Immediately after the Raptors - Hawks game, Atlanta’s forward-center Al Horford went on to visit the victim of his mis-timed block - TJ Ford, who was hospitalized at Piedmont Hospital after Horford hit Toronto’s point guard in the head while trying to block his breakaway layup.
Horford, along with Dominique Wilkins and Josh Smith’s father, Pete […]

It would seem that free agent Earl Boykins, one of the NBA’s best remaining free agents, has been called Thursday by the Charlotte Bobcats ’ head coach Sam Vincent about Boykins possibly signing for the Bobcats.
Boykins would give Charlotte (7-12) much needed depth at either point guard or shooting guard position as he averaged […]

It seems that Scott Skiles, the Bulls’ coach, has finally decided on his starting line-up after a period of experimenting different formulas. It should look like this: Luol Deng, Joe Smith, Ben Wallace, Ben Gordon and Kirk Hinrich.
“I don’t know that it bodes well for us long-term to continue to appear to be searching all […]

Well, not really to be crushed but LeBron has big confidence in the team’s near future: “Teams better get their wins now against us,” James said. “They’re talking trash against us now because we have guys out. But when we get our guys back, it’s going to be a different story.”
LeBron had his reason for […]

Allen Iverson followed his 51-point effort with another strong game agains the Denver’s Western Conference rival, the Dallas Mavericks, scoring 35 points and dishing 12 assists. Denver won in impressive fashion, 122-109, and is sending a message to the rest of the Western Conference: they can be a nightmare matchup.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have matched the Charlotte Bobcats’ contract offer sheet signed by Anderson Varejao, General Manager Danny Ferry announced this morning.
By matching the Bobcats’ contract offer sheet, Varejao will now be under contract with the Cavaliers. Per the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

The return to health of Tony Allen meant that rookie Gabe Pruitt could make another visit to the NBA Development League. Pruitt was assigned yesterday (for the second time) to the Utah Flash, for whom he played two games last month.
When Allen was hurt Nov. 24 in Charlotte, the Celtics brought Pruitt back and he […]

Rod Thorn has now seen his team play 17 games, or roughly 20 percent of the season, and even before last night’s 118-95 loss to the Pistons he wasn’t happy.
Too many big deficits to climb out of, too few victories.

Ron Artest had ice on nearly every part of his body Sunday afternoon at Kings practice, from his shoulder to both knees and even a cold pack he wore on his hip.
But the bumps and bruises are nothing compared to the heartache Artest and his family have felt recently. In an exclusive interview with The […]

Vince Carter came off the bench to help the New Jersey Nets end their home-court disadvantage.
Carter scored 24 points Saturday night in a reserve role, and the Nets ended a five-game home losing streak with a 94-92 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jason Kidd equaled his season high with 19 points for New Jersey. […]