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L ast summer, Ben Gordon was slightly disgruntled, kind of in limbo. Having rejected yet another long-term offer from the Bulls , and with a much less lucrative one-year deal on the table, he wondered where his career was taking him.

We had talked in his office at the Staples Center during the NBA Finals in June, Phil Jackson and I. His Lakers were en route to winning another NBA crown, Jackson's 10th as a head coach and his 11th as a participant -- don't forget he won a ring as a player on the 1973 championship Knicks -- and Phil seemed in pretty good shape, both mentally and ...

Barack Obama probably had to answer a lot of difficult questions this week. But there was one question that should have been a no-brainer: Who is better, Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? The President of the United States was asked that on Thursday.

It's no secret that Flint is known for its keen ability to produce top-tier basketball talent, but while names like Glen Rice, Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell are familiar nationwide, Ervin Leavy Jr.

Jim O'Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times : "Chicago, meet your James Johnson. His pedigree is more sociologically exotic than street.

James Johnson played point guard in high school and he's aware that a legendary forward who helped the Chicago Bulls win six championships did the same thing.

The Los Angeles Lakers, your 2009 NBA champs! Let's all celebrate, beep horns, riot, throw trashcans at trains and burn stuff.

The Bulls landed in the draft lottery so many times during the rebuilding era that table tennis balls were as much a part of their existence as basketballs.

The Berto Center was as alive as any windowless gym on a beautiful summer morning could be Monday.

Every year before the NBA draft, general managers are compiling their information to make the best decision possible, while hoping they can avoid a major NBA draft bust that will haunt them.

Sunday night, Phil Jackson won his 10th NBA Championship in his coaching career.

With the Lakers winning their 15th championship in franchise history, coach Phil Jackson won his 10th career title setting not only NBA records for most titles by a coach, but in any sport... by chris cipriano 6 reads Opinion With the Lakers winning their 15th championship in franchise history, coach Phil Jackson won his 10th career title setting ...

Saying he needs the "ultimate" challenge and is tired of the criticism he's received of being "overrated", Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has resigned as the Lakers coach to move ... Phil Jackson Resigns as Lakers Coach To Take Clippers Job by Richard Zowie [HUMOR] 4 310 reads Humor Saying he needs the "ultimate" challenge and is tired ...

Randy Auerbach has grown tired of all the cars in Los Angeles driving by with Lakers flags hanging out the windows and all the talk on television that her father is about to be passed in NBA titles.

You must be out of your mind completely if you think KEVIN DURANT is a sub-superstar. That is plain and simple, a fact, that he is not.

Sometimes, Phil Jackson answers questions with refreshing candor. Sometimes, with sarcasm if not disdain.

If there is anything worth dwelling on, it is not the outrageous fuel prices that are gradually inflating in the midst of economic downtowns... Phil Jackson Badly Needs Win as Much as Kobe by Jonathan Mathis 27 reads Opinion If there is anything worth dwelling on, it is not the outrageous fuel prices that are gradually inflating in the midst of ...

What are the qualities of an NBA champion? What does it take to be the best? To answer that, one has to look at who the NBA's champions are.

From the Frozen Envelope to lopsided trades like the deal that brought Pau Gasol to the Lakers for next to nothing, the NBA has long been accused of tampering with the goods in order to get the most desirable outcome.

As Eddie Jordan walked up to the Sixers podium in the press room he wasna t a man who was nervous but a man who was calm, collected, and ready to take this young Sixer team to the next level.