[caption id="attachment_12848" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photo Credit: Steve Dykes / EPA[/caption] On January 23rd the Los Angeles Lakers lost on the road to the Grizzlies 106-93 and dropped to 17-25 to 12th place in the Western Conference. Most experts by now had completely counted the Lakers out and gave them no shot at making the playoffs. The story of the Lakers’ ineffectiveness and futility head ...

This NBA offseason wasn’t anymore quiet than usual, as there was a lot of activity across the league. Players continued to be overpaid, Dwight Howard hasn’t been traded yet, and Jeremy Lin made headlines.  Seems like this offseason wasn’t a surprise after all.  With most teams finished building their teams for next season, it’s time to give out the awards for the 2012 NBA Offseason. Team That Has No Idea Wh ...

We all know the Rockets have been pretty insignificant since their 7 game series with the Lakers back in the 2008-2009 season. A lot has changed; Yao is gone, T-Mac is gone, and Ron Artest is a Laker. The current team fell short of a playoff birth last season despite losing starters Kevin Martin and Kyle Lowry to injuries for large chunks of the season. However, the Rockets are once again making moves to po ...

San Antonio Spurs cover the spread @ Houston Rockets With spreads going as low as -1 and as high as -2.5, the Spurs seem like the lock of the day for all you gamblers out there.  San Antonio is currently 2-0, and the shortened training camp actually works to their advantage since their core has been together so long.  In their two wins, they have beat a very good Memphis Grizzlies team by 13, and a pretty g ...

Another two NBA players have signed contracts with European teams in light of the continued NBA lockout. This weekend, Spurs big man DeJuan Blair, and Rocket’s 2nd round draft pick, Chandler Parsons, signed with Russian and French teams respectively. Unlike Wilson Chandler who signed a no-opt out contract with a Chinese team, these two young stars both have opt-out options if the NBA lockout were to end. Le ...

Before there was Meta World Peace, there was World B. Free. He was known as Lloyd Bernard Free before the name change. World was born in Atlanta, GA, went to  high school in Brooklyn, and played collegiate basketball at Guilford. World was taken 2nd round 23rd overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. The point guard went on to play for the San Diego Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers, and ended ...

Who could forget Moochie Norris? Well, if you did,  not only did you insult Moochie, but also his afro (which has feelings to...it is a living organism like Brian Wilson's beard). Moochie was a juco transfer to Auburn University, which then led him to University of West Florida. Norris (no relation to Chuck fyi) was drafted early in the 2nd round (33rd overall) by the Milwaukee Bucks. The 1996 draft is one ...