With five minutes left in Game 3, the Boston Celtics were down 15. In an effort to lessen the deficit, head coach Doc Rivers informed Eddie House to foul the worst free throw shooter. His name? Ben Wallace. Wallace calmly stepped to the free throw line, airballed the first one and badly missed the second.
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* Hornets Hype has a link to a genius flash game called Buggin’ Out where you’re a Fleur De Bee and you get to shoot falling Spurs.
* Check out this classic YouTube clip of Charles Barkely reading the teleprompter and announcing that he’s a dumbass. Genius!
* Rush The Court talked about the latest Academic Progress [...]

Michael Jordan had one. Magic Johnson had one. Even Lebron James had one in last year’s Eastern Conference Finals, now he just needs to have another.
The “one” is called an alpha dog game, and after another putrid performance in the Cavaliers’ 89-73 Game 2 loss to the Boston Celtics, James must summon another one of [...]

You can go to any pickup basketball game and find the same kind of players. There is always a player who plays the Dominique Wilkins role and shoots all the time. There is a player who is usually an older gentleman who plays the Ben Wallace role of setting hard picks, getting tough rebounds and [...]

Back in the 1980s professional wrestler Ric Flair became famous for his trademark saying, “To be the man you gotta’ beat the man.” In a brilliant sense of irony, the New Orleans Hornets have been blasting Ric Flair’s trademark “Wooo” through New Orleans Arena this season whenever Chris Paul scores a bucket. Despite members of [...]

After an eight-month hiatus the Hoops Addict Podcast has finally returned. Due to time restraints as a result of my career and having been asked to cover the Toronto Raptors for HOOPSWORLD this season, I was unable to keep the podcast going during the regular season. But now, with the slower summer months approaching and [...]

* ESPN ran a feature article on Chris Lofton this week revealing that he played his senior season after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from one of his testicles in March 2007.
* The Ball In Europe team is doing a great job of covering the Euroleague Final Four and the highlight for me [...]

In what seems to be an annual event in the month of April, the Washington Wizards were eliminated from the playoffs, this time in six games after a 105-88 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the end, the physical play, the tough talking, the big boost of energy in Game 5 and the home court [...]

On April 28th, 20,000 witnesses at the Philips Arena saw the once-lowly Atlanta Hawks stand up to the mighty Boston Celtics (literally in Zaza Pachulia’s case). The Hawks 97-92 victory was driven by their young dynamic duo of Joe Johnson and Josh Smith as together the pair dropped an absurd 63 points, including every point [...]

With the NBA coaching carousel in full effect, countless Raptors fans are wondering if general manager Bryan Colangelo will fire Sam Mitchell or stick by the coach he rewarded with a four-year contract extension last summer. Earlier this week during exit interviews Colangelo assured reporters that Mitchell would be back at the helm next season. With three-years [...]