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This is one of my favorite non-basketball moments during an NBA broadcast (my favorite is still the “good job, good effort” kid). For those who don’t know, the NBA has scheduled TV time-out in every game somewhere within the 5:00 and 2:00 marks (and 8:00 marks in then 2nd and 4th quarters).  At 5:09, there [...]

Kevin Garnett’s dust-up with Carmelo Anthony reached tabloid proportions when it was “reported” that he made a Honey Nut Cheerios comment about Melo’s wife. Despite the sketchy source of this report, the media has gradually accepted it as fact. I’m not talking about bloggers and tabloids, I’m talking about legitimate reporters and analysts. They may [...]

It has been close to five years since basketball has left the city of Seattle. We may see the return of a team to the city at the beginning of next season. According to Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, The Maloof family is close to an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings for $500 Million dollars to [...]

This has been a season full of controversy in terms of coaching changes. This one is the quietest of the season. Currently sitting eighth in the Eastern Conference, and just three games back of the Chicago Bulls in the Central Division, the Milwaukee Bucks and head coach Scott Skiles have agreed to mutually “part ways.” [...]

More trouble in Laker-land, courtesy the NY Daily News: Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant just can’t get along, and there’s a team in Brooklyn that might be waiting to pick up the pieces. A league source told the Daily News that the Lakers stars got into a heated exchange following a New Year’s Day loss to the [...]

Grantland’s Zach Lowe reports the Memphis Grizzlies are willing to listen to trade offers for Rudy Gay. The reason? Memphis is about $4 million over the luxury cap. Gay is on the books for $16 million this season, $17 million next season, and holds a player options for $19 million in 2014-15. Lowe lists the [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Front-office sources say that Boston and Detroit, just to name two teams, have let it be known that they are highly interested if and when Cousins does [...]

Hah… see what I did there with the headline? That’s a much fun as we’re going to have here, people, as the DeMarcus Cousins saga continues its swirl down the toilet in Sacramento. I know a lot of you are openly lobbying for Cousins to join the C’s.  And on pure talent alone, he could [...]

The Brooklyn Nets have fired coach Avery Johnson, league source tells Yahoo! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) December 27, 2012 The Deron Williams body count now stands at 2. The Nets started out pretty well and once boasted a 10 win in 12 games stretch.  But a 3-10 December means Avery Johnson isn’t going to [...]

Dwyane Wade has been a damn good player for nine years in the NBA.  He’s got a Finals MVP… he’s been a scoring champ… an All Star almost every year… it’s a very impressive resume.  And up until a few years ago, I kind of liked him.  He played hard, he made fun commercials… he [...]