The Houston Rockets walked into their Game 4 match-up with the Los Angeles Lakers undermanned, over-officiated, and ready for battle.
Less than 48 hours earlier, the Rockets had not only lost Game 3, they had lost the 7’6″ symbol of their franchise. When Yao Ming fractured his foot, it was thought to have also fractured his [...]

Last week I was able to chat with Brin Hill, the director of the Ball Don’t Lie movie. Over the past few weeks it’s been fun going “Hollywood” with my interviews with Kim Hidalgo and Grayson “The Professor” Boucher, so it was nice to get back to chatting more about basketball in specific topics during [...]

In Game 1 on Monday night, the Houston Rockets got everyone’s attention by showing that they would not kneel before the mighty Los Angeles Lakers and that, sure enough, we had a series on our hands.
Wednesday night’s Game 2 escalated the stakes.
Via their steely resolve charging back from a second quarter deficit without the help [...]

Robin Sawh takes a look at what the team will do this summer with Chris Bosh, the need for the team to acquire a wing player who can break opposing teams down off the dribble, the possible return of Carlos Delfino and if the team should resign Shawn Marion.

It has been said of the Los Angeles Lakers all season that their greatest weakness might be their overconfidence, that they were at times too sure of themselves for a team that hasn’t won a title. Even in winning 65 games in the regular season and taking care of the Jazz in five games, Phil [...]

Robin Sawh returns with a look at Toronto Raptors season. Some of the topics he breaks down are; the high expectations surrounding the team heading into the season, Jermaine O’Neal not working out as many had envisioned he would, Jose Calderon’s hamstring injury lingering through most of the season and the emergence of Andrea Bargnani.

One of my favourite parts of writing for Hoops Addict is the opportunity it provides me to chat with athletes that I admire and respect. While a lot of old school basketball fans loathe the AND1 tour – as a coach there have been countless practices where I’ve cussed the mixtapes out under my breath [...]