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 [...]

Michael Jordan gave perhaps one of the more polarizing Hall of Fame acceptance speeches, maybe ever, on Friday, and there has been plenty of reaction to Jordan’s parting words. Peter King loved it; Adrian Wojnarowski did not. Regardless of your feelings about Jordan’s “this is why I succeeded” speech, one person in particular [...]

Left-handed dunks, when done by right-handed folks, are usually impressive. When they are done in a must-win playoff game and breaks a tie and gives your team a chance to win in the closing seconds (props to Deron Williams‘ big shot), they are a thing of beauty — even if you are a Lakers [...]

Watching the Jazz and that Lake Show fight to a 2-2 draw during the first four games of their playoff series has been some damn entertaining basketball to watch. And like many of you know, Kobe “MVP” Bryant noticeably wrenched his back during Game 4, a tweak that obviously bothered him as the game [...]

It was a busy Game 4 for Utah’s Ronnie Price yesterday. After getting smashed to the floor by Ronny Turiaf — a fall that opened Price up above the eye and resulted in Turiaf getting ejected (Price also received stitches for his troubles) — he followed that up with a resounding blocked shot, one [...]

One of the greatest attributes of all great NBA players is the ability to make their teammates better. Be it with nice passes, strong floor leadership, or just plain drawing the attention of opposing defenses, the truly great NBA players are also the primary facilitators of their team’s success. The following video is [...]