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Phil wasn't part of the Chandler trade though. Tyson Chandler was long gone before him and Fisher came to N.Y. Chandler should have been kept. If they wanted to get rid of someone, dead weight like Amari Stoudamire would have been a better option.

This kind of thing has been going on for a long time in sports. Where they take children right out of high school or after only 1 year of college. Sure, they're skills may be ready. But their mentalities very rarely are. We're talking about kids where many of them never left home suddenly being...

I told people James Harden was the man the day the Thunder picked him up. And I also said OKC was stupid to let him go. I still stand by both statements. Harden may not win any rings in his career (who can say for sure). But he is going to end up replacing someone in the 50 greatest players...

It's among the factors that can define greatness yes. But it's not the only factor. In fact, it may not be even the most important. Some of the greatest players the game has ever had don't have a ring. Dominque Wilkens, Patrick Ewing, and Clyde Drexler come to mind. What defines a great player...

This seems to have been an issue in the NBA for at least the past 18 years. The All Star game is all about being voted as among the elite of your peers. But sometimes, you see the same names in the voting year after year. Some of those years, certain players aren't exactly playing at a high...

I don't have a particular like for either. But I will say from what I've seen, Nike is still the #1 spot in sneakers. Don't get me wrong, Adidas is competing with them at a high level. But they're still the number 2 brand in terms of basketball shoes. Adidas methodically took the #2 spot from...

They're still a good team even without LBJ. And they don't need him to make the playoffs. People have to understand that this is a veteran team we're talking about here. And they've made it without him before. The real question is can they win it without him, probably not.

When the WNBA first started, it was all about drawing in the women audience and giving women equal say in the world of basketball. But the league has been around for over ten years. It still is just as desolate now as it was when it started. Women constantly speak about wanting "equal say" in...

Well, finding the next franchise player isn't exactly hard. Finding the next JORDAN level player is however. Players that are at the level Kobe was or that Lebron is will be extremely tough. And whoever does fill the superstar void in L.A. is going to have that heavy weight baring down on them.

Last season, the Clippers were taken out by the OKC Thunder. Rightfully so, the Thunder were a better team. The Clippers did put up a great fight. But it really showed that they needed a better scorer. Ultimately, the fact that they couldn't withstand a few offensive flurries is what killed the...

The potential is there. But it's not going to happen right away. Right now, this is a growing phase. The major players (Lebron, Irving, Love) has to be allowed time to understand each other. Right now, they look pretty average. But the potential is clearly there.

I still don't understand why the Rockets let him go. The Rockets were in the process of becoming a power in the west again. When they got him from the Knicks I remember saying to myself "the man's gold". But they traded him to the Lakers, I really hope it was worth it.

Personally, I say big deal. Ben Gordon is and always will be full of himself. I remember clearly when he said nobody in the league was better than him. It's ok to think that, but to outright say that aloud, big no no. I don't see even the lowest teams in the league wanting a guy like him. His...

The Knicks haven't really been a good team since the days of Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, etc. Ever since, they've pretty much looked like the Basketball version of the Raiders. But now with Phil Jackson and Derrick Fisher in power with the team, there may be hope for change and...

Any of us that are NBA fans know the storied problem of Derrick Rose's injuries. Derrick Rose is a great player but the Bulls seem to have no viable second option for if he gets hurt again. If they don't get a powerful secondary player they can end up the way the Pacers are right now.