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LeBron James – Becoming the NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer
LeBron James, nine season into his NBA career, is 47th on the All-Time scoring list with 19045 points. He needs that same amount and then some to make it to the top of the pile, beating Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38387, to become the league’s all-time leading scorer.
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Kobe Bryant – When His Ego Gets the Best of Him
Once in a while, Kobe Bryant lets his ego get the best of him. All the recent giddiness from the summer moves by the Los Angeles Lakers and all the respect he’s been getting in interviews by teammates and from the media led him to think it’s great to humiliate a player, a former teammate, in Smush Parker.
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NBA Season Preview: All-Central Division Team
On to the Central division, where the Chicago Bulls won’t be as dominant as in previous seasons as long as Derrick Rose is out injured. There are some talented guards (Rose, Monta Ellis, Brandon Jennings, Kyrie Irving, Paul George) and a long list of above average and potentially better big men like Roy Hibbert, Greg Monroe, Joakim Noah and Anderson Varejao.
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NBA Season Preview: All-Atlantic Division Team
Quickly surveying the Atlantic division, we can see it’s deep in the point guard position (Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon) and with pretty good big men (Kevin Garnett, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Brook Lopez, Andrew Bynum).
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New York Knicks – Happy About Jeremy Lin Leaving
Maybe it’s about orders from above, but more and more players and other people in the New York Knicks organization or more than willing to talk about how Jeremy Lin leaving the team is a good thing, both financially and professionally.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Passing the Torch
Kobe Bryant is still an All-NBA type player, but the whispers of him calling it quits when his contract runs out in two seasons are already in the air. That’s what you get when he keeps referring to the Los Angeles Lakers as his team, but also keeps mentioning Dwight Howard as the next one to take over.
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Dwight Howard vs Shaq – Useless Rivalry
One of the problems with Shaquille O’Neal being retired is that he spends his pensioner days as an NBA analyst and avid twitter user is that he seems to be trying to deliver some kind of agenda; in the center of it? He is the best center, and no one, especially Dwight Howard, is barely close to him.
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LeBron James vs Michael Jordan – The Charles Barkley Opinion
Every once in a while, someone has to begin a new discussion about whether LeBron James will be considered a greater player than Michael Jordan when it’s all said and done, with Charles Barkley being the latest NBA great to raise the subject.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Still the Kobe Bryant Team
The player getting the most attention on the Los Angeles Lakes media day? Dwight Howard, being the new big name in town, although no one’s quite sure when he’s really going to play. Kobe Bryant, who doesn’t like getting all of the attention suddenly shifting away from him, made sure everyone knew who was the real alpha male on this team.
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Heat vs Celtics – The Most Important Rivalry in the NBA
Having Ray Allen leave the Boston Celtics was probably the best thing that could happen to the rivalry between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, with some real hate features and lines drawn between Kevin Garnett & Doc Rivers and the champions led by LeBron James.