Well, perhaps this is one of those games they will end up remembering. LeBron James’ twisting, physics-defying, insane that-couldn’t-really-have-been-that-easy layup last night as time expired gave Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the series and officially notched LeBron’s first official Gatorade highlight reel in the year 2018 moment. We’re not... Link
The top four is set, but the battle for the final four spots in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Playoffs is as tight and bunched-up as Magic Johnson’s boxers. Milwaukee, Washington, and Indiana all have identical 39-40 records, with Chicago one game behind them at 35-41. The Sixers are the... Link
Well I’m glad the NBA (David Stern) came to its senses and invited Gilbert Arenas to play in Houston this weekend after all. Too bad Gil had to go and finish the first half of the season with a 4-for-22 effort and 6 turnovers at Dallas. Ouch.So we have... Link
Pistons president Joe Dumars knows the Darko Milicic debate, in some ways, will never die. But the Milicic experiment is over after he was traded Wednesday to the Orlando Magic. The Pistons also sent Carlos Arroyo to the Magic for...... Link
window.document.getElementById('post-416').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post'; The Seattle Supersonics made news last night by trading Vladimir Radmanovic to the Los Angeles Clippers for PF Chris Wilcox in a move that didn’t stay in the headlines long. First the move was overshadowed by a piss-poor effort against the Milwaukee Bucks. Secondly that... Link
It’s been about a month and a half since we checked in on this year’s rookies. There are two developments that will go on in the next few weeks that will have drastic effect on rookies. One is a negative: the vaunted “rookie wall” that threatens to hurt rookie... Link
Fans of "Family Guy" will likely enjoy this parody created by odd duck NBA blog Need For Sheed. Imagine what would happen if baby Stewie from "Family Guy" played a one-on-one game with everybody's favorite reformed technical foul magnet. Take that imagination, and Need For Sheed has the video.... Link
Recently some FreeDarko readers have pointed out that we haven’t devoted many words lately to actually covering this NBA season. While it may be true that our last 37 posts have focused on profiling individual players (“profiles in courage” according to Shoals), I hardly think we can be blamed... Link
First off, there have lately been some cacklings on and off shore about the way FreeDarko’s decided to handle its business as of late. Let me draw out the obvious: we’re an irreverent, hip-hop-reared blog that constantly hollers “FreeDarko is a movement,” has made style itself into our odalisk,... Link
We meant to point this out earlier this week, but, well, we were driving home one day, and the cops pulled us over, and we'd had this friend over for Thankgiving ... well, it's a long complicated story. Anyway, it turned out that, thanks to Henry Abbott at True... Link
Free Darko is like a nursery rhyme. Half the time you have absolutely no clue where it's coming from (Why in the hell is there a cradle with a baby up in that tree?/Why does this article about the NBA...... Link
LA Clippers 109 Milwaukee 85 –Andruw Bogut had his first tough night 15 minutes and 2 points, and he was -23 … This game was done before the 4th Quarter … The Clippers are 6-2 …. Milwaukee didn’t win a game last year against the West on the road... Link
Manu Ginobili?Don’t say we didn’t warn you. All through his playoff run, all through the offseason, we warned you. A super-hot playoff run doesn’t mean that those stats are going to carry over to the following season. But that said, I don’t think anyone expected a statistical drop like... Link
In response to our Steve Francis-Cuttino Mobley item from earlier today, a "lowly paid" source "familiar with the Rockets laundry room" sends us a depressing tip: "When we used to go in the Rockets' locker room, a lot of Steve Francis’ stuff had the nickname "homo" written on it.... Link
Pistons player Darko Milicic was arrested in suburban Detroit and charged with driving with a suspended license. The 7-footer from Serbia-Montenegro posted $100 bond and was released, police said. A court date will be set in the next few weeks. Milicic was pulled over Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of... Link
Great NBA blog FreeDarko.com -- Darko's current mood is "enraged," by the way -- has made a pretty amazing find: A rap song featuring Fabolous, Spurs point guard Tony Parker and some French rapper named Booba. This is pretty fantastic for several reasons -- you can download the song... Link
There was some concern whether Pistons third-year center Darko Milicic would make it back into the country in time for today's media day gathering. He was stuck in Serbia-Montenegro after some confusion over his travel visa. Alas, everything worked out...... Link
Pistons third-year forward Darko Milicic is not eligible to be sent down. Only players with no years or one year of NBA service can be assigned....... Link
It's with a heavy heart that this 15th edition of the Carnival of the NBA comes to you. All our minds are on not the hoops world, but the Gulf Coast. It's the most horrible tragedy of my life by far, and I have to admit my eyes have... Link
Link: ESPN.com - Dale Davis signs 2-year deal with Pistons Normally i wouldn't care too much about a team signing an aging F/C that will fill in as a bag of fouls for the most part, taking Elden Campbell's job, but this is also a laughable situation for the... Link
Milicic under contract for two more seasons by Associated PressAUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Pistons exercised their team option on Darko Milicic on Thursday, keeping the 20-year-old center under contract for the next two seasons. "We are pleased to have Darko Milicic signed through the 2006-07 season...... Link
The Detroit Pistons exercised their team option on Darko Milicic on Thursday, keeping the 20-year-old center under contract for the next two seasons.... Link
Pistons' project center 'just needs to play' by Marc SteinLAS VEGAS -- It wasn't quite Darko Unleashed.It wasn't even Atlanta-in-April Darko.It was 28 tedious minutes of offensive struggle against a couple no-hopers named Harold Jamison and Brandon Kurtz, and it left little doubt why the Detroit Pistons...... Link