Miami Heat Should Trade Chris Bosh

Last postseason, Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh had a reason for being invisible; he was injured.

Bosh went down with an abdominal strain in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals during last year’s playoffs forcing him to miss nine games. He wasn’t fully healthy when he returned but he still put up better numbers than he is putting up now.

Spurs’ Game Plan to Win Finals: Crowd LeBron

San Antonio Spurs’ head coach Gregg Popovich isn’t the longest tenured coach in the league by accident.

Sure it helps having Tim Duncan roaming the paint for the past 16 years but Popovich is probably the best at attacking an opposing team’s weakness.

Will we finally get a Kobe versus LeBron Finals matchup?

Back in the 2008-2009 season, Nike unleashed a brilliant marketing campaign using puppets to represent the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and Cleveland Cavaliers’ star forward LeBron James.

Bryant and James were the two most dominant and most popular players in the league at that time, so Nike was rooting for a Cavaliers versus Lakers matchup in the 2009 NBA Finals. Unfortunately, James and the Cavaliers couldn’t get by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals in order to make this dream marketing matchup a reality.

LeBron James: a man among All-Stars

The East All-Stars were down 88-69 at halftime with the West seemingly doing whatever they wanted against their Eastern Conference opponents during a marathon first half. After a playful game introduction that saw LeBron James and Dwight Howard dancing for the crowd and a poor first half showing by all but a few of the Eastern stars, the second half of the All-Star game took a decidedly competitive turn.

Lessons Learned from the Last Lockout-Shortened NBA Season

The 2011-2012 NBA basketball season is projected to be a very challenging season, more so than your usual season of NBA basketball. Due to the contracted schedule, shortened mini-camps and free agent period, and the weakness of the draft, this season will have a lot in common with the last lockout-shortened season back in 1998-1999.But first let’s take a quick recap of the 98-99 season.