John Krolik

All-Star 2014: The Standouts

First, the obvious: The NBA All-Star Game is different from a normal basketball game.

2014 Dunk Contest: Ranking the dunks

Let’s get this out of the way: that was an awful, awful dunk contest.

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Belinelli beats Beal in tiebreaker, wins 3-point shootout

In the first year of the new 3-point contest format, the 27-year old Marco Belinelli emerged victorious, holding off Sophomore Bradley Beal with a contest-high 24-point performance in the tiebreaker round to beat Beal’s 18-point performance.

NBA All-Star Weekend: Waiters, Hardaway light up Rising Stars Challenge with 3-point shootout

NEW ORLEANS — To be perfectly honest, there are times when the Rising Stars Challenge can feel like a bit of a chore.

Erik Spoelstra, Chris Bosh, LeBron James, Mike Miller

James, Heat bounce back from loss, destroy Hornets

NEW ORLEANS — The Heat’s 27-game winning streak may be over, but they aren’t ready to stop terrorizing the rest of the NBA quite yet.

Riley to Ainge: “STFU”

NEW ORLEANS — Well, Pat Riley just added a little more fuel to the Heat-Celtics rivalry that simply won’t die.

On the amazing ripple effects of the 2004 Shaq Trade

Remember the Summer of 2004?

Oklahoma City Thunder's Durant reacts after not getting a foul call against the Miami Heat in the fourth quarter during Game 2 of the NBA basketball finals in Oklahoma City

NBA Finals: Season over, but LeBron/Durant rivalry just beginning

For years, the LeBron/Kobe rivalry was the most compelling one in basketball, but we never truly got to see it play out on the court.

Miami Heat v Oklahoma City Thunder â Game Two

NBA Finals: Heat’s Big 3 get back to basics, even up the series

For the sake of argument, forget about the Durant no-call for a second.

The Flaming Lips record a “Thunder Up” Anthem

The Flaming Lips, an alternative rock band formed in Oklahoma that has won 3 Grammy Awards, have just released a song called “Thunder Up” that can be listened to for free on soundcloud.com.

NBA Playoffs: Heat advance to the Eastern Conference Finals behind Wade’s 41 points

Exactly one week ago, Dwyane Wade was held to five points on 2-13 shooting as the Pacers mauled the at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse to take a 2-1 series lead.

NBA Playoffs: Heat destroy Pacers, take 3-2 series lead

The Miami Heat are just one road loss away from facing a Game 7 in the 2nd round of the NBA Playoffs, but they sure did look like a championship team on Tuesday night, when they absolutely dominated the Indiana Pacers en route to a 115-83 win.

Ben Wallace drives something out of Batman’s garage

If you didn’t already love Ben Wallace, an NBA Champion, a true class act, one of the best defensive players of his generation, and a guy who always left it all out on the court, you should after seeing what he’s driving around.

Oklahoma City Thunder v Los Angeles Clippers

Video: James Harden and Manu Ginobili are similar, awesome

This video, uploaded to YouTube by “antisocial215,” uses clips of Spurs and Thunder swingmen Manu Ginobili and James Harden to show just how similar their beautiful games are -- both are left-handed, deceptively athletic, good shooters and ball-handlers, and both use their superior basketball IQ and on-court grace to do some absolutely gorgeous things on the basketball court.

Los Angeles Lakers' Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, holds a news conference in Los Angeles, California

Quote of the Day: Metta World Peace takes responsibility for his play, calls Mike Brown fat

From the Los Angeles Times’ Mark Medina: -- Lakers forward Metta World Peace, on his failings in the Lakers-Thunder series and head Coach Mike Brown’s diet and exercise routine

Jerry Sloan would be interested in Magic coaching job

Fox Sports Florida’s Chris Tomasson has an interesting article up today about one legendary coach who might be willing to fill the Orlando Magic’s coaching vacancy: Even though he’s never won a ring, Sloan is rightly considered one of the best coaches of all time, and would certainly be the biggest name available to replace Stan Van Gundy.

NBA Playoffs: James, Wade carry Heat, even up series with Pacers

The Heat were able to get a 101-93 win over the Pacers to even up the series at 2 on Sunday, but it certainly didn’t come easy for them.

NBA Playoffs: Heat flaws show up big, Pacers exploit them to even series

Miami fans, the time to panic may be now.

NBA Playoffs: Can the Heat go up 2-0 without Bosh?

The Miami Heat managed to win Game 1 of their series with the Indiana Pacers thanks to an absolutely incredible half from both LeBron James and Dwayne Wade, but don’t be fooled: Bosh’s injury changes the entire dynamic of the series.

NBA Playoffs: Heat win Game 1, but Bosh injured

After the 1st half of Game 1 of the Pacers-Heat series, things did not look good for the defending conference champions.

NBA Playoffs: Clippers dominate 4th quarter, win Game 7

Through 27 quarters of basketball, the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers played each other to an absolute standstill.

NBA Playoffs: 76ers hold on, end Chicago’s season

Normally, when an 8-seed upsets a 1-seed, like the Golden State Warriors did in 2007 or the Memphis Grizzlies did last year, NBA fans are generally thrilled for an underdog team that beat the odds and prevailed.

Quote of the day: Frank Vogel hopes the Heat don’t get too many whistles

From our own Ira Winderman, here are some fighting words from Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel, whose team will meet the reigning Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat in Round 2 of the NBA Playoffs on Sunday: Clearly, Vogel is already trying to “work the refs” a bit here.

Miami Heat v New York Knicks - Game Four

Miami Heat apologize for PA announcer’s “extinguished” joke

Our own Ira Winderman has the story: Bialmonte was previously best known for his signature “DOS Minutos!”

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