Brady Ford gives out NBA draft grades for the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Toronto Raptors. [READ MORE →]

Shaquille O’Neal, also know as The Diesel, Big Daddy, Superman, Shaq Fu, The Big Aristotle, The Big Shaqtus, The Big Shamrock, Dr. Shaq, etc, announced is retirement from the NBA earlier today on Twitter. Shaq posted a video on his twitter page that said the following directed toward his fans: “We did it. 19 years [...]

Last Wednesday night, in Miami, the Heat used a fourth quarter run to defeat the Boston Celtics and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. As the Heat had just begun what will likely be a five-year championship run, another championship run may have come to an end.

The Milwaukee Bucks, in 2010, took the Atlanta Hawks to seven games in the first round. They played good defense, offense but ultimately came up short. The main reason, in my opinion, was due to not having Andrew Bogut down low to provide a huge defensive boost, rebounding boost and scoring boost. After that 2010 [...]

Yeah, its a day behind, but the following was written pre-playoffs.   Welcome to the NBA playoff preview! I am your party host, and with me, also watching like his favorite team, is Bucks fan Dan Vachalek. Bulls vs Pacers David: I want to see this for one reason:Tyler vs Carlos. Boozer is one of [...]

Rob Kelley breaks down why the Miami Heat are still not in the elite class of the Boston Celtics.

Marc: Welcome to Sports Nickel’s third volume of NBA Double Dribble. Through our first two weeks here at DD, John and I have covered the best players, teams, and games that the NBA has had to offer in its first half. But with the midpoint of the 2010-11 season nearing us, the NBA will instead [...]

NBA Double Dribble is a collaboration by SN authors John Mitchell and Marc Young. Marc: Welcome to the first edition of Sports Nickel’s weekly NBA column, Double Dribble. In this article both John Mitchell and I will be covering all the most recent happenings in the NBA, from what to watch each week to which [...]