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I know, I know. Reading this title will sound ridiculous to a lot of people. Why should the Knicks lose the rest of their games before the playoffs? Especially when they have been hot recently, it sounds a bit ridiculous. Hear me out.

The Knicks are finally getting back [...]

The Denver Nuggets have been on a roll recently. Just last week, they were outside of the playoff picture looking in with bleak chances of making it through. People were busy talking about Houston, Utah and Phoenix in the bottom half of the Western Conference bracket and the Nuggets seemed to be going by un-noticed. However, the Nuggets have gone through an amazing turnaround, [...]

A big back to back, home and home setup between Houston and Denver this week as they jockey for the 7 and 8 seeds in the West. The Magic may have finally met an issue they can’t overcome in Dwight Howard’s bulging disc in his back. The Spurs are going to be dangerous as Poppovich once again rested some of the older starters even during a win streak. And someone better wake 76′ers as[...]

Week 15, we are closing in on the final weeks of the 2012 season and the Nuggets playoff hopes may have been dashed as Danilo Gallinari is out for possibly the rest of the regular season after breaking a finger Monday against the Mavericks. The Clippers are on a verge of a collapse as there is friction brewing with the players and Head Coach Vinny Del Negro. [...]

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 place last [...]

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 [...]