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 […]

OK so maybe it’s not an NBA game (thank you lockout) but Minnesota Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio finally got to play with his fellow NBA players at Drew Gooden’s charity game and did he deliver. Rubio showed off the passing ability and dribbling skills which made him a coveted draft pick out of Spain. From behind-the-back […]

Yes.  That guy.   And I think when THAT guy can take credit for saving your ass, you’ve got some soul searching to do.   Stephon Marbury has been playing in China for a couple of seasons now and he’s learned a few things.  JR Smith has been playing in China for about a month […]

It’s the potential one-on-one matchup that everyone is talking about. No, not Kobe vs. LeBron, it’s much bigger than that. It’s Michael Jordan vs. Ron Artest (or Metta World Peace if you want to play along with the insanity).

The economics of the lockout are about more than just the split of basketball-related income. The NBA is big business for cities. There are restaurants surrounding arenas that depend on foot traffic before and after events. There are concession workers and staff that make arenas go so fans can enjoy NBA basketball. They don’t get […]

So remember how New Jersey Nets’ Deron Williams adjustment to playing overseas with Turkish team Besiktas was highly scrutinized? Well Williams sure silenced some of those naysayers, at least for one game. Williams scored 50 points as Besiktas beat BG Gottingen, 105-94 at the EuroChallenge. Williams scored those 50 points off 17/23 from the field […]

By now you all have seen the video footage of Denver Nuggets’ J.R. Smith writhing in pain after his apparent knee injury while playing with the Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association. It was enough to make anyone watching it cringe at the sight of Smith in seemingly a lot of pain and […]

The Philadelphia 76ers bought 18 items from Julius Erving’s memorabilia sale Monday, bringing many of Erving’s prized possessions home to where he made his name in the NBA. The 76ers’ next trick might be bringing Erving into the front office of the franchise.  This is one heck of a first step to bringing Dr. J […]

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 […]

Lockout updates are boring.  It’s all legal-ese and posturing at this point.  So to punch up the latest update where neither side seems inclined to call one another, we turned to Xtranormal (via Red’s Army).   It’s a bit silly, but nowhere near a silly as the actual lockout. 

Everyone knows the old saying, “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Well it’s looking like that’s the case for those Power Balance bracelets that everyone was talking about a few years ago. You remember the bracelets that supposedly made you more coordinated with super-human strength? The ones that were practically […]

Denver Nuggets’ Wilson Chandler is currently playing in China with the Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) due to the NBA lockout. And although the CBA will not let NBA players head back to the NBA through an out-clause when the lockout is over, if the following video is any indication of how […]

On Monday, the players consolidated their lawsuit and filed it in federal court in Minneapolis, Minn. Another round of jabs and legal posturing ensued that would give any normal fan a headache and a bout with depression in realizing that the season is probably not going to happen. Plain and simple, it sucks. It sucks […]