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LeBron James is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. I repeat: LeBron James is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. I'm not a Knicks, Bulls, Nets, Clippers, Heat or Cavs fan. I'm a Suns fan, so you can trust, if nothing else, that I'm indifferent as to where he ends up. What this objective observer saw in Game 6 was a LeBron who half-heartedly tried to shift into superstar gear in the final five minutes. I saw LeBron, ...

In one of the most shocking defeats in recent memory, the Boston Celtics went into Cleveland and handed them their worst playoff loss in franchise history.  When the buzzer sounded in the fourth quarter the Celtics had won by 32 points. This game was very much back and forth in the first half.  The Celtics went on a 16-0 run in the first half to go up by as many as ...

In a time when David Stern reports the league is losing hundreds of millions of dollars, bargains are at a premium in the NBA. However, with the system that is in place with guaranteed contracts, the best players still make huge money, and it seems nearly impossible to find a bargain in free agency. For teams looking to improve on the cheap, the draft seems to be the only recourse. Because ...

The Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic both tore right through their Conference semifinal opponents as if they were paper banners held up by cheerleaders. Both teams won their respective series in more than a convincing matter, winning all four games en route to a sweep. Among the two teams, the closest margin of victory in their eight games was a six point Game Four victory for Phoenix—though the game was not ...

According to sources, the Indiana Pacers may be in play for New Jersey Nets' point guard Devin Harris. With the NBA Draft getting closer and closer, the New Jersey Nets are predicted to have the number one pick.  And everybody—and I mean EVERYBODY!—is saying that the Nets will indeed draft Kentucky Wildcats point guard sensation, John Wall. Wall, a freshman, will most probably be the starter at point guard. So that's where the ...

With the NBA Draft Lottery taking place next week, it is time to add to the already growing list of NBA Mock Drafts. The big question this year is not whom will go number one, but whether or not teams will draft according to need or simply pure talent. Mock Drafts truly provide fans with the most expected, surprising, and shocking of predictions leading up to the big day. Expect this one ...

For the third straight year the Utah Jazz's postseason fate has been decided by the Los Angeles Lakers, and even though the pain from this defeat will linger, thoughts immediately shift to forward Carlos Boozer's future with the team. Or maybe it's better to say Boozer's lack of a future in Utah, because after Boozer's courageous but desperate performance against the Lakers, it's all but certain he will don the colors ...

It is now time for the Atlanta Hawks to praise Mike Woodson for what he did with this moribund band they call a team. Woodson knew he had to formulate his game plan around a bunch of athletes who after essentially five years together do not know how to function as a team.   Mike Bibby's days of running an offense is over.  He was supposed to be the wise sage who could help ...

  The Western Conference’s semi-final round between the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz turned out to be not only a series of interior dominance on the Lakers part, but also a clash of offensive systems.  The Lakers brought Phil Jackson’s now legendary triangle offense against Jerry Sloan’s endless series of down and backpicks, an offense he’s run as the longest tenured NBA coach.  Utah's system is the "square" in more ...

The Los Angeles Lakers completed a four game sweep of the Utah Jazz on Monday night, and Kobe Bryant was able to achieve another little piece of history in the process. Bryant became the first player to ever score 30 points in the first four games in a series against Utah, and even though this series was defined by the Lakers height advantage in the post, Bryant still managed to stamp ...