All-star

Kevin Love’s need for knee surgery is as surprising as it is disappointing for Cavs fans. The team recently had to sit through LeBron’s public plea for better players during a recent skid, and now they’ll be without Love for six weeks or so. Luckily, he’ll return in time for the playoffs. For the first [...]

DeAndre Jordan is already headed to New Orleans for the NBA’s 2017 All-Star on Feb. 19. He might as well participate in Saturday night’s Slam Dunk Contest as well, right? That’s exactly what Jordan appears to be thinking. Maybe. We think. Actually, we can’t be sure about anything. But Jordan is thinking about accepting the [...]

With the rise of 3-on-3 basketball nationwide, Mountain Dew has an exciting announcement ahead of the upcoming NBA All Star weekend – DewNBA 3X. Following a six-city tour of DewNBA3X, Mountain Dew, the NBA, and TNT are bringing the event to a national stage in New Orleans, where Shaquille O’Neal and Dennis Scott scouted the [...]

The Charlotte Hornets are 21-21, which is currently good enough for 7th in the Eastern Conference. The bulk of the credit for any success they’ve had this year is thanks to Kemba Walker, who is having a solid season. Kemba is averaging 23ppg and has emerged as the franchise player in Charlotte. His year so [...]

In case you were wondering whether NBA players would take their role in choosing All-Stars seriously, Robin Lopez has given us an answer. From the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: [tweet https://twitter.com/KCJHoop/status/821807969486643200] Welp. We’re going to assume Lopez is kidding. Actually, on second thought, he probably isn’t. This seems to track with his jovial, if quirky, personality. [...]

Let’s play a quick game, which of these names does not belong on this list: Kevin Durant, Zaza Pachulia, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Draymond Green, DeMarcus Cousins, Karl-Anthony Towns, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin and Marc Gasol? If you follow the NBA in any way and are being serious and honest with yourself, Zaza Pachulia does [...]

The 2017 NBA all-star weekend is supposed to go down in Charlotte, but that may be in jeopardy. The Hornets were awarded this honor roughly a year ago, but Adam Silver is threatening pulling the plug in light of the news surrounding the state of North Carolina and the LGBT laws. A move would cause [...]

Jimmy Butler left Friday’s game vs. the Nuggets after an apparent knee injury. It didn’t look good, as he needed help exiting the court. Today, the Bulls received terrible news in that they will need to be without him for about a month. Butler is also an all-star reserve and his teammate, Pau Gasol, will [...]

February 9, 1992 is a memorable and important day in NBA and pop culture history. Magic Johnson came out of retirement three months after testing positive for HIV and won the MVP award of the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. This was an important moment in history. Magic Johnson was the first superstar athlete to come [...]

Al Horford, the three time All-Star power forward out of the Dominican Republic, might be looking to move out of Atlanta. He’s set to make $12 million in the final year of his contract, before heading to unrestricted free agency. The nine-year veteran has been a rock since the 2010-11 season, and this year he [...]