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In an offseason of exorbitant contracts, nearly every top free agent has been able to sign a contract to their liking as teams seem willing to overpay for top talent. Amir Johnson received $33 million, Drew Gooden managed to get $32 million, Joe Johnson parlayed a terrible offseason into a $120 million contract, and even Darko Milicic walked away with $20 million.  Surely a free agent power forward who had 16 points ...

When free agency begins July 1st at 12:01 EST, teams are going to be lining up to scoop up the best free agents as quickly as possible. Teams like Miami and Chicago are expected to add two top-flight free agents but experts might want to add another surprise team into the mix to be targeting two top free agents: Houston. According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle , a person ...

In a crucial game 5 match-up in Boston, the Lakers and Celtics will duel tonight at 8 pm on ABC to see who will get the edge in the series. This game holds particular value; the winner of game 5 in a tied match-up goes on to win the series 75 percent of the time. In addition, no team has ever lost the series when they hold a ...

While basketball might not have the quote machines that baseball did in Casey Stengel or Yogi Berra, over the years there have been some pretty inspirational (and funny) men to don an NBA uniform. While players such as Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan all make the list with their interesting quotations, top talent is not necessarily important in order for a player to be able to make a ...

In a time when David Stern reports the league is losing hundreds of millions of dollars, bargains are at a premium in the NBA. However, with the system that is in place with guaranteed contracts, the best players still make huge money, and it seems nearly impossible to find a bargain in free agency. For teams looking to improve on the cheap, the draft seems to be the only recourse. Because ...

In a league with so much talent, it is only natural to have a few impressive players go by the wayside; however, some players just seem to get unlucky. When Trenton Hassell manages to get more than 20 minutes a game and yet Rodrigue Beaubois can't manage 13, it is abundantly clear that talent is not the only thing that gets players on the floor. Luck plays a huge part in ...

The NBA Draft is the greatest equalizer that American professional basketball has to offer. The worst teams of the year select first, replenishing their talent for the future and supposedly setting themselves up to rejoin the game's elite. And yet the same teams are in the playoffs year after year while the others seem to be stuck in neutral in the lottery. There are a few exceptions to this rule, ...

The 2009-2010 NBA season has been one full of surprises. The Bucks have asserted themselves as a playoff team in the East despite losing Michael Redd and trading away Richard Jefferson, the Thunder have made the leap to contenders, and even Memphis was decent all year. However, not all surprises were positive. The Celtics had a disappointing season in which their age started to catch up with them, Toronto choked ...

It could easily be argued that the league is as talented than ever. Stars like Kobe Bryant are still playing well while younger players like LeBron James and others are taking the league by a storm. However, this is not to say there are not bad players in the league. Typically players whose contracts have run longer than their skills have lasted stay in the league way past their expiration ...

While the Rockets have outperformed preseason predictions for their success, the players are undoubtedly disappointed that they have landed in the lottery for the first time in four years. Missing a dominant center for a whole year can do that, but a general lack of consistency from all players on the team can also be to blame. However, with a bad season comes hope: hope of a great draft pick, hope ...