1. 7 Takeways from Tuesday Night's Mardi Gras NBA Action

    "Fat Tuesday" seems like a poor way to describe a night in the NBA that featured a relatively modest six-game slate. Not that there weren't plenty of intriguing results to settle even the most insatiable of basketball appetites...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 17,241 reads 45 comments

  2. Kobe Bryant Chastizes a Twitter User for Using Word 'Gay' as Derogatory Slur

    Kudos to Kobe Bryant for sticking up for the LGBT community and attempting to strike down bigotry. It's about dang time he did. The Los Angeles Lakers legend called out his detractors on Twitter on Feb...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 36,269 reads 66 comments

  3. Kevin Garnett's Blood, Sweat and Tears Are More Than Just Boston Celtics Green

    This is what it's like to be Kevin Garnett , a living, breathing legend who's still active in the NBA . You practice. You watch film. You meet the media. You suit up for the 17-time league-champion Boston Celtics ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 22,857 reads 19 comments

  4. Summing Up the Los Angeles Lakers' Roller-Coaster Season in Pictures

    The 2012-13 NBA season has been nothing if not turbulent for the Los Angeles Lakers . From the start of July 2012 up until the present day (smack-dab in the middle of the 2012-13 ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 70,500 reads 54 comments

  5. Inside the Psyche of an Injured NBA Superstar

    Injuries are an unavoidable, if unfortunate, part of life in the NBA . The combination of giant athletes running, jumping, cutting and colliding with one another portends all manner ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 5,364 reads 5 comments

  6. Updated Report Card Grades for Every NBA Team at Start of February

    Welcome to February in the NBA —a month that's short on days, long on All-Star festivities and chock-full of tongue twisters for Blake Griffin...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 50,524 reads 203 comments

  7. LeBron James Tweet Sparks Dunk Contest Speculation

    Will there be a surprise participant in the Slam Dunk Contest during NBA All-Star Weekend? Or is LeBron James just trolling the internet ? We'd all like to know...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 29,201 reads 73 comments

  8. Shaqstradamus: Can LeBron James Repeat as NBA's MVP?

    Shaquille O'Neal has many talents. He acts , he raps , he dances —he's a triple-threat, if you will. He can enforce the law and conduct a symphony orchestra with equal proficiency...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 13,312 reads 75 comments

  9. Buying or Selling Boston Celtics as Eastern Conference Contenders

    Quick! Gather your things and stake out a spot in Copley Square! The Boston Celtics are prepping for another NBA championship parade... Or not...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 20,853 reads 132 comments

  10. 8 Takeaways from Wednesday Night's Injury-Plagued NBA Action

    Injuries are an inevitable part of the game of basketball. But rarely, if ever, do they factor into the NBA news cycle to such an extent as they did on this day...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 11,217 reads 22 comments

  11. Watch Raymond Felton Floor John Wall with Nasty Shake

    John Wall has been known to break ankles from time to time , but rare is the occasion that the star point guard for the Washington Wizards winds up on the wrong end of such ball-handling embarrassment...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 9,011 reads 12 comments

  12. Updated Playoff Odds for Every NBA Team at the Beginning of February

    The 2012-13 NBA season has turned into a flying circus of sorts. As in, a few select squads (i.e. the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs) have taken up air space above the fray...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 7,083 reads 34 comments

  13. 5 Takeaways from Tuesday Night's Wild NBA Action

    The NBA was rife with pure basketball insanity on what might otherwise have been a quiet Tuesday night. Five games may not seem like much, but there was more than enough contained therein to constitute a satisfactory schedule...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 19,890 reads 39 comments

  14. Los Angeles Lakers Overcoming Mountains of Adversity, but at What Cost?

    No pain, no gain. It's a tiresome cliche, to be sure, but one that's all too becoming of the Los Angeles Lakers through what's been an exhausting 2012-13 NBA season. The gain? A gritty 92-83 win over the Brooklyn Nets in L...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 35,809 reads 42 comments

  15. Will Dwight Howard Be Next Great Big Man to Have Career Derailed by Injuries?

    The annals of NBA history are littered with cautionary tales of tall and talented players who could have accomplished much more had they not been betrayed by their own bodies...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 7,573 reads 53 comments

  16. Updated Season Report Card Grades for Every NBA Superstar

    Welcome back to our weekly ranking of the top 10 NBA superstars. For the second time in as many weeks, our beloved countdown has been disrupted by injuries...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 45,130 reads 231 comments

  17. Breaking Down the Fallacy That the Boston Celtics Are Better Without Rajon Rondo

    It's tempting to think of Rajon Rondo 's torn ACL as a blessing in disguise for the Boston Celtics . After all, they're 4-0 since Rondo's knee went bunk and 6-3 overall during the 2012-13 NBA season without their All-Star point guard...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 4 months ago 5,680 reads 37 comments

  18. Winners and Losers from the 1st Half of the 2012-13 NBA Season

    It seems like only yesterday that the Miami Heat were ready to dominate the NBA with small ball, the Los Angeles Lakers were legitimate title contenders and James Harden was going ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 38,537 reads 112 comments

  19. 7 Takeaways from Friday Night's NBA Action

    Another Friday night, another boatload of blowouts in the NBA . Eight of the 12 games were decided by 10 or more points, and only one (the Chicago Bulls vs. the Brooklyn Nets) came down to the final few moments...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 34,904 reads 200 comments

  20. Midseason Report Card Grades for Every NBA Team

    You didn't think I'd go through the first half of the 2012-13 NBA season without offering my thoughts on all 30 teams, did you? You might've seen more than a few of these all-encompassing ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 15 reads 20 comments

  21. How the Memphis Grizzlies Will Survive Life Without Rudy Gay

    The first pictures of a post- Rudy Gay world were none too pretty for the Memphis Grizzlies . They shot 34...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 18,318 reads 108 comments

  22. Updated Playoff Odds for Every NBA Team at the End of January

    It seems like only yesterday that the calendar turned from 2012 to 2013. Evidently, time flies much faster when there's as much going on in the NBA as there has been in the month of January...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 65,778 reads 71 comments

  23. Western Conference Title Odds, Post-Rudy Gay Trade

    The race for the Western Conference crown just got mighty interesting, thanks in no small part to former ESPN NBA guru John Hollinger and the Memphis Grizzlies...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 4,226 reads 6 comments

  24. How NBA Players Became the Kings of American Social Media

    When it comes to the intersection between North American professional sports and social media, the NBA has almost always been ahead of the curve...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 3,136 reads 1 comments

  25. Timeline of Earl Clark's Journey from Nobody to Los Angeles Lakers' X-Factor

    His name is Earl. Earl Clark , that is. The fourth-year forward's rise from benchwarmer /afterthought to starter for the Los Angeles Lakers has been but one of the countless ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 5 months ago 11,838 reads 20 comments