Offbeat

Remember the good old days of the Charlotte Hornets franchise, when Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, Dell Curry, and Mugsey Bogues were the upstart franchise on the rise during the 80’s and early 90’s. Who could forget that vintage 1993 Playoff moment when then rookie big man Alonzo Mourning sank a last second 20 foot jumper [...]

This is new. Dwight Howard was given a technical foul last night because he threw the ball at a heckling fan during a game in Dalls vs. the Mavericks. I don’t believe we’ve ever come across something like this. At least he didn’t run into the stands (Tuesday was the 9-year anniversary of Malice in [...]

There have been a number of famous siblings following in their father’s footsteps by paving their own way to the highest level of basketball lately. In the past we have seen Michael Jordan’s two sons succeed on the collegiate level, Doc Rivers’ son Austin, once the top ranked high school player in the country, get [...]

It isn’t exactly a great time to be a New York Knicks fan after just a few weeks into the regular season. It’s only mid November, but the Knicks are sitting with a sub .500 record and are riddled with injuries like Amare Stoudemire’s rapidly deteriorating knees and news that Tyson Chandler is out 4-6 [...]

When thinking of Real Madrid from Spain, our minds traditionally go toward the highly successful and wildly popular and prestigious soccer club that is annually among the World’s best. But they also are a very accomplished basketball club in Europe that has won numerous European Cups and has featured several future NBA stars in years [...]

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About this time last season, All Star and 2 time NBA Champion Andrew Bynum was still in the honeymoon stage with his new team, the Philadelphia 76ers. He was being touted as the 2nd best big man in the Association, behind Dwight Howard of course, and was supposed to help bring the floundering Sixers franchise [...]

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Charles Barkley has never been one to hold his tongue, and that dates back to before he was paid to give his opinion. Chuck recently gave his opinion on Amar’e Stoudemire and it wasn’t very flattering. The reality of the situation is that Stoudemire probably never will return to form and it’s amazing considering the [...]

It’s been a long and arduous rehab for future NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant from a torn Achilles tendon suffered late last season. In addition to the almost never done before comeback from such a serious injury at the advanced age of 35, Bryant doesn’t have much talent left on the Lakers roster when [...]