Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: CP-MVP Being a point guard in the NBA All Star Game is relatively easy. Just pass the ball and let the stars do what they do best — score. Playing point guard as Chris Paul […]

On Friday in Houston, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced the finalists who will vie to enter its hallowed halls when the official entrants are announced in April at the Final Four. Among the notable names in the finalists include Sonics point guard Gary Payton, New York Knicks legend Bernard King, former Kentucky coach Rick […]

Terrence Ross jumped over a kid while doing a windmill after donning a Vince Carter jersey to recreate one of the great dunk contest dunks. Jeremy Evans foretold his own windmill over a painting of him doing a windmill over a painting by jumping over a painting of him doing a windmill over a painting. […]

Kenneth Faried wanted to give everyone a taste of what has in story Saturday night for the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest. This weekend was his formal announcement onto a national stage. Basketball junkies and Nuggets fans already knew about the "Manimal" and his unrelenting effort. Now the league's rookies and sophomore know about […]

This weekend marks the NBA's return to Houston for the All-Star Game. The 2006 weekend in Houston gave us several things. LeBron James became the youngest player ever to win the game's MVP trophy. Bill Simmons wrote one of the funniest sports articles I have ever read.  It also gave us the biggest Slam Dunk […]

Top NBA Draft prospect Nerlens Noel will miss the remainder of the year after tearing his ACL in Tuesday's game at Florida. The Kentucky center was one of the top-rated high school prospects and joined the freshman factory in Lexington to play for John Calipari. It was figured that Noel would be the No. 1 […]

The All-Star break does not completely split the season in half. In terms of games. We are past the midpoint, but it is still a good opportunity to take a look back on what we have seen so far this year. Here are some of the more interesting storylines that have stood out to me […]

Seeing is believing. And there is no doubt that the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry will make people believe on Saturday night Houston that he is the best 3-point shooter in the NBA. He is already got a head start thanks to some video shot Wednesday of Curry warming up for the All-Star event by […]

Kevin Garnett has always been one to talk a lot of junk on the floor over the course of his 18-year career between Minnesota and Boston. But off of the court it is a different story.  Except this time around, the story surrounding Garnett has everyone in Boston mystified if the “Big Ticket” really is […]

The Brooklyn Nets' inaugural season in Brooklyn has been up and down. On the bright side they are 31-22 and have already surpassed their win total from any of the last three years. They are on pace to win 45 games and maybe secure home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Still, […]

As a member of the media I know I have to choose my questions carefully whenever I am covering an NBA game. I have to quickly judge the players' mood, and craft questions based on whether the team won or loss. In other words, make sure the questions are sensible and will allow the player […]

Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu has been suspended 20 games without pay after testing positive for methenolone, which is a type of steroid in the NBA's anti-drug program.  Both Turkoglu and the Magic released statements about the positive test. Turkoglu: "While I was back home in Turkey this past summer, I was given a medication […]