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A few years ago, this would have been major news. Now it is only a few paragraphs, as a filler on the sports pages. Allen Iverson has been waived by the Memphis Grizzlies.
It is difficult to watch a former all-star and franchise player drift from team to team. He has [...]

This is not a good year for Chris Paul, the point guard for the New Orleans Hornets. His individual statistics are comparable to other years but his team is struggling. At the moment, they have won only three games while losing six. Some of those games were lost early and by a [...]

Former NBA guard, Stephon Marbury will not play this season. The reason that Marbury cites is that he has businesses to tend:
“Although Stephon Marbury says he’s not ready to announce his retirement, the for Knicks guard said yesterday he has “shut everything down,” taking the season off to work on his businesses and claims [...]

Wednesday, September 30th, starts another season for the Los Angeles Lakers. It is the start of training camp. This season is an opportunity to defend their championship. The one major change to their championship lineup is the loss of Trevor Ariza and the addition of Ron Artest.
Much has been written about the [...]

The NBA handles its image and its public relations very carefully. Commissioner David Stern know that the business of basketball is managing perceptions. What Stephon Marbury is doing online must be mortifying for the NBA executive officials.
Stephon Marbury is decomposing online.
Stephon Marbury still is listed on the Boston Celtics roster. He is [...]

Gregg Popovich, the coach of the San Antonio Spurs, must hate international basketball competition. It is simply a case of some of his best players being at risk. In the Beijing Olympics, Manu Ginobili re-injured the ligaments in his left foot. That injury carried through into the NBA season. Now there [...]

Michael Jordan had the third pick in the 2006 NBA draft. Air Jordan picked Adam Morrison for the Charlotte Bobcats. As the third pick, only Andrea Bargnani and LaMarcus Aldridge was ahead of Adam Morrison. Many future NBA stars followed… Brandon Roy, Rudy Gay, Rajon Rondo, Shannon Brown, Jordan Farmer, Daniel [...]

There is an old sports adage - “what have you done lately?“. In the case of Trevor Ariza, the answer would be very simple - “help win a NBA Championship just a few weeks ago“. The appreciation for that effort is that essentially the L.A. Lakers and the Houston Rockets swapped players. [...]

It seems that there is no loyalty in professional basketball. It seems that the Boston Celtic general manager, Danny Ainge, is placing some of the blame for not reaching the NBA finals on Rajon Rondo:
“… After telling reporters Tuesday that he does not intend to trade any of the Celtics core players this offseason, [...]

Less than twenty four hours after the L.A. Lakers popped the champagne to celebrate their NBA championship, there is consideration of free agency and who will be back next year. Hedo Turkoglu has the option of becoming a free agent and his agent is already speaking of Orlando in the past tense:
“”I [...]