How many of you thought the number one and number two seeds in the NBA Western Conference would BOTH lose home games Sunday to start the 2011 postseason? Read the full story

Don’t know why, but I got more interested in watching the television coverage of the Masters the last few days than ever before. Read the full story

Now that Blake Griffin has quit leaping over cars to dunk a basketball, James Jones has stopped making three-pointers out of the corner, and Kobe has earned a fourth All-Star game MVP award, it’s time for the NBA to get serious after a Fun Weekend and agree on a new collective bargaining agreement. Read the full story

Whether he used the name Lew Alcindor which he did for the first 24 years of his life, or Kareem Abdul Jabbar since 1971, he was a record-setter in basketball and one of the finest to ever play the game. Read the full story

Will the Los Angeles Lakers capture their third consecutive pro basketball title? Read the full story

Which of the NBA contenders will sign another free agent or two in the next few weeks to bolster their club for the 2010-2011 season? Read the full story

LeBron James seems like a quality individual to me. But, Thursday night’s ESPN 60-minute special on his decision where to continue his pro basketball career was too much show biz and not well done. Read the full story

Isn’t it ironic that the franchise with the best player in the NBA Finals won the championship because his teammates came through in Game 7 when he had a rare off-night? Read the full story

On this website last Monday, May 31, I wrote, “The Lakers badly need to win the first two games (of the NBA Finals) at home. Going to Boston tied 1-1 or down 0-2 could be a major problem since the Celtics will host games 3, 4 and 5, if necessary.” Read the full story

Can the Phoenix Suns win four of the last five playoff games from the Lakers………and what about Orlando’s chances of taking four in a row against the Celtics? Read the full story

It happened 40 years ago, on May 8, 1970. Read the full story

By Charley Rosen
FoxSports.com NBA Analyst Read the full story

Making sports predictions is a risky proposition, and it can be embarrassing. Read the full story

Did I get the facts straight? Read the full story