Dirk Nowitzki is averaging 29.6 points a game, a total to be reckoned with by any estimation. He’s easily one of the best offensive players in the NBA. However, what he accomplished last night turns the description “one of best” into “downright scariest.” When the fourth quarter of Dallas’ game against Utah [...]

Chris Paul wasn’t the only NBA player showing off his buzzer beater skills last night. Of the twelve games on the schedule, 8 of them were decided by 10 points or less, and 5 of those were decided by one basket (or less if the final tally was less than a 3-point win). [...]

A few of us out there eschewed conventional wisdom and picked the Houston Rockets to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Championship, myself included. Hell, I even picked them to win it all, but I think that had as much to do with me not wanting to pick Lakers over whoever like everyone [...]

The Jason-Kidd-to-Dallas trade has been consummated, er, finalized as the New Jersey Nets and the Dallas Mavericks agreed to exchange all of their bench players for the best non-shooting point guard to ever lace up basketball sneakers.

No more J-Kidd for you Jay-Z
The principles of the Jason Kidd trade are these:
After six days of twists and [...]

Reports from ESPN.com indicate an agreement has been reached that will send Mr. Triple-double to the Mavericks for just about every bench player Mark Cuban can part with. The principles are these:
Dallas is agreeing to send Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagana Diop, Devean George, and Maurice Ager to the Nets In return, the [...]