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Congratulations, Suns! You killed the elephant in the room. The gorilla on your back. The skeleton in your closet. Whatever it was, you finally vanquished your arch nemesis, the San Antonio Spurs. And you did it with gusto. When Steve Nash went down with a gashed eye late in Game 4, the demons of a tortured past came creeping out of the court, threatening to pull them into the abyss alongside the broken ...

"Faster than anyone expected, Jeff Green, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the youthful Oklahoma City Thunder have become a threat to rumble." <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; ...

  Teams are hoping to be as lucky as Portland was in 2007. May their spirits be crushed. A good way to realize how lame it is to be excited over the draft lottery is to explain it to your lady friend. ME: I can't go. I have to be home to watch the draft lottery. LF: What is that? ME: Where they announce the order of the draft. LF: Oh. So they pick the players? ME: ...

The buzzer sounded. The scoreboard lit up, and the final score read 92-88.  The Boston Celtics won game one in Orlando. This was certainly not the way the Magic planned to begin the Eastern Conference Finals.   Dwight Howard displayed frustration in his lackluster performance, going for only 13 points and 12 rebounds in 39 minutes. Howard was 3-10 from the field and 7-12 from the line.  His play was affected by the ...

Yes, I realize this is late, and Vinny Del Negro has been fired for a few weeks now, but I haven't had time to express my thoughts on this stupid move by Bulls management yet.  Two summers ago, the Bulls surprised the basketball world by hiring Vinny Del Negro as their head coach. What made this so shocking was that he had never coached at not just the NBA level, but ...

What makes a good villain? A good villain is a character who is evil, plain and simple! What makes a good sports movie villain? A good sports movie villain shares the same qualities as a normal villain but adds another lair. The villain in a sports movie has to be hated. A good sports movie has heroes and winners. It has people or teams we all want to see win. There always as ...

  With the Cavs miserable exit in the second round, the national media shift their attention to one question, where will LeBron James be playing next season. There are many potential destinations, however no one knows, there are no clues, and the LeBron sweepstakes will be the most interesting storyline in all sports this summer. LeBron will likely visit potential destinations, and take some time in deciding the biggest career move ...

Everyone knows the saga of Lebron James and the offseason to follow. As a Cleveland fan (a diehard, not a fair-weather fan whose voice should be ignored in these cases), what I want to happen is a given, and there is no reason for me to rant on it. There are a good deal of teams in the "LBJ Sweepstakes," such as Chicago, Miami, and of course the New York ...

You know a player is pretty darn special when the entire NBA world would rather focus their attention on his free agent future, rather than the already exciting NBA Playoffs. However, that is the reality that Lebron James faces. He's used to it, he knows how to deal with it, and in reality the spotlight hanging over Lebron James' head isn't looking to evaporate any time soon. Aside from the free agency ...

We see the same cycle repeat itself every year. The College basketball season ends, the mock drafts begin. Analysts, experts, and fans all share their opinions on who the best players are, but often too many times we miss the hidden gems of the second round. Everyone focuses on the lottery draft. This gives off the illusion that all the good players will be gone after the lottery. Not so true, as we've ...