On Friday in Houston, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced the finalists who will vie to enter its hallowed halls when the official entrants are announced in April at the Final Four. Among the notable names in the finalists include Sonics point guard Gary Payton, New York Knicks legend Bernard King, former Kentucky coach Rick […]

Terrence Ross jumped over a kid while doing a windmill after donning a Vince Carter jersey to recreate one of the great dunk contest dunks. Jeremy Evans foretold his own windmill over a painting of him doing a windmill over a painting by jumping over a painting of him doing a windmill over a painting. […]

Kenneth Faried wanted to give everyone a taste of what has in story Saturday night for the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest. This weekend was his formal announcement onto a national stage. Basketball junkies and Nuggets fans already knew about the "Manimal" and his unrelenting effort. Now the league's rookies and sophomore know about […]

Top NBA Draft prospect Nerlens Noel will miss the remainder of the year after tearing his ACL in Tuesday's game at Florida. The Kentucky center was one of the top-rated high school prospects and joined the freshman factory in Lexington to play for John Calipari. It was figured that Noel would be the No. 1 […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Getting testy Oklahoma City has some tough guys. Kendrick Perkins is not going to take anything from anybody. Russell Westbrook is a bit of a hothead. But Kevin Durant? As the commercial says, he is […]

The New York Knicks currently sit at 32-17, second in the Eastern Conference and 2.5 games clear of Indiana. Yet, the Knicks are still 2.5 games behind the Heat and nobody quite puts them in the same category as the defending champions. If you had to ask who the contenders for the Eastern Conference title […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Spurs gonna Spur The San Antonio Spurs are vanilla. They duck their heads and get their work done. Consistency is San Antonio's way. Securing the franchise's 16th consecutive winning season might as well have been […]

The Bulls have always been looking for offense. With Derrick Rose firmly supplanted as the catalyst for everything, the Bulls have a solid formula to defend but a less than solid formula for the Playoffs. And, with Chicago surprisingly in the top-half of the Eastern Conference playoff picture and Rose now traveling with the team […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Triple the fun Late Saturday night, basketball fans everywhere were captivated by a never-ending game. Louisville and Notre Dame went deep into the night with a five overtime thriller that included a seven-point comeback in […]

Each weekend, we will highlight the trends, rumors and stories going around the NBA that we may miss during the busy week. Villanueva emerging? I noted this in the Starting 5 this morning after Charlie Villanueva hit the game-winning 3-pointer for Detroit in Milwaukee. Charlie Villanueva has had a rought four years. He signed a […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Here we stay The campaign to keep the Kings in Sacramento has been going strong for a few years now. Fans have seen the movements of the Maloofs and their mismanagement and worried that the […]

Each weekend, we will highlight the trends, rumors and stories going around the NBA that we may miss during the busy week. Milwaukee Playoff hunting The Milwaukee Bucks are holding on to the eighth seed in the East but may be feeling the pressure to hold on and make the Playoffs for the first time […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Near embarrassment There have been plenty of lows in this strange season for the Lakers. There have been plenty of restarts for this team too. Plenty of avowals that the "season starts now" and that […]

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: A lack of urgency Before Thursday's game between the Lakers and the Celtics, Kobe Bryant asked — through the media — for Dwight Howard to give some urgency and work harder to get back into […]