LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all scored at least 20 as the Heat used a third quarter surge to drop the Knicks 102-88 Thursday night in Miami.  While it was a forgettable night for Lin, it was as good a night the Heat could’ve asked for on defense.  They forced 19 turnovers, eight […]

 All eyes will be on Orlando this weekend for the NBA All-Star Game, but come July the attention will shift toward Las Vegas, Washington  D.C., England and Spain as Team USA prepares for the 2012 London Olympics.  USA Basketball announced today their schedule for both training camps and exhibition games and in the States and […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  Even David Stern has been Linfected Sorry.  As a paid member of the media, I’m contractually obligated to make one Lin pun a day for the rest of the month.   Not one to miss a […]

It was only a matter of time before we saw a bad game from Jeremy Lin. It was a real shame for the New York Knicks that it came in such a big time matchup against the Miami Heat. The Knicks finally got their chance to prove they could contend in the Eastern Conference. They […]

Our nightly look ahead to the schedule with a couple of notes and story lines so you can plan out your NBA viewing.  All Times Eastern. Fire up the League Pass 7:00  New York Knicks @ Miami Heat (TNT) I know you can do this with a lot of different things, but what if I […]

On one hand, Iman Shumpert having to miss the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is a good thing because it means he isn’t a shoe in to win because all the Knicks fans were definitely going to make him the winner as long as he made all three of his dunks. On the other hand, it […]

Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak have been taking shots at each other recently. Or offering their differing opinions publicly on how they each think their Los Angeles Lakers should be managed moving forward. Kobe opened with an F-bomb laced monologue earlier this week, which basically said that the Lakers needed […]

Yesterday, news broke that Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson would miss the All-Star weekend festivities due to tendinitis in his left knee.  Johnson was named an All-Star reserve, a participant in the 3-point shootout as well as the Shooting Stars Competition.  NBA Commissioner David Stern replaced Johnson in the All-Star game with Rajon Rondo, and […]

Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee has the talent to be a good player in the NBA.  He’s also a 24-year old kid whose head seems to be a little elsewhere at times.  Those lapses produce hilarious results for the rest of us, but it’s more faceplam than funny in Washington.   And with that I […]

Every morning, we’ll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1:  The Nets <3 Dwight… maybe a little too much. The Magic beat New Jersey last night in a game that was secondary to the hype surrounding all the chatter about Dwight wanting to go to the […]

The story of the 2012 All-Star Game did not begin when David Stern stood in front of a nice backdrop during the 2009 Finals and held up specially-made jerseys to commemorate the announcement. The story does not begin when shovel was put to dirt on the corner of Church Street, South Street and Hughey Avenue […]

Our nightly look ahead to the schedule with a couple of notes and story lines so you can plan out your NBA viewing.  All Times Eastern. Fire up the League Pass 7:30 Atlanta Hawks @ New York Knicks  The Knicks and Hawks are two teams heading in opposite directions.  I don’t know if you’ve heard, […]

If there is ever an NBA Lockout again, I’m guessing The JR Smith Chinese Basketball Experience may be used as a cautionary tale to describe why you maybe don’t actually want to bide your time hooping in China. Assuming you’re an NBA level player, who’d have the option to make a few million to during […]

If I remember one thing from my economics class in high school it’s that the demand for a certain good or service drives up the price. Well here’s the practical use for that lesson: If you want to see Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks against the Miami Heat on Thursday, be prepared to […]

We haven’t even hit the All-Star break yet, but Nike is already thinking ahead to July.  Monday, the sneaker giant gave the public their first look at the 2012 Team USA uniforms and at least one signature shoe players will wear in London. Nike debuted a ton of their 2012 gear today, including 2012 Nike […]