If there was one thing that bothered me tonight it was the fact that people did not praise James Posey enough, despite Jeff Van Gundy's best efforts, following the Celtics victory. Even Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and KG did give the man enough...

Paul Pierce in Dime #5 Remember when the Spurs had a problem with their team plane getting out of New Orleans after eliminating the Hornets, and the one night they had to spend sleeping on the tarmac may or may not have affected their play during the...

The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 5 of the NBA Finals Sunday night to cut the Boston Celtics’ lead to 3-2 and send the series back to Boston. Los Angeles didn’t play perfectly and they weren’t even all that impressive in the...

When people talk about flopping in the NBA, they often talk about it like something that was invented by European players. Phil Jackson, for instance, joked that flopping fines should be expressed in Euros, not dollars. Is that kosher? Is it OK to...

Filed under: Celtics , Rockets , Spurs , Boston As the legend of Big Shot Bob dissipates -- Robert Horry might retire this summer, and likely wouldn't be back in a Spurs jersey regardless -- another grows in its place. These days, it's possibly...

Every Sunday, we’ll be updating the Nets’ off-season with bits and pieces of information, gossip, etc. to help take the edge off missing the playoffs, relying on the Nets’ beat reporters and others who have slipped interesting stuff into larger...

Wednesday's conversation with gambler Haralabos Voulgaris prompted a lot of interesting comments and e-mails. An important one came from Voulgaris himself. He posted a comment on the original post that distinguishes his strong feelings about Tim...

Ray Allen's reverse lay up was ridiculous. To review. He blew by a rotating Kobe Bryant, jumped, avoided Pau Gasol's block attempt, which was a lot more of an attempt than his game 2 wave at Leon Powe and his later wave at Allen in game 4, started...

This is Intern Bill’s PM roundup debut. We’ve added a few links, but the photo selection - Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton - was all him. Wrap it up people. Wrap it up! ( AP) Lasers! Finally! ( Gizmodo ) Barry Bonds swings an...

             That USA Basketball has opted to bypass a final tryout session for the Beijing Olympic roster hardly comes as a surprise. Olympic boss Jerry Colangelo said as much last month.  ...

Kevin Garnett and Paul Gasol are playing in the NBA Finals, and because of relationships between the execs who put the deals together, there is a great hue and cry that the Celtics and Lakers got there because of lopsided trades. They’ve been...

Knowledge, wisdom, understanding like King Solomon's wealth You're a player but only because you be playin' yourself ... Always fakin' moves, never makin' moves --"Ya Playin' Yaself," Jeru the Damaja, 1994 I am mad at Kobe Bryant. All he had to do...