This was probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in professional basketball. After a long summer of Shaq talking through the media about how cheap the hack-a-shaq is, the Spurs decided to makea  joke out of it. Five seconds after tip off of the Spurs and Suns opening game, Michael Finley fouled Shaq. O’Neal was confused to say the least and when he looked over at Coach Popp...

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Al Harrington has been wanting a trade since last season. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, Al Harrington is speaking his mind. The Warriors forward confirmed late Tuesday that he and his agent, Dan Fegan, met earlier with vice president Chris Mullin to reiterate Harrington’s unhappiness with coach Don Nelson and his desire to be moved. “...

The GMs have spoken. The annual GM Survey has been released on NBA.com and I like what it says. I’m going to cut out the time wasting stuff and just put in the results of the survey for you all to enjoy! Which team will win NBA Finals 2009? 1. L.A. Lakers — 46.2% 2. Boston — 19.2% 3. New Orleans — 11.5% 4. Houston — 7.7% San Antonio — 7.7% Others receiving votes...

After completing four lists ranking the top ten point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, and power forwards as they are expected to perform in the upcoming season, I am left with only one list, the list of top ten centers. The list of players that I used in order to compile stats comes from ESPN.com. Unfortunately, during my down time in between writing the power forwards article and the cen...

LABallTalk.com will be hosting the first annual Top Team Blog Contest. The purpose of this contest is to identify the best blog for each team in the NBA. If you write about a specific team in the NBA, please submit your site to me so that I can enter it into the competition. The tentative dates for voting will be October 20, 2008 through October 24, 2008. The season opener is October 28, 2008 and ...

The Power Forwards included in this list come from the power forwards listings on the ESPN.com players page. Before I hear all the complaints, I am putting Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan on the Centers list. Had they been on this list they would’ve been 1 & 2 respectively. Quick reminder, this is how I expect these players to perform in the upcoming season, not just how they performed in t...

The Golden State Warriors have suspended Monta Ellis for 30 games without pay. The suspension comes as a punishment for violating his contract and experiencing the high ankle sprain which will keep him out for probably longer than the 30 games. The Warriors cited Ellis’ violation of Paragraph 12 of the NBA’s uniform player contract, which prohibits a player from engaging “in any ...

The small forward position has evolved over the years to become completely different than it’s original intent. I strongly believe that the shooting guard and the small forward spot have switched. In fact, every position has just become one based on size and not ability. As the position rises from the 1 spot to the 5 spot, the size of the player grows as well. Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, ...

Shooting guards are plenty in the NBA. This has long been known as the position full of superstar names. The position that all the really popular guys play. They playmakers. The shooters. The scorers. The defenders. The guys that get to take the game winning shot. The guys that enter the slam dunk contest. Either way you look at it, this position has a long list of superior players and the top ten...