Whoever invented the phrase “There are no free rides in life” obviously never met Juwan Howard, Ronny Turiaf and Eddy Curry of the newly-crowned NBA champion Miami Heat.  By default, these three benchwarmers will receive championship rings along with guys who actually contributed to the team’s success.  But those of us who watch basketball know […]

Congrats to my hometown Knicks ending our postseason drought and winning a playoff game after 11 years of futility.  I still believe the superior Miami Heat will win the series and advance to the next round.  There are plenty of holes this mismatched team has to fix during the off-season.  Space cadet Knicks owner James […]

Greg Oden’s injury-plagued tenure with the Portland Trailblazers finally came to an end when the team waived him after five years; a span in which he’s only played 82 games… the equivalent of a single NBA season. In honor of Greg Oden and the organization that wasted a No. 1 draft pick to get him […]

Amar’e Stoudemire was right when he proclaimed, “The Knicks are back.”  They’re back… to being garbage. At least racist Donald Sterling got coveted free agent Chris Paul for the Los Angeles Clippers, so the title of worst owner in professional basketball goes to James Dolan of the New York Knicks.  “Guitar Jimmy” is an idiot […]

Since players & owners can’t come to an agreement and end the lockout, it looks like there isn’t going to be an NBA season this year.  Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all-time and current majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, was one of the strongest advocates against giving the players concessions in the […]