Boston Celtics And Shaq Agree To Terms: Danny Ainge Finishes His Quest For Big Men

After the Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston badly on the rebounding front during the Finals, Danny Ainge knew his work would be to improve the teams’ rebounding.  Glen Davis and Rasheed Wallace did a nice job with their play in the playoffs, but the team could not match the size of the Lakers. That need [...]

Boston Celtics Can Beat Miami Heat: Why Miami Will Fail In The Post Season

             After LeBum James announced that he was going to leave the Cavs for the beaches of Miami, the league started a coronation of the Heat as the favorite to win the title. The Heat are unstoppable with Dwayne Wade, LeBum James, and Chris Bosh. These three men are a super team. The question in [...]

Pippen part of the 2010 Hall Of Fame Class, not Once, but Twice

Scottie Pippen, Ex-Bull superstar who helped win six NBA championships, has been named to the 2010 Hall of Fame class. He isn’t only going in as a Chicago Bull, but as a member of the 1992 USA Olympic team known as the Dream Team. Pippen did everything a player on the same team as Michael Jordan [...]

Folllow up: Lorenzen Wright

Lorenzen Wright, a 13 year NBA veteran who was found dead in a Memphis wood on Wednesday, is reported to have been shot to death. Wright was last seen on July 18 and was reported missing by his family July 22. Officials have said they are putting their top investigators on the case. If Wright [...]

McGrady unimpressive in workout

Yesterday the ex-NBA superstar Tracy McGrady had a workout with the Chicago Bulls. Not to my surprise, he showed he had lost his legs and isn’t even a shell of the player he once was. Bulls blogger Sam Smith wrote a blog post saying McGrady was an ordinary player to say the least. Early last [...]

LeBacklash: Dwyane Wade Is Now Public Enemy No. 1 In Chicago

LeBacklash is a series of blog posts to run in the next few days, analyzing the fallout from LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Miami Heat. But rather than provide a national point of view, The Big Dead Sidebar will present the cases from a Chicago perspective. LeBron James will not be the only [...]

Move over, Art Modell. You’ve got company.

In fact… Grab a pitch fork, Mr. Modell. We need some help chasing this rat out of our city.
Since game 5 of the eastern conference semi finals, I defended him. I stuck by him and made excuses for him. His elbow was hurt more than he let on. His coach didn’t put him in the [...]

Let The LeBronFire Begin! [LeBron James Jersey Burning Videos]

Every two minutes there is a new YouTube video featuring different pissed off Cavs fans burning their LeBron James jerseys.  It really seems to be the thing to do in northern Ohio at the moment.
We have about a dozen of them below, and I’m sure as I type this 5 more have been uploaded.
Cleveland is pissed.  [...]

Bulls officially fail…LeBron has chosen the Heat

After countless months of “where will LeBron go” coverage on ESPN and every other media outlet, LeBron has finally let the world know where he is going to play next year. The answer is…the Miami Heat.  James is going to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form a super team.  This big three is [...]