What a difference a week makes. Instead of talking about the youth movement that included guard Eric Gordan, Eric Bledsoe, forwards Al-Farouq Aminu, emerging center DeAndre Jordan, and Lob City creator Blake Griffin. They had the makings of an Oklahoma City Thunder-like foundation with a...

Check out Episode 39 as we discuss the upcoming NBA Christmas games as well as the 2011-12 season as a whole. Will the Clippers now be THE premier City of Angels franchise? How long before we see Dwight Howard in a Nets uniform? Oklahoma City Thunder the favorites to win the West? Should we...

I believe my HoopSmack co-hort Tay P put it best in a string of text messages earlier today…the 2010-11 Utah Jazz seems to “become wack overnight”.  Thanks to Coach Jerry Sloan resigning and trading away All-Star point guard Deron Williams…they literally did become...

Its happened again ladies and gentlemen.  An athlete has taken a page out of the Greg Oden/Brett Favre playbook.  Welcome to the brotherhood, Monta Ellis. Golden State Warriors scoring machine Monta Ellis has been sued for sexual harassment by a former Warriors employee.  The unidentified...

No team has made more power moves over the past 17 months than the Knicks! They signed Amar’e Stoudemire in the free agency frenzy of July 2010. At the trade deadline last season, they were able to acquire Carmelo Anthony for just about everyone on the roster not named Amar’e. In a circus...

Last season for Memphis was the story of the 3 Bears. But this wasn’t the burglarizing, freeloading blonde version. Rudy Gay was set to have a phenomenal season after signing a max contract but went down with a season-ending shoulder injury. Zach Randolph emerged into a team player instead...

Me·di·o·cre [mē-dē-ˈō-kər] – adjective Of only moderate quality; not very good This is the symbol of the Indiana Pacers organization over the last 6 years. In that time span they have averaged 36 wins per season. I know that small market teams have got to be patient and usually...

If  Orlando wants to know what it’s like to deal a superstar and get back a collection of talent that still keeps your team in contention, then they can dial up Denver Nuggets GM, Masai Ujiri. Ujiri was able to trade Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Parker (I’m...

The New Jersey Nets are a franchise that has a lot to be excited about.  After a 12 win improvement from the previous year, they secured one of the best point guards in the league in Deron Williams. The organization is also planning to move to Brooklyn, NY where countless fans are thirsty...

What is the plan for the Phoenix Suns?  What are they doing?  What direction do they want to head?  The Suns should’ve traded the fan favorite Steve Nash last year when he had some trade value or maybe even the year before.  It appears that the Suns are prepared to let Nash retire as a...

“You gotta love it though somebody still speaks from his soul, And wouldn’t change by the change, or the game, or the fame, When he came, in the game, he made his own lane Now all I need is y’all to pronounce my name” Diamonds from Sierra Leone by Kanye West (2005) You know...

There’s no team more embarrassed with how their 2010-11 season ended than the LA Lakers. That’s right… even the Timberwolves had less shame! The, then, two-time defending champs were swept by the, then, soon-to-be Dallas Mavericks in the WCF ending the Phil Jackson era in mortifying...

The original point guard orgy scene (shout out to the Clippers), the Minnesota Timberwolves look to improve on a league worse 17-65 with new Spanish import Ricky Rubio and number 2 draft pick Derrick Williams leading the way. While the Timberwolves are not what you would call a good team,...

Pistons fan’s dream scenario – Rodney Stuckey turns into the player that the Pistons faithful thought he would be.  Billups 2.0.  Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva being playing like their paychecks say they will play.  The resigning of Tayshaun Prince and the removal of...