1. Will Tony Parker's Injuries and Stars' Age Spell End of Spurs' Title Run?

    It's happening...again. Father Time and Mother Nature are coming to call on the San Antonio Spurs , to bring them back down to Earth before they can even ready themselves for a run at a fourth NBA title...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 5,469 reads 65 comments

  2. NBA Teams Rolling with Most Momentum Going into the Playoffs

    Finding the right time to "get hot" has always been trickier-than-expected business in the NBA . You can never quite tell if a team's winning streak started too soon, or if it's too late for a stumbling squad to get back on track...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 6,672 reads 15 comments

  3. Mind-Numbing Stats for Los Angeles Lakers Fans This Season

    Mark Twain, the greatest of American authors, once wrote that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 9,883 reads 44 comments

  4. NBA Power Rankings: Breaking Down Every Team's Standing Before Playoffs Begin

    I'd be more forlorn about the impending end of the 2012-13 NBA regular season if not for the fact that April is usually the worst time to watch pro basketball...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 322,060 reads 203 comments

  5. How Pau Gasol Is Proving Doubters Wrong, Showing Why Lakers Desperately Need Him

    The Los Angeles Lakers have been fortunate—to say the least—to employ a slew of supremely skilled seven-footers over the course of their storied history...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 13,486 reads 23 comments

  6. Updated Report Card Grades for Every NBA Team at Beginning of April

    Garbage Time in the NBA is upon us! Actually, I'm not sure why anyone would be excited about that—aside from scrubs and journeymen, of course...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 41,673 reads 126 comments

  7. Los Angeles Lakers Need 'Point Guard' Kobe Bryant to Show for NBA Playoffs

    It was only fitting that on a night when the Los Angeles Lakers honored Shaquille O'Neal by retiring his No...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 11,778 reads 52 comments

  8. Updated Season Report-Card Grades for Every NBA Superstar in Final Month

    We've officially reached the "garbage-time" portion of the 2012-13 NBA regular season. With just two weeks left on the schedule, teams up and down the standings have taken to sitting their best players...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 6,194 reads 17 comments

  9. Most Devastating Injuries That Will Swing the 2013 NBA Playoff Race

    Injuries are an unfortunate fact of life in the world of sports. The NBA is anything but immune to this reality...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 5,468 reads 4 comments

  10. In the Golden Age of NBA Point Guards, Not All Are Created Equal

    As far as point guards are concerned, this is the Age of Aquarius in the NBA . Or t he dawning of it, at least...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 49,565 reads 137 comments

  11. Will Vinny Del Negro Be Coaching for His LA Clippers Future During Playoffs?

    Usually, when an NBA franchise enjoys unprecedented success, the head coach in question is rewarded (perhaps even handsomely so) for overseeing the transformation...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 9,513 reads 26 comments

  12. The Case for Hard Fouls in the NBA: A Reply to LeBron James

    I'll be the first to admit that I don't care for the hard fouls like the ones the Chicago Bulls laid on LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in ending the Miami Heat 's 27-game winning streak...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 10,588 reads 152 comments

  13. NBA Power Rankings: Latest Standings Entering Final Month of 2013 Season

    It's been a couple weeks since we last put all 30 NBA teams into proper context, and boy, how things have changed. The longest active winning streak in the NBA no longer belongs to either the Miami Heat or the Denver Nuggets...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 189,261 reads 116 comments

  14. Updated Report Card Grades for Every NBA Team

    Now that the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets are no longer running roughshod over the NBA , it'd be hard to begrudge anyone for turning his/her attention back to the NCAA tournament...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 56,836 reads 55 comments

  15. Miami Heat Are the Most Fun Team in All of Professional Sports

    How do you go about quantifying "fun" in professional sports? Is anyone prepping a paper on fun for next year's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference? If there were a metric for ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 4,807 reads 24 comments

  16. Updated Season Report Card Grades for Every NBA Superstar Entering Final Push

    It's been a week of "Good News, Bad News" for NBA superstars. Good news: Kobe Bryant , Carmelo Anthony , Tony Parker and Pau Gasol have all returned to action for their respective squads...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 12,510 reads 31 comments

  17. How to Build a Championship 'System' in the NBA

    When it comes to success in the NBA , no three organizations currently exemplify the depth and breadth of what it takes to win quite like the San Antonio Spurs, the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 5,200 reads 16 comments

  18. Timeline of Jeremy Lin's Up-and-Down 2012-13 Season with the Houston Rockets

    There's no quick, easy way to characterize Jeremy Lin 's first season with the Houston Rockets . His overall numbers (13 points, 6.1 assists, 3.1 rebounds, 1.8 steals, .443 from the field, ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 25,835 reads 284 comments

  19. Biggest Needs for Likely NBA Lottery Teams

    It's only fitting that the NBA 's tanking season coincides so closely with March Madness. After all, the NCAA tournament gives those lottery-bound teams another chance to track and ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 20,369 reads 46 comments

  20. Comparing Denver Nuggets' Winning Streak to Miami Heat's Epic Run

    March is usually the "dead zone" of the NBA season. Between drama-less playoff positioning, lottery-bound tanking and the black hole that is March Madness, fans of all stripes tend ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 20,405 reads 147 comments

  21. Winners and Losers from This Week in the NBA

    The NBA held its own during the first week of March Madness. Much of the credit for that garnering of attention belongs to the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets, whose simultaneously ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 14,474 reads 38 comments

  22. Updated Season Report Card Grades for Every NBA Team at Start of March Madness

    I figured now would be as good a time as any to get you up to speed on where all 30 NBA teams stand. After all, I'm sure at least some folks out there will take the rest of the month off from pro basketball to focus on all this March Madness business...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 121,270 reads 43 comments

  23. The Psychology of an NBA Closer

    There's a certain mystique about the Brenda Leigh Johnson's of the NBA —the closers, that is. Guys who come through in the clutch. Guys who aren't afraid to take over in the fourth quarter when their teams need them to do so...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 18,013 reads 128 comments

  24. Denver Nuggets Becoming West's Most Dangerous 1st-Round Matchup

    It's still a bit presumptuous to suggest that the Denver Nuggets deserve consideration among the NBA 's top title contenders, even after running past the Oklahoma City Thunder ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 14,545 reads 91 comments

  25. Updated Season Report Card Grades for Every NBA Superstar

    I'm no Nostradamus or even Miss Cleo , though such clairvoyance would certainly come in handy when fleshing out my bracket for March Madness...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 3 months ago 10,789 reads 39 comments