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Brian Scalabrine believes that he could have been the difference maker in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He played just 51 seconds of the game, but showed hustle and determination as soon as he stepped on the court. He agreed to speak to reporters from his home in Boston a day after the Lakers defeated them at the Staples Center. Reporters were at Scalabrine's door waiting to get his take ...

As the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship for 2010, Kobe Bryant picked up his 5th Championship ring. Members of the media continue their talk about Kobe Bryant being an all-time great, but when they start saying he's better than Michael Jordan, they're dead wrong.Begin Slideshow

After a devastating Game 7 loss in Los Angeles, Celtics fans wonder if this year was their last shot at a championship in a while. Due to aging in their leaders, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, a starter in Ray Allen entering free agency, and the possibility of head coach Doc Rivers taking a break from coaching, fans of opposing teams are planning on counting out the Celtics as ...

  Before Jack McCloskey was "Trader Jack," the risk-taking, daredevil GM of the Detroit Pistons—architect of two World Championship teams and damn near a third—he was a rumpled old college basketball coach. The Eastern seaboard was his jurisdiction. He coached for 10 years at Penn, then for six years at Wake Forest, picking-and-rolling in the sweaty gyms of the campuses of Rutgers, St. John’s, Temple, North Carolina and CCNY. The basketballs in ...

As Celtics fans all over the country are mourning over being so close to another championship, many Boston fans are saying one thing, "I hate Kobe Bryant." He is the face of LA, and the face of basketball for years. He makes shots that no one on this earth can, and is perhaps the most clutch player of our time.  I have never seen a player do the things that he does, ...

"The Suns have been eliminated from the playoffs by the eventual champion more times than the Clippers franchise has made the playoffs: 8 to 7.” –tweeted by Greg Esposito (@The_Real_Espo) I got that tweet a few minutes after I finished watching the US get hosed by bad calls (especially the disallowed go-ahead goal) in their World Cup match against Slovenia. In a way, it lightened my spirits a bit, ...

The most difficult aspect of being the last team on the basketball court not to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy is that you have the entire off season to think about what you could have done to change the outcome.   The Boston Celtics will now have all of the off-season to think about what they might have done differently.  Unfortunately, Boston could not finish the job and fell ...

I admit, it's incredibly cliche to go around quoting the late, great John Wooden, as everyone seems to be doing in the wake of his passing.  The man's legacy is as much the product of wisdom as winning.  Perhaps, then, it's more difficult than anything to avoid invoking the words of the Wizard of Westwood, especially when talking about the game of basketball. My chosen nugget of wisdom for the day: ...

76ers, by selecting Ohio State's Turner over Kentucky's Cousins, are about to cup an eight ounce of devil's karma.I know most of you are like, 'this dude is crazy.' But, respectively, contrast the tenures of Cousins and Turner during their college experiences. Sixers' fans are more accepting of not passing on this year's NCAA P.O.Y., the prospect who someone would considerably push upon their daughter's inquiry or play a game ...

According to Gary Moore, who is Allen Iverson's personal manager, he says that Allen Iverson is working a comeback and is hoping to play during the 2010-11 NBA season. "Allen is working out and he's getting himself prepared to make his return," Moore said by phone Friday. "He absolutely will try and play next year." Iverson started out playing with the Memphis Grizzlies, but asked them to be left by ...