The NBA lockout is still marching on but it hasn’t stopped the NBA from planning the 2013 NBA All-Star game. According to usatoday.com, Houston, Texas will play host to the event: Tere Perry, public relations manager at the Hilton Americas hotel, confirmed that the hotel has been informed that the All-Star game and the events […]

The lockout hasn’t deterred NBA players from some good old fashion streetball this summer and giving NBA fans lots to talk about at the water-cooler the next day at the office. From Michael Beasely showing a fan his impression of the face hugger creature from the movie Aliens, Matt Barnes proving he can’t play in […]

File this under “we’ll see” but here you go. According to a tweet from Mete Aktas (via Hoops Hype) Turkish basketball team Besiktas is interested in bringing over Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant: According to Ibrahim Seten, who’s the chief editor of the sports department of daily national newspaper VATAN, Besiktas has already started transfer […]

The Milwaukee Bucks want free agent shooting guard Michael Redd to return to the team but according to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, Redd may end up joining one of the East’s power teams: I’ve heard Milwaukee Bucks management approached Michael Redd before the lockout about returning for another season, although my impeccable […]

While most of the focus on the NBA lockout has centered around the players and the owners, another aspect in this mess is what could happen to the Memphis Grizzlies’ arena – The FedExFourm – should the lockout wipe out all of next season. A fund used to pay off bonds that paid for the […]

Former NBA player Keith Closs opened up recently to talk about how alcohol ended his NBA career. And if you think his alcoholism began once the money, fame, and notoriety of playing in the NBA came into his life, think again. Closs admitted he started drinking early.  As in elementary school early: “I was a […]

The New York Knicks.  What can be said about this once proud franchise that became the laughing stock of the NBA for years and is now just coming out of mediocrity. Yet despite their recent steps in the right direction, this franchise still tends to take two steps back after taking one step forward. They […]

Clothes, check. Toiletries, check. Airline ticket, check. Loaded firearm, double check. Right there you just read former NBA player Darius Miles’ checklist as he headed to St. Louis’ Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. I mean, it’s a loaded weapon, no way the TSA can catch that right? Former NBA player and East St. Louis native Darius […]

Who says NBA fans won’t have games to watch come October?  They’ll get some of the best ball they’ve seen in a while… at least they will on their favorite gaming console. The highly-anticipated NBA 2K12 is moving the clock back and will be parading out some of the games legendary players. Already announced players are […]

It was a moment in time which stood still for all Celtics fans across the globe during this past season’s playoffs. Celtics floor general, Rajon Rondo, falling back, stuck out his left arm to brace his fall, and subsequently dislocated his elbow. To Rondo’s credit, he did return to the court in the same game […]

The NBA lockout is in full effect and with the end no where in sight, it would seem it could be quite some time until fans see their favorite teams back on the hardwood. Until then, some players are weighing the option of heading overseas until the lockout is over including Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe […]

So I was under the impression this is an NBA lockout and as such the lockout rules apply to the teams and the players, but wouldn’t extend beyond that.  Guess I was wrong. According to the Charlotte Observer (via cbssports.com), the NBA has told team scouts they are more than welcome to attend college games […]

As more and more NBA players consider riding out the lockout overseas, internationl teams are considering whether bringing them in is a good idea.  From insurance issues, team chemistry, and money, there is a lot to consider for any destination team and their front office. Enter China. The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) is reportedly considering […]

The highly anticipated Drew League, Goodman League showdown is next month and with the NBA lockout already putting the kibosh on the Las Vegas Summer League, many NBA fans will be flocking to Washington D.C. to take in this event. Who can blame them? The players featured are a who’s who of the NBA including […]

Ah to be a rich professional NBA player. You play a game for a living, adored by throngs of fans, paid millions, fame, notoriety, and the ability to start collecting… cars. Well if you are Dallas Mavericks’ Shawn Marion you do. Not stamps, baseball cards, sneakers, or comics, we’re talking cars. In an interview with […]