The darker the tint, the worse a player’s performance in that said area. Amar’e may have the greatest variety of shots within the arc, having added a good midrange jumper in recent years. Ronnie Turiaf, meanwhile, remarkably shot 80 percent at the rim last year, blowing the other seven players out of the water. Like [...]

Is Carmelo going or is he staying? The Nuggets’ new general manager, Masai Ujiri, hopes it’s the latter. “Of course, that’s going to be the priority,” Ujiri said. “Melo is a great player, I think arguably a top-5 player in the NBA. … It’s a challenge, but I’ll meet with Melo at some point. He’s [...]

Tommy Dee writes on just how close the Knicks were to signing LeBron. It’s a painful read, but a good one. The Knicks expect Kelenna Azubuike to be ready by the season’s start. Azubuike went down with a nasty knee injury early last season, had surgery in November, and then followup surgery a few months [...]

New poll to the right. And make sure you check out the first of a series of prospect profiles. Photo: foreversouls Tom Haberstroh extols the virtues of Kelenna Azubuike at the expense of Wilson Chandler, centered around Azubuike’s superior shooting. The Heat sure know how gain friends. Buried in this article, Dwyane Wade had this [...]

Until the Heat added Mike Miller, the most popular theory for how to stop Miami was to simply clog the middle. Some have raised similar theories for the Knicks, leading for some calls for the Knicks to acquire a similar shooter – Donnie Walsh may have been interested in Miller and fellow sharpshooter Kyle Korver [...]

CBSSports.com has a trio of stories up about the CP3, and the rumors seem to be increasing at an exponential pace despite no real news. Royce Young writes on the issues with a non-contender trading away its franchise player, citing Toronto/Vince Carter and Minnesota/Kevin Garnett as signs of what could potentially come of New Orleans; [...]