Instead of making their NBA debuts this week, first round draft picks Nolan Smith and Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving made their debuts with the Cameron Crazies. On Wednesday, the two former Duke guards watched Coach K’s group do battle with Shaw College, alongside the zaniest bunch of college basketball fanatics anywhere. Take a look at the […]

This lockout is about one thing: money. The owners have sought cost certainty and want to rid themselves of the dead-weight contracts that hamper their roster maneuverability and are just, plain bad investments. These are guys that want to see a return on their investment — preferably proportional to the amount of their investment. Cost […]

The NBA lockout is taking its toll on every team and the people who depend on the NBA for their source of financial income. Whether it be New York City, San Antonio, Boston, Chicago or any other city which claims an NBA franchise, there is no doubting the financial ramifications that continue as each day […]

Leave it to me, probably the only guy here at Crossover Chronicles to not like rap, to continue to stumble across ballers rapping. This time it’s former Phoenix Suns player Alando Tucker taking his turn at the mic. Well what can I say? Tucker apparently has released a music video (via ridiculousupside.com) for his song “Boy […]

Jerry Stackhouse played in the NBA last season for the Miami Heat.  Right, I know, you probably didn’t realize that.  He did though, he played seven games total in fact, starting one, and finished the season with an average of 1.7 points, 1 rebound, and 0.4 assists per game.  Despite that however, and along with […]

I don’t know how many times I’ve said it, but gag order on NBA personnel regarding the lockout and threats of heavy fines for contacting players is absurd.  Yet, they exist, even on Twitter, which Miami Heat owner Micky Arison found out the hard way. So quite a few people found it interesting that the […]

Kevin Durant has been the trend-setter for the entire summer. He played in just about every summer league pro-am game he could find and many of his superstar compatriots followed. There have been some epic battles on the basketball streets and back-channels while teams were locked out. If anything, we have seen how many players […]

The good folks over at USDirect.com provided this cool infographic that does a thorough job of explaining how the lockout came about since the last collective bargaining agreement back in 2005. Keep checking back as it will continue to be updated as things progress… Via: Designed by USDirect.com

We all know Chris Paul is one of the smartest point guards in the NBA, but sadly those skills don’t translate to the game show circuit. Much like his role on the New Orleans Hornets, CP3 led his team into battle in a 5-on-5 grudge match, but this time it was against 5 women from […]

Turns out Shaq is talking about his time in Cleveland too in his soon to be released basketball memoir after all. In the book titled Shaq Uncut: My Story, co-authored by Jackie MacMullan, O’Neal discusses some of the goings on with LeBron James and the panic-stricken Cavaliers organization during LeBron and Shaq’s season together as […]

A quick divorce after a short marriage was perhaps the most obvious ending to Kris Humpries’ marriage to Kim Kardashian. And as many comment, poke fun of, and feel the entire marriage was a sham, enter those Taiwanese animators just in the nick of time to break down this failed relationship with their own brand […]