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August 24, 2010 – Kevin Burke Last year, Kentucky’s John Wall was by far the most talked about player in the land. The hype surrounding him coming out of high school was unprecedented. It was LeBron James straight-out-of-high-school type of buzz. That buzz followed him all the way to the first overall pick in this [...]

August 24, 2010 – Allen Moll With the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame recently inducting former Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen into their hallowed halls of greatness, what better time to give one of the NBA’s Top 50 Players of All Time his very own multi-part, weekly Player Rewind Series. Scottie was the antithesis of [...]

Turner, Philadelphia's number 2 overall pick from the 2010 NBA Draft and reigning AP Player of the Year, has joined Baron Davis and the BD Doom apparel line at Li-Ning. [...]

August 23, 2010 – Kevin Burke Every so often, a guy comes along who is just meant to tear down walls and blaze trails for others to follow. These types usually get a head start on this pretty early in life. Milwaukee Bucks point guard, Brandon Jennings, is no different. His decision to forgo college [...]

August 23, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious NBA Fanhouse has a source who claims that the Denver Nuggets are actively looking to trade J.R. Smith now rather than let him walk for nothing in return next year when his contract expires and he becomes a free agent. The feeling is that management believes Smith to be [...]

August 22, 2010 – Allen Moll When the FIBA World Championships officially begins next week, Team USA will be in an unfamiliar position: the underdog. Okay so maybe not exactly the ‘underdog’ but Team USA is definitely not the clear cut favorite. Long used to being favored in Olympic competition, this time around, it appears [...]

August 20, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Shaquille O’Neal is currently dating Nikki ‘Hoopz’ Alexander of reality show fame. Slight height difference between them, huh? Nikki won the reality show Flavor of Love with Rapper Flavor Flav. She was also more recently a contestant on the reality show I Love Money. Alexander is said to [...]

August 20, 2010 – Kevin Burke The Blazers’ Rudy Fernandez apparently isn’t happy in Portland, and he wanted everyone to know it. Fernandez was just fined $25,000 by the NBA for going public with his trade demands. How unhappy is he? His agent has said that his client will not report to training camp and [...]

August 20, 2010 – Dr. Dime International basketball has long been known to be a bit more physical than the NBA. Well that physicality turned into an out and out melee in an exhibition game this week between Greece and Serbia in preparation for the upcoming World Championships in Turkey (August 28). NBA big man [...]

August 20, 2010 – R.S. De France Owner Jerry Buss’ recent comments about the Lakers are very smart, very measured, saying he feels ‘everytime’ they [the Los Angeles Lakers] go to camp, he feels like it could be the best Lakers team ever.  From an owner’s standpoint, that has to be motivational.  From a position [...]