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The NBA’s Summer of Change, Part I: John Wall and the Point Guard Generation

John Wall is this year’s LeBron James in the draft. But with so many lottery teams already set at the point guard position, it’s likely that Wall will shake things up more than people realize.

The NBA’s CBA Could Learn a Lot From the NFL’s, and Vice Versa

Both the NBA and NFL are both threatening lockouts in 2011 after their respective CBAs expire. And they might be able to prevent it by learning a few things from each other.

The Clippers’ Season is Over, But There’s a Huge Silver Lining

The Clippers may be canceling their playoff travel plans for this year, but there’s some serious reasons to look forward to next year. All is not lost.

The NBA Salary Cap and You, Part II: The Deep, the Cheap and the Stupid

A look at how some of the NBA’s teams have dealt with the salary cap in recent years.

The NBA Salary Cap and You: An Overview, Part I

The NBA is somewhere has a soft salary cap, which basically amounts to no cap, since so many exceptions to passing the cap exist. In fact, the NBA cap is so irrelevant that it’s a historical rarity for a team to be under it.

Anything For the King: The Cleveland Cavaliers Offseason Moves in Spider Graphs

The Cleveland Cavaliers brought in Shaquille O’Neal and Anthony Parker this offseason to help LeBron James, letting the world know they won’t settle for less than an NBA championship this year. But what effect does that make statistically on their starting five—and is it enough to win a ring for the King?

And For Their Next Trick: The Orlando Magic’s Offseason Moves in Spider Graphs

The Orlando Magic have made perhaps the most dramatic offseason moves out of the East’s elite teams. They replaced two of their starters, bringing in Vince Carter and Brandon Bass to start in place of the departed Courtney Lee and Hedo Turkoglu. But does it make them a better team? Spider Graphs can give us an idea.

Are You an NBA Has-Been? Then This Offseason Is For You

The NBA’s 2009 offseason has seen movement of some of the NBA’s most dynamic, influential, and franchise-changing players.

If you’re stuck in 2001, that is.

With All the Big-Name Dealing, This NBA Offseason’s Got a Baseball Feeling

Basketball is a coach’s sport, and baseball is a manager’s sport.
It’s not an absolute, of course, as coaches and managers play a significant role in both sports. But the coach gets the credit for winning in basketball, whereas in baseball the manager may be more deserving.
On a much greater level than in the NBA, baseball [...]

If NBA Teams Aren’t Getting Better This Offseason, They’re Getting Worse

There’s never been a “holding steady” in sports. If you’re not busy getting better, you’re busy getting worse—because everyone else is getting better.
Never has that been more true than in this NBA offseason.
The teams that have gotten better come quickly to mind—Cleveland, San Antonio, Orlando—and the teams getting decidedly worse come just as quickly—Phoenix, Chicago, [...]