Today, after 19-years as a TV commentator for NBA games, Bill Walton officially announced his retirement from broadcasting. The Big Red cited back problems as the reason why he is stepping back from his play-by-play with ESPN/ABC. Read More »

His team’s back is against the ropes and their legs are wobbly, so Dwight Howard pulled the only card he had left in the motivational playbook: He made a guarantee. Sort of. “You want me to get up here and say the season is going to be over tomorrow? That’s not what anybody should do or anybody should think,” Howard told reporters going into today’s Game 5. “I believe that we’re going to be going back to L.A.” So it didn’t exactly have the bravado of Jim Fassel’s “We’re GOING to the playoffs” poker speech, or even Mo Namath’s “We’re the best team in basketball” line from the Cavs/Magic series, but Dwight got the point across … Read More »

The first time I ever set foot on the court at Madison Square Garden, I walked over to the wing where Larry Johnson sunk the three as part of his four-point play over Antonio Davis. If I were a Laker fan, this is the moment I’d try to recreate…

Hoop blog The No-Look Pass dug up the TV spot for NBA Jam this morning. And to go with the first commenter on their post, we actually don’t even remember this commercial either …