It happened to Tony Allen, of all people. A team first defensive-minded player on the basketball court, and the nicest guy ever off of it. He’s even brought his overwhelming enthusiasm and positive attitude to Twitter, and demonstrated his upbeat demeanor through use of at least six exclamation points per tweet.  He’s the type of […]

If Mike Miller gets hit with an Amnesty Clause, maybe things change.  For now though, Las Vegas has the Miami Heat pegged as the odds on favorite to win this season’s NBA Championship according to BoDog.com.  Coach Spoelstra was reportedly elated when he heard the news. Slotted just behind the Miami Heat and their 9 […]

These last twelve months have made it abundantly clear that the NBA is business first, and basketball second. Despite that, there are some moments that have made us forget – if only for an hour or two. They are those moments that we fall in love with as basketball fans. Not fans of a particular team, […]

It’s a good question from the All-Star Forward Zach Randolph.  Why aren’t his Memphis Grizzlies playing on Christmas Day?   I’m not necessarily saying there is anything wrong with Boston, New York, Miami, Dallas, Chicago and LA all being featured in the December 25th triple-header to open this NBA season, but I really can’t wait […]

I’m going to guess the New York Daily News had this cover queued up for some time now. New season, new NBA player not on the Knicks wearing a Knicks jersey on the cover of a New York periodical. Photoshopping just never gets old for some people. I suppose the thought was that as soon as […]

Miami Heat’s LeBron James is taking part in a Homecoming Tour with his pals Melo, D-Wade, and CP3.  You already knew about that though.   The problem for LeBron is the people who live in the greater community comprising his “home” don’t really like him that much anymore.  The idea to stage that “Decision” thing […]

HIP HOP (1996-2011), age 15, beloved by by his assistant Lil Hip Hop and his helpers the Hare Raisers. Loving mascot over the years for Allen Iverson, Eric Snow, Matt Geiger, Aaron McKie, Larry Hughes, Coach Larry Brown, Eric Montross, Clarence Weatherspoon, Tyrone Hill, Kyle Korver, Chris Webber, Samuel Dalembert, Kevin Ollie, Shavlik Randolph, Willie […]

When President Barack Obama was aboard the USS Vinson for the Michigan State / North Carolina game about a week ago he said that the lockout was killing him.  He referenced feeling sympathy for the concession stand workers and arena employees adversely affected by this Lockout, and even offered a dig of sorts directed towards the […]

Miami Heat’s Dwayne Wade could be the next NBA basketball player trying to get himself to where JR Smith is. This Lockout really has produced some sentences you never thought you’d read, hasn’t it?  Anyways, I don’t mean to infer that Wade is thinking about playing professional basketball in China like the forward-thinking Smith, although […]

Greg Anthony was the Vice President of the Players Association during the last time David Stern and his NBA locked out the players. It was the 1998-99 season, and that nuclear winter extended all the way up until January 20th.  A 50-game schedule was constructed and played out as a result, the All Star Game […]

It has finally arrived! Waco, Texas. Charity Game. Get on your feet people!   Yes, it is true, the Lockout has lasted long enough for Waco, Texas to play host to it’s own charity game.  It is reportedly being organized by NBA superstar Kevin Durant, and is expected to include names like John Wall, Tracy […]

If Flag Football paid around six hundred and seventy-five thousand euros a month maybe Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant would just play that professionally for the duration of the NBA Lockout.  Nike can sponsor the flags, maybe chip in a little for the salaries, and Donald Trump can buy a team to relive his USFL […]

If I were an NBA player watching “the nuclear winter of the NBA” detonate yesterday, I would want to sign up with a team like Maccabi Tel Aviv right about now too.  I’m not an NBA’er, Omri Casspi is though, and after he watched what went down yesterday in New York along with all of […]

To me, Penny Hardaway is the most overlooked and forgotten NBA star of the last twenty years. Maybe the reason he’s completely dismissed is because injuries disrupted what looked to be a Hall of Fame career, or maybe it’s because people just assume he was only good because Shaq was on his team.  I’m not […]

President Barack Obama was aboard the USS Vinson on Friday night, for North Carolina’s victory over Michigan State, and while there he weighed in on the NBA Lockout.   While offering his thoughts on a few sporting related topics, he said that he’s like all of us here at the Crossover Chronicles when it comes […]