What is going on in the NBA right now? Stars everywhere trying to direct themselves to bigger markets. Everyone who doesn’t have the perfect situation wants out to lock themselves into another one. It’s a carousel of truces and pacts, of friendships and partnerships. But everyone loves to say Kobe Bryant isn’t in to all that stuff. He’s the lone wolf out to set everybody straight. But from reports on the inside right now, Bryant is heated at the Lakers’ front office and the direction they’re taking. As we wrote in Smack, some think he could eventually demand a trade. Read More »

Well… we’re getting there. A source who was briefed by the owners and players told CBSSports.com that significant movement has been made toward finalizing a new CBA. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports tweeted that two sources – one on the ownership side and one on the union side – both with direct knowledge of the proposals, were encouraged by the latest movement. One reason for the rumored progress could be that the owners have dropped their insistence on the 50/50 split on the BRI (Basketball Related Income). The BRI has been blamed for talks breaking apart week after week. Is it just us or is this sounding like an NBC sitcom more and more each week? Better yet, the modern Odd Couple with David Stern and Billy Hunter … Read More »

Skip Bayless is the Ghostface Killah of haters. He has longevity. He has classics. He has a huge platform and a brand behind him. He hates on anything that walks or talks. And we laugh at him because he is straight-up comedy and no one takes what he says too seriously.

Last week, we debated on haters and who had it worse: Kobe back in the day or LeBron now. Amazingly, both sides mentioned the ultimate hater, Mr. Bayless. Then this morning, Skip and Stephen A. Smith nearly topped themselves with a long-winded assault on LeBron James’ spot as the best player in the game. It got so bad I think I heard the word egregious at least 15 times. Read More »

In some news that shouldn’t really be a surprise considering how putrid their roster is, the Cavs are possibly looking to trade up to grab the second pick in the NBA Draft. If you’re keeping track, that would leave them with the top two picks in the whole thing, which they would then probably use to take Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams. How would it happen? With a three-team deal involving Detroit and Minnesota. The Cavs would bring in Rip Hamilton and his mighty contract which would be absorbed in the trade exemption from the LeBron trade. They would also get the Pistons’ eighth pick and send that pick, along with the fourth pick to the Wolves for the second pick. Read More »

While word has now spread around the League of Allen Iverson‘s retirement, Stephen A. Smith got up with the Answer to release a statement. While I doubt AI himself wrote this, you know he had to have been involved. You can read it below: Read More »