1. Miami Heat: Ray Allen and 5 Free Agents Who Would Be Ideal Fits

    It was only two years ago when the Miami Heat completed one of the biggest free agent coups in sports history and it just may start paying off with a win this Thursday night. Nowadays, free agency is just another time for the Heat...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 12 months ago 18 reads 57 comments

  2. NBA Finals 2012: Ranking Miami Heat's Big Three with the Best in the NBA

    It's the latest trend and whether you like it or not, more NBA organizations may just be ready to pounce on the idea of creating a three-man core surrounded by average role players...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 12 months ago 2,727 reads 11 comments

  3. LeBron James: How King James' Legacy Will Be Redefined After NBA Finals

    With his Miami Heat up 98-96 in Game 2, LeBron James stepped up to the free-throw line for two free throws in a situation that would take away home-court advantage from the Oklahoma City Thunder ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 2,097 reads 9 comments

  4. The Most Disappointing Player from Every NBA Team This Season

    Not every NBA team can have a roster chock full of players who overachieve and play far above expectations. There will always be at least one player who disappointed his organization in some fashion...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 58,675 reads 56 comments

  5. The 8 Dumbest Controversies in the 2012 NBA Playoffs

    We can't get through an entire NBA postseason without having some sort of controversy, right? It seems to always happen in basketball, more times than any other sport...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 3,746 reads 7 comments

  6. NBA Finals: 5 Past Individual Performances We Won't See Repeated

    What a magical thing these NBA Finals are. Where champions are made and where legends are born, the NBA Finals is the pinnacle of basketball's greatest players and teams...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 960 reads 3 comments

  7. Miami Heat: Grading Every Member of the Roster and Erik Spoelstra

    I am writing this with 40 minutes to go until the start of the NBA Finals. The butterflies are coming back. Those same butterflies we all get from any Game 7 or important contest...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 2,097 reads 4 comments

  8. The 10 Worst Blown Calls of the 2012 NBA Playoffs

    Conspiracy theorists must have needed a few change of pants after watching the 2012 postseason. The fact that the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder, arguably the league's two most ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 3,734 reads 14 comments

  9. 5 Factors That Will Decide the NBA Finals 2012 Winner

    The majority of us predicted this matchup in the NBA Finals at the beginning of the season, and we somehow turned out to be correct...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 30,950 reads 173 comments

  10. Why Miami Heat's LeBron James Won't Ever Get Proper Respect Without NBA Ring

    I wonder if Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Karl Malone, Elgin Baylor and Dominique Wilkins go through life feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied without having an NBA championship ring on their finger...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 7,656 reads 106 comments

  11. LeBron James: 10-Step Process to Secure Reputation as NBA's GOAT

    Is it ridiculous at this point to compare LeBron James ' career to that of the greatest player of all time in Michael Jordan? Yes. Absolutely it is...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 6,543 reads 107 comments

  12. NBA Rumors: 6 Teams That Should Convince Stan Van Gundy to Coach Them Next Year

    With two coaching positions in Charlotte and Portland and possibly one in Milwaukee opening up in the future, it's time to begin contemplating where former Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy will be headed next year...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 3,645 reads 3 comments

  13. NBA Rumors: 7 Reasons Pau Gasol to Chicago Bulls Will Never Happen

    The Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers are back at trying to form a trade involving an All-Star and former NBA champion...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 6,334 reads 12 comments

  14. NBA Playoffs 2012: Are Referees Favoring LeBron James and Dwyane Wade?

    It shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone that LeBron James is leading all players in the postseason with 146 free throws, including 24 free throws in the Miami Heat 's Game 2 victory over Boston...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 87 reads 44 comments

  15. 2012 NBA Draft: How Does the First Round Project After the Lottery

    With the lottery order set, it's time to turn our attention to how the second half of the first round will pan out...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 3,986 reads 1 comments

  16. Miami Heat: 10 Reasons Why Breaking Up the Big Three Isn't an Option

    One of the worst arguments ever conceived in the sporting world has been the idea of possibly dropping a member of the Miami Heat 's big three for someone who can fill in a certain void...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 8,678 reads 28 comments

  17. NBA Lottery 2012: Does Landing the No. 1 Pick Really Matter?

    This upcoming Wednesday, we will find out the lucky NBA franchise that ends up with the right to draft Kentucky Wildcats center Anthony Davis. Davis is currently 19 years old and will be entering the NBA after one year of playing college ball...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 1,284 reads 2 comments

  18. 5 Players Charles Barkley Has Punked This Postseason

    Their is no middle ground when discussing your feelings of Charles Barkley's analysis. You either love him or you hate him. Most of the time it depends on which team you favor because Barkley's analysis can be highly subjective against particular teams..

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 5,434 reads 10 comments

  19. 10 Reasons LeBron James Can Carry Miami Heat to 2012 NBA Finals

    Remember that talk of the Miami Heat being finished? Yeah, I thought that was pretty ridiculous, too. What so many critics seemed to forget was that the Heat still possessed eight-time All-Star Dwyane Wade and three-time NBA MVP LeBron James ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 4,805 reads 16 comments

  20. Russell Westbrook and the 25 Most Unguardable Players in the NBA Today

    It's not fair, but there are actually some NBA players who are unguardable. That's right; there are players currently playing in the NBA who are next to impossible to stop in a one-on-one or even a team setting at times...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 14,992 reads 90 comments

  21. 2012 NBA Playoffs: 15 Most Shameful Flops of the Postseason

    I should not have to be writing about flopping in the NBA . It was a minor nuisance when primarily foreign players were doing it on occasion, but now LeBron James ? Seriously, LeBron James? And it's not just him...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 5,812 reads 18 comments

  22. LeBron James' 5 Biggest Feuds Ever

    Since joining the league in 2003 as a bright eyed 18-year-old, LeBron James has had a rollercoaster ride of a career that has been littered with minor and major feuds with various NBA personnel...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 5,165 reads 15 comments

  23. Miami Heat: Does Dwyane Wade's Game 3 Performance Have an Underlying Message?

    I have watched Dwyane Wade play for a long time. Since the start of his NBA career in October of 2003, I have observed Wade...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 2,414 reads 19 comments

  24. Power Ranking Every NBA Playoff Team Early in the Second Round

    We are nearing the halfway point of the NBA conference semifinals and it's become a lot more interesting than we expected...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 16,899 reads 121 comments

  25. Miami Heat: Will Chris Bosh Injury Postpone LeBron's NBA Title Quest?

    You would think the people of Miami would be a little bit more calm and collected in the face of adversity...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 1 year ago 4,391 reads 16 comments