Offbeat

It was only a matter of time that someone would be the ‘first’ to fall victim to the new NBA flopping rules. After reviewing the film, the league has issued two “official warnings” to Wolves J.J. Barea, and Cavaliers Donald Sloan for their respective flops last Friday. After receiving a flopping warning your next offense [...]

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Meet the ladies who will do anything to bed a pro baller. GQ.com did an interesting ‘exposé’ of sorts on NBA groupies back in 2006. We stumbled across this article this weekend and figured you may want to have a read. The article is based on discussions with past groupies, and an NBA player assistant [...]

For any of you Spurs fans reading the site you’ll be intimately aware of the fact that Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich and star player Tim Duncan both have a dry, sarcastic sense of humor. I’m assuming Timmy D was being sarcastic when he told reporters that he was offended teammate Stephen Jackson wouldn’t let him [...]

We all know Nintendo’s Mario and Luigi, right? But normally they are busy saving the world. For some odd reason last night they took some time out of their busy schedules as plumbers to sit courtside cheering for the Chicago Bulls in their season opener… [...]

Kyrie Irving and Pepsi took the internet by storm last year with their viral video campaign which told the story of a much older baller named “Uncle Drew” who showed up young studs in a streetball game. Uncle Drew was played by none other than Irving covered in makeup and white hair. Well this season [...]

A rapper and a baller, YP hails from Chicago’s east side. After his mixtapes Still Awake and No Doz hit the scene, it’s clear that YP has been ballin’ since he was “knee high.” He says “growing up playing basketball in Chicago–it’s tough. It’s aggressive.” But that didn’t keep YP from striving to improve his [...]

Courtesy of Grantland.com, comes this story from the horse’s mouth about stealing Patrick Ewing’s TV. Jalen Rose and Patrick Ewing never liked each other, so Jalen stole Patrick Ewing’s television. Not just any television either – a television with a VCR attachment. [...]

Say it ain’t so, Steve?! I guess this is what Los Angeles will do to a person. Has Nash ‘gone hollywood’? [...]