So now who&#39;s the NBA&#39;s marquee team?
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Kobe Bryant and Shaquille OâNeal agree on one thing: The NBAâs new marquee team is ... drum roll, please ... âItâd have to be Detroit, wouldnât it?
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Auburn Hills, Mich. Â· Stop, at least temporarily, any talk about the Heat being the best team in the Eastern Conference. That notion is out the door after the Heat, facing a weakened
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In today&#39;s NBA, it&#39;s tough to gain respect playing in the Eastern Conference. It apparently doesn&#39;t matter that the defending champs loom there.
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To hear Larry Hughes tell it, the fans in Washington are a bit confused about which basketball team holds their interest. &quot;It&#39;s always talked-about now.
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The Bucks are shorthanded in the backcourt after placing guards TJ Ford and Mike James on the injured list to start the season. Milwaukee visits the Orlando Magic in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night.
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Stephon Marbury is confused, his coach is reaching for answers and the Knicks are losing more games than they should be. Sound familiar?
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First there was the Detroit Pistons. Then there was the Summer Games in Athens. Now there&#39;s the Indiana Pacers. Kids, coaches, hope you&#39;re paying attention, because the message is clear: Teams reign supreme.
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The Sporting News - Shaq goes to the Suns. Pau Gasol joins the Lakers. Chris Webber returns to the Warriors. Damon Stoudamire is sold on the Spurs. Just glance at the transactions and you can see the West is as wild as ever.  Then look at the standings and you can see this season is turning out to be wilder than ever. A mere five games separate the first-place Suns from the 10th-place Blazers. Wild and crazy, indeed.
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WESTWOOD -- A quick question: Which team deserves the No. 1 ranking? Acton-Boxboro? Everett? Xaverian? They all have legitimate claims to the throne.
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Someone asked Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury after his team&#39;s 87-79 victory over the rival Nets at Continental Airlines Arena last night whether a message had sent to the three-time
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- While Shaquille O&#39;Neal was not at full strength in his debut for the Miami Heat, the New Jersey Nets already are looking pretty sick.
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At the Jazz and Laker game, I realized there was something noticeably absent from the rafters. No, not the name of a waste management company, we have one of those. It was Adrian Dantley's retired jersey.
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I believe Scottie Pippen is one of the NBA&#39;s best 50 players ever, but you can evaluate for yourself his place in history. What I&#39;m certain of is that for the Bulls, Pippen was the perfect player in the perfect place at the perfect time.
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Hold onto your hats, Seattle SuperSonics fans. The 2004-05 NBA season is bound to be a roller-coaster ride. That&#39;s our guess, anyway, following the team&#39;s wacky first week.
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As 2007 turns into 2008, and with the Celtics winning with such proficiency and ease, it is time to salute Danny Ainge, Doc Rivers, and the team's owners. I know they haven't won anything yet. But so far, to borrow a phrase from Mike Huckabee . . . shazam!
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So you say you want a winning NBA franchise eh? And what&#39;s that? You say you have been cursed with one of the losingest franchises of all time?
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Can center Dwight Howard lead his team to the top of the NBA? A handful of analysts â and a few fans â say yes.