For a two-week period, Jeremy Lin was the fascination of the whole basketball world. He revitalized the Knicks and was playing at the highest level on the league's biggest stage. It was awe-inspiring and the media latched onto him quicker than his ascendance. The breakout season put him out of the Knicks' price range ultimately […]

The NBPA has elected Chris Paul as its next President, Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY reports. Paul previously served as one of the Executive Committee's vice presidents and takes over at an interesting time for the players' union. The league is only two years removed from a lockout that took 16 games from the regular […]

Ahhh yes! The luxurious life of an filthy rich, professional NBA basketball player such as Knicks' J.R. Smith. After signing a whopping 24 million deal with New York, Smith felt the best way to show off his new-found wealth was to purchase a freaking amored truck. I lived in NYC for 8-years and there's no […]

It seems things got a bit heated at the Drew League for Pistons' Brandon Jennings. During a game, former Iowa State star Mike Taylor was balling. I mean getting to the rim, scoring with ease and it made him confident enough to start some trash-talk with the NBA'er Jennings. During a possession for Taylor, he […]

The Lakers will be one of the teams wearing sleeved uniforms next season, Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles reports. So much for being second in Paul Lukas' rankings of NBA uniforms. The Lakers, one of the premiere and tradition-rich franchises in the NBA, have a classic uniform in gold and purple that needs very […]

When the NBA offseason reaches this time of the year — somewhere stuck between late free agent signings and the anticipation of the start of training camp  — trade rumors start swirling around and leaving debris of speculation in its wake. We officially have touch down in Sacramento with a number of reports involving Jimmer […]

You remember Shannon Brown right? You know, brown of "Let Shannon Dunk" fame a few years ago for the annual NBA Dunk Contest. He is a high flyer but while on a promotional tour out in Latvia, the former NBA Dunk contestant came up a wee bit short on a dunk attempt. While trying to […]

There are few truths in this world. One appears to be the Lakers wanting Phil Jackson to be their head coach. Whether Jeanie Buss, Jackson's fiance(?), talks about the possibility of Phil returning more or not, the two are tied together and, thus, the franchise is tied to Jackson. Let Phil Jackson put the kibash […]

Cleveland's Kyrie Irving took part in the Jamal Crawford Pro-Am recently and showcased his impressive dribbling skills. An by "skills" I mean he absolutely destroyed a couple of would-be defenders en route to the rim. Yeah, he obliterated one guy and dunked with his left! Nasty! Sure it was versus amateurs but still! Check out […]

A few weeks ago, the news came out the law firm that represented the Maloofs in the bid to sell the Kings was involved in the campaign to oppose the new Sacramento arena. It did not look good. There is now clarification as to what the role of Loeb & Loeb, the law firm involved […]