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By now we've all heard the latest twist in the LeBron James saga. Last week it was that LeBron wanted to go wherever Chris Paul ended up, assuming he could orchestrate a trade out of New Orleans. This week, it's that LeBron James and Chris Bosh to the Bulls is a "done deal" according to the New York Times, which quoted an anonymous league executive.  While it's not beyond the realm of ...

As America watched the 2010 NBA Draft Lottery tonight, there were most likely some NBA players watching with severe apprehension.  Devin Harris, Jonny Flynn and others were wondering what would happen to their position should their teams land the coveted number one spot.  Those players are breathing sighs of relief, but there's one player who should be jumping for joy: Gilbert Arenas.  With John Wall on board, finally Gilbert Arenas can realize his ...

Who knows how these things get started? An offhand comment here, a journalist hungry for an idea there, and all of a sudden the NBA world is abuzz with the thought that Dirk Nowitzki might leave the only basketball team he's ever known for a chance at a ring. But as Karl Malone proved, joining a loaded team at the end of your career isn't necessarily a surefire way to ...

The Dallas Mavericks had some terrible stretches in Game Five, just like in Game Four. The only difference was that this time it came in garbage time instead of with the game on the line.  But the Mavericks were able to get some quality garbage time (and just so you know how garbage it was, Matt Carroll logged a few minutes) due to the two ex-Wizards, Brendan Haywood and Caron Butler, ...

Sunday, April 25, 9:46 EST. I am curled up on the shower, sobbing as the water washes over me, a la Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura when he discovered the truth about Lois Einhorn/Ray Finkle. My beloved Mavericks just blew game four of the best-of-seven series to go down 3-1, and a once-promising season looks to be going down the drain like oh so many tears. It could be argued ...

It's April again, and that means it's time for the Mavericks and Spurs to face off in the first round of the playoffs again.  These teams have changed a lot since last year, and while both teams have improved, have the Spurs improved enough to not only make the series more competitive, but to beat the Mavs?   Shiny New Faces What's interesting about this series is that recent history has almost no bearing ...

Generally, I try to avoid "picking" opponents to play in the postseason. In 2008, myself and most Mavericks fans badly wanted to play the Hornets, when the alternatives were the Jazz, Lakers, and Spurs.  Well, we got what we wanted, and then were summarily ousted by the Hornets in five games, and we had the luxury of being the punch-line to Chris Paul's emergence as the best point guard in the ...

It's a nice problem to have, too much talent. It's a problem that I dare say the Dallas Mavericks are facing this season.  They've faced it for the past few years, one might argue that the Mavericks have had a habit of unearthing talent at the power forward position. The problem there is that Dirk Nowitzki is going to get most of the minutes there, so people like Brandon Bass, Kris Humphries, ...

If you're like me, when you heard NBA Jam was coming to the Nintendo Wii, you were excited/a little hungry. Who doesn't remember catching fire, half-court dunks, draining corner threes and all that other cool stuff that came with playing the most successful arcade game of all time? My favorite wasn't the dunks as much as playing with the Phoenix Suns, Kevin Johnson and Charles Barkley. My favorite move was the ...

I wrote a post a week or two ago wondering whether or not the Mavericks' low point differential foretold an early playoff exit, despite the way the Mavericks are playing as of late.  I didn't come to any concrete conclusion, but I think what we all took away from it was that point differential was important, but not essential.  Well, John Hollinger runs his power rankings every day, and as one might ...