When Kevin Love went down with a hand injury this preseason, Minnesota’s frontcourt of Love and Al Jefferson was cut in half. That’s why it made complete sense for them to find a good, young and cheap replacement in the meantime. Enter Nathan Jawai. Read More »

Ever since Shawn Marion left the Suns, his star power declined as we saw his numbers go down. Four seasons ago, the Matrix was one of the leagues most productive players averaging 21.8 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. Last year, Marion split time between the Heat and Raptors and averaged 12.9 ppg (lowest since his rookie year) , 8.5 rpg, 1.3 spg and 1.0 bpg. Not terrible, but definitely not all-star stats.

This begs the question: Has Shawn Marion lost a step or has he just not been used correctly? Mark Cuban seems to think the latter. Read More »

Stephen Jackson is 25 K lighter in the pockets and we’re somewhat responsible. But does that make me lose any sleep? Not really, since he chose to say it and the loss is not even a half percent of his $7.65 million salary. And let’s be honest, he knew exactly what he was doing (but probably didn’t realize what it would cost him). But considering the way it went down, I find that fine highly excessive for a couple of reasons. Read More »

On Friday, we broke the story that Stephen Jackson wanted out of the Bay. After missing the postseason for two straight years, Captain Jack expressed his desire to leave the Warriors and catch on with a playoff team. He listed five teams he’d want to suit up for in ‘09-10: the Mavericks, Cavs, Spurs, Rockets and the Knicks.

I broke down each scenario. Read More »

It must be hard to be in the NBA when nobody wants you. Like Quentin Richardson this summer, or Jamaal Tinsley all last year when the Pacers emptied his locker and told him to stay away, sometimes you just don’t fit into a team’s plans. That appears to be the situation surrounding current Maverick Nathan Jawai, and I don’t know why. Read More »

I’m pretty sure that Mark Cuban could sell snow to eskimos, because that’s the only thing that makes sense in my mind when I read that Toronto might take Matt Carroll (and the $16,400,000 he’s owed over the next four seasons) off Dallas’ hands in exchange for Marcus Banks. Sure Banks is making almost $10 million over the next two years (which is crazy!), but at least the dude has shown that he can play in the NBA… or at least the NBA Summer League.

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Just when you thought Mark Cuban was going to replace Brandon Bass with Marcin Gortat, the Orlando Magic decided they wanted to have both as they surprisingly matched the Mavs’ five-year, $34-million offer sheet. Read More »

Though Brandon Bass was rock-solid for the Mavs during the last three games of their second-round loss to the Nuggets, he’s as good as gone from Dallas.

Maybe Mark Cuban has been spending too much time watching Danny Ainge pluck over-the-hill talent instead of up-and-comers. Read More »

After back-to-back championships, you might say that the Florida Gators haven’t been playing too well for the past couple years. But you definitely can’t say that about Nick Calathes. Despite not seeing him play in the Big Dance, Calathes could very well be the best player picked in the second round. Read More »

Usually when one party in a dispute apologizes in a really public forum, everything dies down. But Kenyon Martin isn’t about to let Mark Cuban off the hook. Instead of coming to Martin in person, Cuban posted an apology on his blog. That’s a great way to get the message out to everyone who watches NBA games, but for those who actually play in them, perhaps the face-to-face apology is a better idea. Read More »