Sam Smith

So that's all you've got? This is supposed to be a championship Miami Heat team? "It's a contending team," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "I think it's the best chance...

So you think you can be an NBA general manager. We know I do. So let's test ourselves. Here are the preseason picks by NBA general managers about the league...

He doesn't look or sound much like Oprah, but one of the best book clubs around is hosted by the Golden State Warriors' Adonal Foyle. The Warriors' center has a...

I have a confession. I love this game--especially this time of year. The NBA playoffs open Saturday and, while Chicago has its eyes on Miami, the basketball nation waits and...

Could Eddy Curry be on the move again? Clearly, big changes figure to be coming in New York after this miserable season and it's hard to believe the Knicks wouldn't...

As they yell to the runners trying to break the five-hour mark in the marathons: You're all winners! Well, pro sports isn't that way. There'll be one team declaring that...

No one can quite figure them out. There's quantum physics, global warming and the Eastern Conference in the NBA. My real concern is the Eastern Conference. It causes plenty of...

Q. I've noticed a disturbing trend with the Bulls over the last few seasons. Whatever player ends up leading the team in scoring gets traded the following season. In 2003...

How do you get a star? It's the question Bulls executives most ask themselves. Wait for someone like Luol Deng or Ben Gordon to emerge? Hope for someone in the...

The era of the Big Man is finally over in the NBA. Not that it hasn't been coming, but perhaps for the first time there won't be a dominant power...