It’s inevitable that players will decline as they age. Very few players leave the NBA at the top of their game unless their career is cut short by injury. So it should come as no surprise that 2-time MVP Steve Nash is struggling just to stay on the court right now, let alone play a meaningful role as the Lakers… Read more →
Watching TNT’s crew of Ernie, Chuck, Kenny and Shaq debate the All Star reserves has strangely become one of my favourite moments on television. Amidst the crew’s yearly recital about how “you award winning” and Shaq’s stubborn disapproval of Dwight Howard, one player from South Beach was named, yet again, as an All Star. No, we’re not talking about Flash… Read more →
Baron Davis and Steve Nash are two of the most candid personalities the NBA has ever seen. Both of them have appeared in countless tounge in cheek commercials and skits over their years in the League. With Steve Nash nearing the end of his illustrious career Baron Davis called on him to be his ‘yoda’, his mentor on his journey… Read more →
Depending on which state you’re from or which NBL team you follow, opinions are going to differ about who was at fault for the post game scuffle between Perth Wildcats and Adelaide 36ers at Perth Arena on Friday night. For those who haven’t seen the incident, a scuffle between James Ennis, Gary Ervin, Anthony Petrie and several others broke out… Read more →
With the 2014 version of the NBA’s signature event fast approaching, I thought I’d take the opportunity to reminisce a little bit about my favourite NBA All-Star Game of all time – the classic that was played out in 2001. The 2001 edition was the league’s 50th All-Star Game and had everything you could ever want from the showcase, including… Read more →
It was 1978 and David Stern was just hired as the NBA’s General Counsel under then Commissioner Larry O’Brien. He had spent the past 12 years working with the NBA as an outside counsel and was now tasked with assisting O’Brien in cleaning up the league and solidifying its financial security. You see the NBA was very different back then…. Read more →
“The reason this is going to be the best Slam Dunk [Contest] in five years is it’s the first time we knew who the guys were.” - Charles Barkley The Round Mound of Rebound summed it up right there folks…finally we have some legit players competing in the Dunk Comp. Back in the day, superstars like Michael Jordan (competed 3… Read more →
On Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers fired General Manager Chris Grant due to the team’s disappointing 16-33 record this season. Owner Dan Gilbert was quoted as saying “We have severely underperformed against expectations.” No-one is really surprised. This franchise made a lot of noise last summer about making the playoffs this season for the first time since LeBron James left town…. Read more →
When Indiana Pacers All-Star center Roy Hibbert was in the third grade he had big dreams. It was then that he first dreamt of becoming an NBA player. Recently, as part of the NBA’s ‘dream BIG’ campaign, the favourite for this year’s NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award made a surprise visit to the Paramount School of Excellence in… Read more →
From www.bbc.co.uk: When US basketball player Alex Owumi signed a contract to play for a team in Benghazi, Libya, he had no idea that his employer was the most feared man in the country. Nor did he guess the country was about to descend into war. Here he tells his story, parts of which some readers may find distressing. Read… Read more →