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No Easy Buckets: Lakers need to avoid Shaq

It is absolutely hilarious that the only man capable of slowing down the Suns’ fastbreak has already started making plans for the 2010-11 season. Even funnier is Shaq's choice of venues.

No Easy Buckets: Spurs looking for help

With Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili injured, Gregg Popovich is looking for reinforcements these days in San Antonio, but not even a rag-tag contingent has arrived to help his Spurs and their flagging defense. Laugh while you can Spurs haters.

No Easy Buckets: Iverson must change to fit in

Pistons GM Joe Dumars promised changes after falling to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals last season. After an offseason of doing virtually nothing, Dumars finally delivered the promised shake-up Monday with the acquisition of Allen Iverson.

No Easy Buckets: 2008-09 NBA predictions

The NBA had its dreams come true last year, when the Celtics and the Lakers squared off for the world title. There may be a similar scenario for the NBA this season, since both Boston and L.A. have enough talent to rule their respective conferences once again.

Bulls lean toward Rose in jumbled NBA Draft

For a while, the top of the NBA draft seemed fairly well set. But what seemed like a pretty straightforward exercise about a week ago has morphed into a guessing game that could be controlled by the whims of the (gulp!) Minnesota Timberwolves.

Big Three lead Celtics to 17th championship

The Celtics completed their quest for the Larry O'Brien Trophy Tuesday evening with a dominating performance on both ends of the floor, but it was their lockdown defense that remained consistent throughout the season.

Observations from the NBA Finals

Boston has taken a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals series against the Lakers. While the series shifts across the country to L.A., Michael Bradley offers some observations while rethinking his prediction of Lakers in six.

Lakers, Celtics square off in Finals

The Lakers and Celtics gear up for their NBA Finals showdown, Michael Bradley breaks down the matchup between some of the league's biggest stars and makes his championship prediction.

NBA one step closer to dream Finals matchup

The Lakers’ win over San Antonio Tuesday night put the NBA one step closer to its dream Finals matchup of L.A. versus Boston. Trouble is, there won’t be anywhere near the anticipation of such a matchup as there was 20 years ago, when Larry Bird’s Celtics were battling Magic Johnson’s Lakers.

Not done yet: Spurs win Game 7, meet Lakers

Admit it. Like many others — including your humble narrator — you thought the New Orleans Hornets would smoke the tired, old Spurs Monday night in the final game of their Western semi series.

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