Highlights

In honor of Kobe Bryant’s historic mark set last night as the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points, we thought we’d share this video we stumbled across of Kobe Bryant’s first ever NBA point. It came at the free through line, before Mamba was even the Black Mamba. Look at that baby face! [...]

Under the league’s new anti-flopping rule they first issue a warning on a first offense. Chauncey Billups was the latest to get a warning from the league on this play (after the jump) where he throws himself to the floor after a three point shot against the Jazz. Considering league-wide fans started calling the clippers [...]

Chris Paul last night came up big when it counted. He had a decent night of 14 and 9, but it was his mindset and know how in the important moments that counted. Chris Paul gave his defender a little shimmy at the top of the key with under a minute remaining and the game [...]

Every once in a while you find a player floating around in the NBA that makes you say, “so that’s what happened to him after getting drafted”. I had a bit of that feeling tonight watching this incredible play by Byron Mullens. Many of you might remember him as B.J. Mullens, who was highly touted [...]

The rather surprising trade earlier this season that helped the Houston Rockets acquire the multi-talented James Harden from the OKC Thunder has done wonders for the Rockets franchise. The pairing of Harden and Jeremy Lin in the backcourt gives Houston as dynamic a duo as any team in the Association and finally gives the Rockets [...]

If the Nuggets hadn’t last to the Warriors last night by one point in the closing minute, we would all be singing the praises of one Kenneth Faried today. So we will go ahead and do it anyway. The Nuggets sophomore big man they call “Manimal” was up to his usual tricks of out working [...]

Not that anyone isn’t aware as he is the all-time leading three point shooter, but you may not want to leave your man wide open beyond the arc with under a minute remaining, if that man is Ray Allen. Then again the reason the Heat are so lethal this year is because if you don’t [...]

Nets big man Kris Humphries gave Celtics Kevin Garnett a cheap shot in the grill late in the second quarter of tonight’s Nets @ Celtics game. Garnett landed on his butt at the baseline of the TD Garden. Of all people, the Celtics fiesty point guard, Rajon Rondo, to exception to Humphries’ play. So he [...]

The NBA has surely “stuck to their guns” in terms of flopping. Numerous warnings have been handed out and the first fine was issued to Reggie Evans (who, ironically, is supposed to be an enforcer). Patrick Patterson of the Rockets is the latest to be warned. And this is also one of the worst flops [...]

Because of Hurrican Sandy, the Knicks and Nets opening night showdown never took place. Last night was the make-up date in Brooklyn. The Nets won bragging rights until the next meeting, by way of their OT win, but Tyson Chandler had a moment at the expense of Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace: [...]