When he’s throwing it down like this, it’s no wonder that Nene is the NBA’s leading shooter. Welcome to Part Three of the Field Goal percentage series, where we will take a look at the big fellas and their success flushing the rock. Centres, by nature, play down low and usually sho...

We like rookie Roy Hibbert as a deep sleeper in the second half for the Pacers. (Michael Conroy) Centres Roy Hibbert, Indiana Pacers: The Georgetown alum hasn’t exactly set the league on fire during his inaugural campaign, but he is averaging 8.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in five Februa...

Francisco Elson (right) has a hell of a fight on his hands as he tries to replace Andrew Bogut for the Bucks. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Centres Joakim Noah, Chicago Bulls: The second-year Florida product has taken up a semi-permanent residence on the Wire Troll by continuing to produce solid totals both...

Marcus Camby led the way Saturday for the suddenly hot-shooting Clippers. What the hell is wrong with the Los Angeles Clippers? Badly beaten up, and just plain beaten down, this team has nothing to look forward to except the lottery, yet suddenly – in the midst of a brutal seven-game road trip –...

Wearing the hat of a Champion isn’t going to help Allen Iverson lead Detroit to a Championship. The Detroit Pistons snapped an ugly five-game losing streak (their longest skid in five years) by beating Memphis on Monday, and Wednesday they’ll look to start a winning streak when a struggling ...

We've been doing our research—i.e., reading the always trustworthy Wikipedia—and we think we've finally figured out what the heck is going on with the Portland Trail Blazers and Darius Miles. Let's see if we can get this straight now: In 2004, the Blazers gave Miles an ill-advised six-ye...

The L.A. Lakers improved to 1-1 in Vegas Summer League play with an 85-76 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night. The Grizzlies are now 2-1. Of course, team records are meaningless during the summer: what counts are the player development and player evaluations that are going on as teams get...

Two years ago they made the mistake of shipping out Brandon Roy before he had ever played a game for them. They got back Randy Foye. Exactly. So when the Timberwolves took O.J. Mayo with the third pick, as we predicted here at LBS, I wasn’t too surprised. I just really couldn’t figure ou...

Last night the draft took place, and outside of the Grizzlies getting OJ Mayo, who was originally drafted by the T’Wolves, for Kevin Love, there wasn’t a whole ton of surprise. Here’s a recap of the Top 10. 1.) Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose: This thing was done the moment they landed...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. High flying Derrick Rose holds the keys to the draft mania, but where is the basketball? Image details: UCLA v Memphis served by picapp.com This is going to be one crazy draft. First let’s set the table. The Western Conference...