ESPN- February is on our doorstep, yet we're still waiting and watching to see if and when Dwight Howard will be dealt. In addition to a prospective Superman swap, our 5-on-5 crew takes a look at some potential deals.
Atlanta Hawks All-Star center Al Horford will miss at least three months with a shoulder injury, a major blow to a playoff contender in the Eastern Conference.
The team announced Thursday that Horford tore his left pectoral muscle in the first quarter of Wednesday night's game at Indiana. The …

SPORTINGNEWS- Derrick Rose could soon be adding a nine-figure shoe deal to his $94 million basketball contract.
ESPN.com reported Friday that the Chicago Bulls point guard and reigning NBA MVP is nearing agreement with adidas on a so-called "lifetime" contract that could pay him as much as…
LeBron James has always put up big numbers when he comes to Target Center to play the Minnesota Timberwolves. And he rarely has to break a sweat -- or play in the fourth quarter -- to do it.
Now that Ricky Rubio is running the point and Rick Adelman is calling the …

1. These guys will be fun to watch. There are never-ending storylines with this team, from Blake Griffin's development from star rookie to outright star to point guard Chris Paul's adjustment to life in the spotlight to veterans Chauncey Billups and Caron Butler taking a yo…
NBA players rejected the league's latest contract offer on Monday and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire NBA season with the sides taking their labor dispute into the court of law.
The NBPA said it would no longer continue in collective bargaining and would dissolv…
Less than 24 hours after locked out NBA players turned down team owners' latest contract proposal, the two sides agreed to meet Wednesday to continue negotiations.
The owners and players union were to sit down together in New York at 1 p.m. Eastern time (10 a.m. Pacific).
Both union executive di…
The NBA players and owners will meet this weekend in New York, reportedly in a last-ditch effort before more games are canceled and a threat to a lost season becomes real.
News: After rumors of bickering between union executive director Billy Hunter and president Derek Fisher, some players hav…
The NBA lockout has nearly reached four months, and there's more than just negotiating with NBA Commissioner David Stern that's left the players union restless. There's also issues they have to discuss amongst themselves.
For worse, the two sides don't have any negotiating sessions scheduled.…
Shaquille O'Neal was never a one-track mind kind of guy. Whether he was "rapping", or "acting," or self-promoting, the Big Fella was a busy man during his 19 NBA seasons, when he also won four championships and three Finals MVPs.
So it's not surprising that Shaq is keeping busy in his retirement. H…
It doesn't matter that Derek Fisher is blowing smoke in the public's direction by denying reports of a rift between himself and a few members of the NBA players' union. What matters is the reason why he felt the need to do so, the effect it could possibly have on labor negotiations and whether …
In his latest letter to fellow players, union president Derek Fisher strongly denied a report published over the weekend that claimed union executive director Billy Hunter and another unnamed member of the union's executive board have questioned Fisher about his relationship with NBA commission…
NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled NBA games through Nov. 30 on Friday after NBA labor negotiations broke down for the second time in a week.
''It's not practical, possible or prudent to have a full season now,'' Stern said.
After two days of making some progress on salary cap issues, the …
The goal all along had been to get David Stern and Billy Hunter in a room together, not just at the start of a day's negotiations but at the end.
That's where they were Thursday, lending legitimacy and hope to what seemed like some serious positioning on a deal that could come as soon as Friday…
NBA owners and players are meeting again, hoping to build on the progress from a marathon session Wednesday and strengthen the chances of an 82-game season.
Small groups from both sides resumed talks less than 12 hours after finishing a 15-hour meeting that went until past 3 a.m. Both sides sa…
NBA owners and players have resumed talks aimed at ending the lockout, less than a week after three intense days of mediation didn't produce a new labor deal.
The sides are getting back to the table Wednesday with a small group meeting. Talks broke down last Thursday when …
Thursday was the last straw, the end for those who believed this was a negotiation -- a hard-nosed one, to be sure, but a negotiation -- between two worthy adversaries, each looking for the best possible deal for themselves, but ultimately willing to make a deal. Thursday came and went, and at …