Sam Smith

Does Deron Williams control this year's NBA draft? The buzz around the league is that Williams' pudgy college fat has been shaved off. (That raises the question of why he...

So what was that all about? To paraphrase Larry Brown, whose best and worst traits Scott Skiles seems to emulate, Skiles did the right thing the right way in going...

So what was that all about? To paraphrase Larry Brown, whose best and worst traits Scott Skiles seems to emulate, Skiles did the right thing the right way in going...

Scott Skiles is an excellent coach, someone who treasures the game. A former overachieving point guard, he preaches unselfish, disciplined and spirited play. He stands for the right stuff about...

It worked. You can produce enjoyable, entertaining basketball and succeed in the NBA playoffs. You can try to outscore a team, push the ball, run and shoot. The games can...

Forget Jordanesque. Amare Stoudemire is conjuring up names at age 22 that Michael Jordan only could have read about, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson and Rick Barry. Amare Stoudemire is...

It appears Larry Brown's staff is being put together in Cleveland, with former Spurs and current Pacers assistant Mike Brown the likely head coach and Pacers executive David Morway, a...

There's always a fork in the road of life, though if it were a knife your decision might be clearer. Anyway, you always wonder, what if you had gone the...

Sometimes you do everything you can do, and it's not enough. Sometimes the other guys are just better. It doesn't demean your accomplishments, your will or your effort. Would the...

Suns MVP point guard Steve Nash thought Steven Hunter played well Sunday when the Suns lost Game 1 of the Western Conference finals to the San Antonio Spurs 121-114. "Steven...