Dan Bickley has a great piece on azcentral.com about D’Antoni’s run in Phoenix, one that the Knicks coach cherishes. He also notes that Kobe Bryant has learned a bunch about D’Antoni’s coaching style while preparing for the Olympic games next month.
We all know that isn’t going to happen, but at least D’Antoni won’t be hampered [...]

Chris Sheridan writes that the King (sorry Henrik) has talked about the possibilities when he enters free agency, and mentions among other things, Brooklyn is his favorite borough.
“They have a right to dream about it, and I can’t take that away from them. My friendship was way before Jay was part-owner of the Nets, and [...]

Great Lebron piece by the fans at waitingfornextyear.com, as they try and distinguish how the Nets clearing cap space is the first bad sign Lebron may be skipping town in 2010.
“The basis for all of this is simple. The Nets traded Richard Jefferson, thus freeing the $15 million dollars he’s due in 2010 from their [...]

Frank Isola points out at his blog Knicks Knation that the Knicks shouldn’t put all their “eggs” in the Lebron James free agent basket. Isola points out how the Kobe Bryant saga ended with him still in Lakers purple and gold. He believes that Donnie Walsh should follow the Detroit blueprint where they brought in [...]

ESPN’s Stephen A Smith guaranteed the other day on the network that Lebron James would come to the Knicks in 2010. The comment ruffled many a feather in Cleveland.
The Akron Beacon Journal speculates that Smith is close with many in James’ inner circle.

“Many of them (James inner circle) would benefit from James going to New [...]

In case you missed it or just want to watch this over and over…

Obviously we won’t speculate, but we think Lebron does have “regard for human life.” Thanks Harlan, for trying to ruin yet another playoff moment.

With their playoff hopes continuing to get stronger, thanks to a game 7 win against the Hawks and a game one triumph over Lebron’s Cavs, the Celtics are primed to play for the next few weeks. That success may hamper assistant coach Tom Thibodeau’s chances at getting an interview with the Knicks, according to the [...]

The Newark Star-Ledger is reporting that a group of New Jersey investors, headed by New Jersey Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek, is looking to purchase the New Jersey Nets from current owner Bruce Ratner. It is well-documented that since purchasing the Nets in November of 2005, Ratner has been working to move them to his hometown [...]