Building a “big three” such as those found in Miami, Oklahoma City and now Los Angeles requires money and a desirable location for all-star-caliber players. Recent history has shown that teams with more than one go-to guy have been wildly more successful than those without, and PJ Carr proves it.

Perhaps more than any other major sport, the NBA television broadcast has changed drastically over the years. Gone are the likes of team variety and double- or triple-headers, in are star teams and ESPN logos. This hasn’t translated into a drastically larger audience, so is there something better to be done?

In the NBA era of “big threes,” Dwight Howard is becoming a big problem. The image-focused superstar has been nothing but trouble in Orlando lately, prompting many to call for his immediately dismissal. But is there anywhere that can accomodate his ego? After all, it’s the size of three regular NBA stars.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have laid waste to some of the NBA’s best teams to get to The Finals. Up next, though, is their biggest challenge yet in the league’s bad boys: the Miami Heat. Can the kids in OKC take down the Big Three from South Beach? We’ll start to get our answer this Wednesday night.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs are playing more than just a Western Conference Finals series. They’re redefining the NBA as we know it. With star power bursting from both sides, there’s a real changing of the guard taking place, and it’s happening in markets you would least expect.

Jerry Stackhouse is an aspiring NBA coach nearing the end of a long and eventful career. Will it be his experience playing with a young Allen Iverson, spearheading a revolution with the Detroit Pistons, sharing time on the wing with an aging Michael Jordan or playing in the NBA Finals with the Dallas Mavericks that will help him most as he transitions from on the court to the sidelines? The man’s got history.

The short NBA season came and went with much fanfare, and now things are officially back to normal as four solid rounds of playoff action begins. Mark Milner is joined by TheGP basketball contributor Travis Nicholson and Editor-in-Chief of TDotLive.com Dwayne Wynter to break down all the first-round action,

Lost somewhere in the accusations of Josh Smith’s inability to co-exist with a coach, stop shooting three pointers or provide any sort of valuable on-court contribution to a legitimate contender is the fact that he’s been the best player on one of the most surprising teams of the past half-decade. And he’s actually a really cool guy. Maybe give him a chance?

The Toronto Raptors haven’t exactly put together a 2011-12 campaign for the ages, but that doesn’t mean it was all a wash. As the regular season draws to a close fans are left scratching their heads when the club competes for critical wins down the stretch. Any victories, of course, only reduce the franchise’s NBA Draft odds. Are late season wins harmful for lottery-bound teams? Spoiler alert: no.

After we thought it was all said and done, the Sacramento Kings story has re-emerged with a vengeance. The shaky marriage between Maloofs and the NBA seems to be over and the state of the Kings’ future hangs in the balance. With so much drama, can a respectable basketball team emerge in the future?