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So, it's five days into free agency and we still don't know where LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh will be playing next season. Just because the Big Three haven't decided, however, doesn't mean we haven't had our fair share of action in the first few days. From a Darko Milicic sighting to two $100 million contracts, NBA owners have been emptying their pockets left and right so far. (So much ...

Sixty players saw their NBA dreams come true this past Thursday night at the 2010 NBA draft. Many more were left out in the cold. While some prospects made NBA history—Latavious Williams was the first player in history to be drafted out of the D-League—others have now gone down in NBA infamy. (See: Scottie Reynolds, the first undrafted All-American in NBA history.) Now, for the undrafted players to earn an ...

I'll be the first to admit it: When news broke that the Sixers considered Doug Collins the favorite to replace Eddie Jordan as their new coach, I was consumed with an overwhelming feeling of dread. Doug Collins? What is this, 1995 again? Personally, I had been holding out the slight hope that the Sixers would draw their coaching search out before eventually offering the job to Celtics defensive mastermind Tom Thibodeau (then ...

Throughout the playoffs, Celtics coach Doc Rivers has consistently been preaching the same message to his players: Don't try to be the hero. “We are who we are,” Rivers said before Game Five against the Cleveland Cavaliers . “We don’t need anyone to play hero basketball. We have to be a team. We’re good when we’re a team.” While LeBron James was giving Rivers a clinic on what happens when your best ...

How's that humble pie tasting, Mr. Stoudemire? Fresh off saying that the Lakers' Lamar Odom got "lucky" by scoring 19 points, and gathering 19 rebounds in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Amar'e put up his second straight no-show defensively, while Odom put up his second straight double-double (17 points and 11 rebounds in Game 2). "I'm not giving him no hype right now; he had a lucky game in Game ...

Now that the Wizards have landed the No. 1 overall pick despite only having a 10.3 percent chance to do so, they've won the right to draft John Wall if they so choose. If you listen to Wizards forward Andray Blatche, the Wizards "have no choice but to" draft Wall with the No. 1 pick.  That's despite the fact they have their incumbent point guard, Gilbert Arenas, returning from his year-long ...

Despite only having a 6 percent chance at landing the No. 2 pick, the Sixers pulled out a miracle and completely defied the odds on Tuesday night. A few weeks back, I profiled five players the Sixers should draft at No. 6. I'm happy to report that list is now completely meaningless. Now, much like the formerly-Seattle Supersonics three years ago, the Sixers find themselves literally in the easiest ...

After LeBron James threw up a Game 5 stinkbomb, media members nationwide began to call into question LeBron’s supposed “killer instinct.”  More specifically, it suddenly became hip to start asking whether  he had one.   Um…did we forget something here?  LeBron’s about to show more of a killer instinct than Kobe or MJ ever did.   He’s about to crush a city’s dreams.  His own city’s dreams.  Make no mistake: After losing in the conference ...

After examining five players the Sixers should draft recently, it's time to go the opposite direction—looking at players the Sixers should absolutely not draft at No. 6. (This draft slot assumes that there's no funny business with the lottery this year.) Let's review: First and foremost, the Sixers are in dire need of a shooting guard that can, well, actually knock down a long-range jumper every once in a while. ...

Fresh off extending the defending champions to a tougher-than-expected six-game series in the first round of the playoffs, it’d be hard to fault the Oklahoma City Thunder for feeling satisfied with their accomplishments.  After all, this same team that finished 50-32 this year ended last year 23-59.  That’s a 27 game differential from last year to this year: one of the greatest single season improvements in NBA history.  With an expected $16 ...