It was a balmy, Caribbean day in northern Italy during the summer of 1986. The city of Triest was hosting an exhibition game of pallacanestro between Stefanel Trieste and Juve Caserta and a 23-year-old American by the name of Michael Jordan was in...

- Don Chavez - I’m pretty sure the girl in the first two pics is at least half Reggie Miller’s age. - The Wages of Wins - Is the NBA’s All-Rookie Second Team better than the First? - MySportsRumors - Team USA will be...

As long as the Los Angeles Lakers survive through the 2008 NBA playoffs, Empty the Bench’s West Coast correspondent Christopher Thell will be submitting a local fan’s take on his beloved Lakers’ postseason trials, tribulations...

Detroit Pistons rookie guard Rodney Stuckey had a moment Tuesday night in the Pistons’ closeout victory over the Orlando Magic. Actually, he had a few moments. Drafted 15th overall in last June’s NBA draft out of Eastern Washington, the...

- With Malice… - The Magic have nothing to be ashamed of—Detroit was simply too smooth. - Yahoo! Sports - Notorious Pistons critic Dan Wetzel says six straight ECFs is “notable.” - The World of Isaac - Add another...

The New Orleans Hornets left their comfortable nest after Game 2 looking unstoppable only to run into the Spurs we’ve come to know and hate over the years in San Antonio. Instead of taking a commanding 3-1 lead on the road they returned home...

I’ve been a huge fan of Sam Cassell since he helped the Houston Rockets win two titles in the mid-90s as a youngster with a number of clutch shots in the playoffs. He’s continued to make a name for himself as a talented scorer with a...

- Awful Announcing - The mystery woman LeBron was yelling at? That would be his mom. - National Post - David Stern: “Won’t someone please think of the children?!” - Need4Sheed - The “In Arnie (Kander) We...

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Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry, Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery He hears the silence so loud! Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be Now they will see what will be, Blinded eyes to see Time marches on,...

- SLAM - The Rake’s Britt Robson, one of ETB’s absolute favorites, sits down with SLAM. - Full Court Press - Jameer Nelson guarantees the Magic will win Game 5 in Detroit. - Extra Mustard - I wonder if Stan Van Gundy has ever...

The New Orleans Hornets traveled to San Antonio supremely confident and firing on all cylinders. They had held serve at home against the defending champs with relatively easy wins and took a 2-0 lead into the Alamo where it appeared the Spurs would...

As long as the Los Angeles Lakers survive through the 2008 NBA playoffs, Empty the Bench’s West Coast correspondent Christopher Thell will be submitting a local fan’s take on his beloved Lakers’ postseason trials, tribulations...

This is amazing. Absolutely amazing. On Saturday I heavily excerpted a recent blog entry by Chris McCoskey, who covers the Detroit Pistons for the Detroit News both in traditional print (which is of course also available online) as well in a blog ....

Good basketball teams excel at identifying their opponent’s weak spots and exploiting them over and over and over again until the adjustment is made. This axiom is especially true during the playoffs, when over the course of a seven-game...