National Basketball Association

A Winning Tradition Continues

The San Antonio Spurs organization has been around for 48 years, but the last 18 years have been quite remarkable for them. After going 20-62, the Spurs won the NBA's Draft Lottery in 1997 which allowed them to draft power forward Tim Duncan. And since then the Spurs have become the model of consistency in [...]

A Common Sense Move For The Nets

The Brooklyn Nets have released point guard Deron Williams which could pave the way for him to join the Dallas Mavericks. Williams has played in the NBA for ten years with nearly five of those seasons being spent with the Brooklyn Nets. In 2012, the Nets signed Williams to a lucrative five-year deal that was [...]

A Texas Tornado For The Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is typically calm and calculated. But Cuban cannot be that way when someone pulls a fast one on him. When free agency began in the NBA on July 1, Cuban made acquiring center DeAndre Jordan his top priority. In seven seasons as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, Jordan [...]

A Team On The Rise

The glory days of the Milwaukee Bucks occurred a lifetime ago. The Bucks entered the NBA as an expansion team in 1968 and by 1971, they won the NBA Title as it was the combination of center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and guard Oscar Robertson that led Milwaukee to glory. In their first 23 years of existence, [...]

The Big Apple Lopez Twins

There's something quite unique about the bond between twin siblings as they have a bond between them forever. The journey of NBA centers Brook and Robin Lopez began in North Hollywood, California. The Lopez twins would play high school basketball at San Joaquin Memorial in Fresno, California before attending Stanford University in Palo Alto, California [...]

A Harsh Reality For The Purple And Gold

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports. In 67 years of business, the Lakers have a .609 winning percentage to go along with 16 NBA Titles which is the second most in league history. And in those 67 years of basketball operations, 60 of those years [...]

Things Unraveled Quickly

This past NBA season saw the Portland Trailblazers go through their fair share of trials and tribulations. But under head coach Terry Stotts, the Trailblazers still managed to go 51-31 which was good enough for fourth place in the Western Conference and their first division title since 1999. But in the first round of the [...]