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NBA Lockout - Owners and Players to meet next week to discuss situationRecently, the National Basketball Players Association stated that it was ardently pursuing a solution the current lockout situation and painted a picture whereby David Stern and other NBA executives were made to look like arrogant and money hungry machines. Stern spoke out [...]

In free agency, there are so many rumors and double talk that for the most part, you’re better off just sitting back and watching the dominoes fall rather then try and predict who is going to sign where. My favorite times are when a player claims that don’t want to really leave the team that they are on but the money is simply to enticing, it always makes for an interesting [...]

Ian Mahinmi, the reserve centre of the Dallas Mavericks believes that Kobe Bryant is the most arrogant player in the NBA today. In a recent interview, Mahinmi called Kobe “super arrogant”.

Los Angeles Lakers super star Kobe Bryant has not had a good time since the regular season ended. Kobe and the Lakers [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s “The Stack” with me, Nathan Stacken. Last blog post of the week and we have plenty on the NBA Draft and a few other interesting tidbits in “The Stack” so let’s get right to it:
1. Kyrie Irving, Derrick Williams go one, two.
The NBA Draft took [...]

After 31 years of trying, the Dallas Mavericks are finally able to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy. The team that most experts had written off as past their prime and too dysfunctional to be successful took down the highly touted Miami Heat team in one of the most thrilling Finals series in NBA history.

The series started in Miami as the Heat shut down the Mavs with a dominating defense…

Just after noon Eastern on Saturday, Miami Heat beat reporter Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel tweeted a bit of news from the team’s off-day media availability: “Dwyane Wade on court shooting without any protection on bruised left hip. He’s not even limping. Now exhale.”
While the star shooting guard was held out of the [...]

Their names echo across the sports galaxy, like shining stars. They are instantly recognizable as the best of the best.

In Baseball - Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Goose Gossage, George Brett, Albert Pujols.

In Football - Dick Butkus, Troy Aikman…

This is what I witnessed:

Dirk Nowitzki - 29 points, 6 rebounds
Jason Terry - 21 points, 6 assists
J.J. Barea - 17 points, 5 assists
Jason Kidd - 13 points, 6 assists
LeBron James - 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 POINTS IN THE 4TH QUARTER.

I’m sorry everyone, even though he got a triple-double, I never, never, ever, never…

Michael Jordan does no wrong, he has no flaws… he’s superman. The number 23 Chicago Bulls jersey was a guise for his clandestinely celestial, un-human Godlike superpowers.
Folks, let’s cut the crap. Everybody quits. Everybody quits.
Let me repeat it for the third time: everybody quits.
If you’re working a part time job while in college and you [...]

Colin Cowherd raised one hell of a point this morning on “The Herd” (ESPN Radio/ESPNU).
Dirk Nowitkzi’s call out to the media on Jason Terry’s lack of being clutch in the NBA Finals was a showcase of leadership, not of a player throwing another player under the bus.
Derrick Rose won’t do that. Kevin Durant won’t do [...]