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The Philadelphia 76ers had the ping-pong balls bounce their way last night as they managed to win the 1st overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
"The city has endured a lot over the past three seasons," 76ers head coach Brett Brown said after his team won the lottery...

BOSTON (AP) — It's a day to honor another of Boston's greatest sports champions.
A statue of former Celtics star Bill Russell is scheduled to be unveiled Friday at City Hall Plaza.
Russell played center from 1956 to 1969, also serving as player-coach for three seasons. Dur...

Well seems Paul Pierce is now comfortable in his new surroundings of Brooklyn. In fact he is getting greedy about taking over the entire city.
Pierce, traded to Brooklyn with Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry from the Boston Celtics is now talking up the rivalry with the NY Knicks...

The New York Knicks took a chance in re-signing 6th man of the year J.R. Smith to a new 4 year contract last week. That deal now looks more of a gamble as it was revealed that Smith underwent surgery on his knee and will miss up to 4 months of action...

You know what happens when you destroy your roster for years?  Bad contracts and no way to get out.  That is the Knicks.  But a few things still should have happened with this cash-strapped ball club this off-season to make things better instead of what they did.  And here they a…

The basketball talking heads, myself included, pondered the names from which we assumed the Celtics would choose from for a new head coach to replace Doc Rivers. George Karl-check....Lionel Hollins-check......Vinny Del Negro--check. Brad Stevens-What...

It used to be just baseball flourished off season. Now led by the enormity that is the NFL, the off seasons in many ways are as intriguing as the seasons. The NBA begins it's circus when the clock strikes 12.01 AM on July 1st, another words 10 hours from now, and it figures to be wild and excit…

I must admit I mocked the Brooklyn Nets a few hours before the trading deadline, thinking their offer to the Boston Celtics was laughable. Well the joke is on me as the Celts took the package from the Nets, and now the Nets are championship contenders...

After being rebuffed by David Stern and the NBA about trading players and a coach in the same deal, the Boston Celtics and the LA Clippers finally made the deal that brings Rivers to the Clippers and a 1st round pick to the Celtics.
After much negotiations, and discussions breaking down then starting…

Bob Ryan, legendary NBA columnist and reporter for the Boston Globe, recently joined Mike Lindsley on 104.5 The Team ESPN Radio to talk NBA playoffs, LeBron James and his Mount Rushmore and All-NBA First Team roster in league history.  Listen here:

Many of us Knick fans have hopes, long shot that it may be, that a title is coming to New York courtesy of the NY Knicks. However the chances of that get slimmer with every 3 for 17 shooting performance by J.R. Smith. Now we may have our answers why Smith has shot the ball so poorly and he has been …

Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics, 88-80, in Boston on Friday night to win Game 6 and take the first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series, four games to two. It was the Knicks' first playoff series victory since 2000...