0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 9/30/2011
I know many of you are anxious to crack open that brand spanking new NBA 2k12 video game after you put down five bucks to reserve a copy and fought off throngs of 15-year old kids at your local Game Stop. But if you want a sneak peek at the game’s opening cut scene (via […]
0 comments by John Karalis
We live in a microwave society right now. People want their information fast and they react even faster. With social media tools like Twitter at our disposal, news and reaction spreads quickly. And while I often love how quickly information can spread, and the resulting discussion, it comes with a down side. Enter Dwyane […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
This weekend Kobe Bryant will know whether he needs to report to camp in Los Angeles or Italy. Either way, Bryant will be someplace he considers home. And either way, Bryant will be doing what he loves — playing basketball. The Associated Press reports Virtus Bologna has reached an agreement with Bryant to play in Italy […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
As we all wait for the outcome of today’s CBA meeting and find out if there will be a full, partial or no NBA season, here is something to get your mind off things for a minute. Los Angeles Lakers’ Shannon Brown played a little 2-on-2 and his opponent was actor/comedian Kevin Hart. And if […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
You see what Adidas is doing here right? Matadors. The Chicago Bulls. Ernest Hemingway. Derrick Rose’s elusive dunking skills. Exactly, all fits together seamlessly when you’re looking to move some new D-Rose basketball shoes. Oh and yeah, the only reason I threw Hemingway in there is because he liked to write about Matadors a lot, […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 9/29/2011
Ring night. Every fan tunes in to see their favorite NBA team collect that elusive championship ring in front of millions of TV viewers and fans in the arena. It is the culmination of hard work, perseverance, and the ultimate stamp of validation of an NBA career. Just ask Mavericks’ Jason Terry. “Once you get that ring, […]
0 comments by John Karalis
I’ll spare you the exposition leading up to this. There’s nothing I can write that hasn’t been written and the quotes are too good. Jeff Van Gundy was on the radio in Houston, and he was preaching. “You know what I was thinking about today, and even yesterday, is how very few people care about […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
Parity is a myth in the NBA. Some teams are so poorly run and so poorly managed — not to mention unlucky — that it is a long prospect for them to reach a championship. Owners in the NBA want some guarantee of at least a chance at competitive balance. They want every team […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
I often thought of David Kahn as that pesky squirrel, starving, from his inability to both see and hunt for inanimate prey in the vast forest of Minnesota during his time in the front office there. Okay, I never really thought about him like that specifically before just now, but I do think that […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia
A few notable NBA players, musicians, and other pro-atheletes took part in the third annual Summer Slam basketball game hosted by the Jaime Foxx Foundation. Players such as Matt Barnes, James Harden, Jrue Holiday, and Nick Young hit the hardwood but in true fashion, the exhibition game was merely a chance for players to show off some sick dunks. Check out the video […]
0 comments by John Karalis
Ben Wallace was arrested this past weekend for drunk driving, and he faces a serious penalty. Detroit Piston Ben Wallace is facing a 5-year felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon after police found an unloaded pistol in a backpack in his car as they arrested him on suspicion of drunken driving Saturday in Bloomfield […]
0 comments by John Karalis
Chris Bosh and Carmelo Anthony were on Law & Order: SVU last night. Despite my high hopes, they didn’t play buddy cops from Long Island sent to Manhattan SVU to investigate a kidnapping or something. They actually played themselves… with a little twist. The show opens with Melo and Bosh giving an introductory speech for […]
0 comments by Brendan Bowers
When I think Kevin Love three things immediately come to my mind: rebounding machine, Beach Boys relative, and a guy who showers in other people’s houses during Old Spice commercials. None of those things enter into my thought process in any particular order, but they do serve as the thumbnails I use to help shape […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich
It has been fun this lockout discussing the issues that got us into this mess. Like those general managers blindly spending money on such star-studded players as Eddy Curry, Joe Johnson or Raef LaFrentz. These runaway guaranteed deals are one of the reasons that has us stuck where we are now — on the verge […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 9/28/2011
With these economic times, you have to take employment when and where you can get it. Conventional wisdom would seem to say this reality wouldn’t have an effect on multi-million dollar NBA players. As we all know though, some basketball players don’t exactly have the best track record taking care of their fortunes. That fact […]
