NBA RUMORS & GOSSIP

Phil Jackson decided against pursuing a role with the Orlando Magic despite brief interest in a proposed position with the coachless team's front office, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Jackson, who ended his second coaching tenure with the Lakers in 2011, was lined up as either a team president/general manager or in a consulting role in discussions that were given serious consideration...

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant had just kicked the butts of what until about midway through the third quarter was being hailed as the most perfect NBA team. Include yours truly among those planting such sloppy, wet verbal kisses on San Antonio's posteriors. The Oklahoma City duo had us all looking, if not foolish, then at least slightly premature with Thursday's 102...

Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, is regarded around the NBA as one of, if not the toughest place to play in the league. A large part of what makes it so tough is the college-like atmosphere brought on by the faithful...and very loud...Thunder fans, who have sold out every single regular season and playoff game this season, which means there is no room...

MINNEAPOLIS Watching the injury was bad enough. Having to see the aftermath limping by, the crutches and the laborious movement that might have been even worse.In the weeks after Ricky Rubio returned to Minneapolis from Vail, Colo., where he'd undergone surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL in his left knee, he was hobbled. There were glimpses of him at Timberwolves games and...

Rapper Lil’ Wayne frequently attends NBA games, but he says he was denied by the team when he tried going to Game 3 of the Western Conference finals between the Thunder and Spurs in Oklahoma City on Thursday: Was going to go to the Thunder game tonight but was denied by the team to be in their arena. Wow. Smh. Go Spurs! — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 31, 2012...

Jack Ramsay is 87. Hes been watching the NBA since it began in 1946 and has been working with the league as a general manager, coach and broadcaster since 1966. So, Jack, during all of these years, have you never seen a team make an NBA conference final with a bench as weak as Bostons? I cant recall one, said Ramsay, a Hall of Fame coach who is working the Eastern Conference finals...

Last summer, the former Blazers guard decided to hang them up at age 27 due to chronic knee issues, but now he's contemplating making a return to the Association. 

The Los Angeles Lakers have two big problems on their roster, the lack of a play-making point guard and a quality small forward. Andre Iguodala would solve the latter of those problems. It was a disappointing year for the Lakers this season and they struggled all season to stay consistent among the top teams in the Western Conference. They traded their longtime point guard Derek...

Consistency separates the Spurs from the Heat. On a nightly basis, you know exactly what to expect and what you're going to get from Gregg Popovich's squad. The Spurs trust their system of unselfish ball and man movement. It's as if they're on autopilot and the only possible variable is individual effort within the system. Popovich's in-your-face coaching style...

It's been six years since Wally Szczerbiak took the court alongside Kevin Garnett for the Minnesota Timberwolves, but apparently bad feelings have died a slow death between the two NBA players. Toward the end of the Boston Celtics' 115-111 loss to the Heat on Wednesday, which put them behind 2-0 in the Eastern Conference finals, Szczerbiak tweeted: "KG is another one...

An evidently bored J.R. Smith arranged a bike ride through Manhattan with his Twitter followers at 2 AM Thursday morning and tweeted photos of the joyride.

An unnamed, high-ranking executive for an NBA team said that the league-owned New Orleans Hornets winning the draft lottery on Wednesday night was "such a joke."

Wally Szczerbiak ripped his former teammate Kevin Garnett over Twitter during Game 2 between the Celtics and Heat for his play. 

Paul Pierce fouled out of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals in the final minute of regulation, and he also made an early exit from the game in the final seconds of overtime. The Celtics forward was shown by ESPN cameras leaving the floor and walking to the locker room with 2.2 seconds left in the game. Our guess is that he began making his exit when his team was down 114-108...

At some point in the near future the Los Angeles Lakers are going to have to start thinking about the next chapter; life after Kobe Bryant.  But could it happen prior to the next NBA season? Without a doubt Bryant is the current face of the franchise and despite being in his 16th NBA season he’s

As the trade deadline approaches, there are at least 5 teams that could use Pau Gasol. Lakers forward Pau Gasol has come up in conversation in regards to a trade since the beginning of the season. He was technically already traded to the Rockets in a three team deal that would have brought in Chris Paul to play for the Lakers. The deal obviously didn’t go through, so here we are...

The Los Angeles Lakers are arguably one of the most elite franchises in professional sports.  With 16 NBA Championships dating back to their days in Minneapolis, the Lakers have had a wealth of talented stars that have dazzled the hardwood and helped make the NBA what it is today.  Here are the Top 5 Lakers of all-time. 1.       Magic Johnson:  At 6’9, Earvin “Magic”...