Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose made his presence felt last year and firmly established himself among the NBA’s elite. Along with the addition of Tom Thibodeau and Carlos Boozer, Chicago surprised many by earning the Eastern Conference’s top seed and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. Rose turned in an MVP season in averaging 25.0 points per […]

Whenever David Stern, Billy Hunter or Derek Fisher say anything, you have to take it with a grain of salt. All three of these guys are extremely smart and extremely strategic in the words they choose and each comment seemingly has a purpose. When Stern went on Bill Simmons’ podcast and suggested the owners would […]

Brandon Jennings does not like snakes. More specifically, he does not like certain basketball players who take a snake as their nickname. At least that’s what a photo he posted on Twitter would have you believe. But the current Under Armour endorser and intern might have some other motives for disliking snakes of all kinds […]

China has become the popular destination for NBA stars seeking refuge from the lockout. The potential marketing opportunities in China and some familiarity with Western culture and comforts has tantalized players. Granted, China does not seem so accommodating to the opt out clauses most NBA players want so they can race back across the world […]

Every day seems to bring a new rumor of an NBA player going to Europe for the duration of the lockout. At least threatening to go to Europe seems to be the trendy thing to do and one of the ways the players have tried to gain leverage over the owners. For Americans it seems […]

There was no way Dennis Rodman was going to enter the Hall of Fame and not do something crazy to commemorate the occasion. The rebounding specialist for the Detroit Pistons Bad Boys and part of the second three-peat of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls has always been a bit out there. From his affinity for rebounding, […]

Patrick Ewing hopes his never-ending quest to be an NBA head coach leads him back to New York.  The current Magic assistant coach was on the Mike Lupica Show on Tuesday said he hoped to one day rejoin the Knicks. “I hope that one day I get to come back home because I do live […]

The life of a WNBA player, if you have not guessed, is not so glamorous. The best women’s basketball players in the world assemble in the United States for top-level competition to play for an average of $72,000 in front of sparse crowds for the most part. The state of women’s basketball is such that […]

Besiktas has been a major player in the lockout already. The Turkish club already has signed Deron Williams to play for them for the duration of the lockout and the team has flirted with Kobe Bryant, reportedly meeting with him Thursday. Even if the meeting ends with Bryant saying, “No way will I play there” […]

Nobody in the NBA is optimistic about anything right now.  Especially not after bargaining earlier this week apparently ended quickly when both sides dug in to their previous positions and got nowhere fast. Then the NBA owners filed their own complaint against the union with the NLRB and filed a lawsuit in federal court. Many […]

Spencer Hawes has been at the front of The Resistance. Billy Hunter and Derek Fisher have the buttoned-up responses as they try to remain conciliatory and provide hope for the future, especially for the 2011-12 season. Their game is compromise and eventually getting something done. David Stern and Fisher/Hunter have said some very different things […]

What do you do as an arena during the summer when your two main tenants (sorry New York Liberty) are on break? What do you do when one of them is locked out? You could hold a few concerts and special events. Those are always nice. But in the hustle and bustle of New York, […]

It is hard to believe, but we are a year away from the 2012 Olympics. The glory of the Redeem Team from 2008 has faded and, after a romp through the 2010 World Championship, the U.S. has to prove it will not return to complacency. At the 20th anniversary of the original Dream Team, the […]

Getting traded to Phoenix was a bit of a culture shock for Marcin Gortat. His entire career has been spent playing 10-15 minutes per game behind Dwight Howard, the league’s best center, on one of the league’s best teams. Gortat turned those 10-15 minutes into a lucrative deal from Dallas that Orlando matched. During his […]

The owners and players will not meet until early August (at the earliest) for formal negotiations. The lockout is very much at a standstill right now as the two sides plan their strategy for the next confrontation. Owners have seen two sizeable paychecks head the players’ way as the league did not give the players 57% […]