I’m on record as strongly disapproving of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh taking advantage of Florida’s tax laws to stack a team. I know some guys are okay with it, but then again some guys are okay with baseball stars illegally using performance enhancing drugs as well. A lot of fans just don’t get it. But when James, Wade and Bosh chose to take a shortcut to glory, they likewise chose, no matter how many...

When the Utah Jazz used drafted Gordon Haywood at #9, Jazz fans booed. I personally think Haywood was a great pick, and wrote about it here. However, when I talked with the boo birds on comment boards throughout the Internet, not only do they insist Hayward was a bad pick, but … Virtually every Jazz fan denies having booed the selection of John Stockton when he was drafted. One fan in particular said he was there and he knows first...

It's not just that Shaq wants another ring, he wants at least as many rings as Kobe, and obviously becoming a Laker again isn't going to do that for Shaq. Then again, what better way to retire than on top, and defeating your former teammates in the process: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Zyndruna Ilgauskas? Surely THAT has to be as good as matching Kobe in ring count!

Loyalty is an interesting topic. David Robinson assured the San Antonio Spurs that he’d be a Spur for life, and gave them the financial head room to keep Tim Duncan. And this year Manu Ginobli didn’t even test his worth in the free agent market, he just re-signed, and remains one of the NBA’s best bargains. Likewise Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant re-signed this year, and Derek Fisher signed for less than he was offered by the...

LeBron will certainly get his championships, but he won’t really EARN them. Not like Michael Jordan earned his. Or not like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird earned theirs, facing worthy nemesises in a battle that wrenched from both sides every bit of possible effort, heart, blood, sweat and tears to earn an NBA championship.

Jazz fans MISTAKENLY believe they lost to the Lakers in the 2010 playoffs because the Jazz lacked size. That's not really the case. Against the Jazz, Pau Gasol averaged 23.5 points, and Andrew Bynum averaged 7.8 points. That's not exactly domination. While Gordon Hayward obviously doesn't meet the Jazz's need for a top quality center, Hayward has a tremendous upside Jazz fans should be excited about.

People need to quit bashing Sloan for their imaginary perception of him, and wake up to what he's done in reality. Seriously, if the Jazz were to let go of Jerry Sloan today, and if Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers were to retire this summer like they are both talking about doing... You can bet both the Lakers and the Celtics would give serious thought to hiring Jerry Sloan as their new head coach.

The Internet has been inundated by bitter Celtics fans declaring an NBA conspiracy handed the Finals to the Lakers. One fan wrote that he is not going to ever spend his hard earned money on the NBA again. Sigh. I'm going to guess his "hard earned money" isn't earned by analyzing basketball.

Question: which team lead all teams in the 2010 NBA playoffs in free throw attempts? Answer: the Boston Celtics. In fact, they had 40 more free throw attempts than the Lakers through the playoffs. Here are some other post game 7 observations. In the regular season, the Lakers committed the 3rd fewest fouls in the NBA, while the Celtics were among the worst fouling teams in the nba… 22nd out of 30 teams to be specific. Despite ...

Never underestimate the heart of a champion, nor their legs apparently. This was supposed to be the year LeBron James and Kobe Bryant would finally meet in the NBA Finals. It was supposed to be the year all those hard playoff games caught up with Kobe, and as his greatness ebbed, LeBron’s era would be ushered in with his first NBA championship, just as Michael Jordan‘s first championship came over Magic Johnson in 1991. And...

A study reported in the Wall Street Journal (of all places) found that the Boston Celtics whine about 48% of the fouls called against them. However Los Angeles hardly live up to their name (“the angels” in Spanish) either. The Lakers complained after 36% of the fouls called on them. The David Biderman’s very interesting article says they looked at every foul in the series that wasn’t intentional, tracked the...

In the past decade of NBA Finals match ups, the team with the most rebounds has always become the NBA's champions.