway through the first […]

Cuttino helped ruin Starbury’s return
(Photo. Gary Land)
Turns out Isiah might have been right about this week’s soap opera mini-series with Stephon Marbury. Zeke told reporters he and Steph go through little spats at least once a year, but eventually things cool down and go back to normal. Slapped with a gigantic fine for missing the […]

Gil helped us ring in the new year
(Photo. Tim Tadder)
Can you tell we’re a little amped for the start of the regular season? We went into Dime #37 and pulled Gilbert Arenas’ Eastern Conference Preview and Carlos Boozer’s Western Conference Preview and dropped ‘em on the site yesterday. The feedback we got was split — […]