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Carmelo Anthony believes in the New York Knicks. Do you? Doesn’t matter if you do, truthfully. It won’t be to the extent that he apparently believes in them. Speaking with reporters, New York’s lone superstar, the one who, per various offseason reports, doubted their immediate direction at some point or another, refused to buy into [...]

NBA Free agency is approximately nine months away, and yet the Kevin Durant sweepstakes are already underway. This is to say, the rumor mill is alive with speculation. Mostly Stephen A. Smith’s. ESPN’s foremost authority on loud articulation has already alleged that Carmelo Anthony is pitching KD on joining the New York Knicks. He even [...]

John Wall is already a starting point guard. He is already an NBA All-Star. Now he’s ready to become a league MVP. And a Hall of Famer. The explosive floor general spoke extensively with Basketball Insiders’ Alex Kennedy about his offseason, his Washington Wizards’ immediate potential and aspirations, and his own individual goals. As always, [...]

Derrick Rose is not going let a little ol’ orbital bone fracture shake his confidence. He may be ready to start the season (assuming he wants to) and he knows he’ll return to form. Per his college coach John Calipari, Rose feels he’ll return to playing at a high level. High enough to capture another [...]

The Chicago Bulls held their first practice of the new season on Tuesday and the result was less than desirable. It didn’t take long for Derrick Rose to get hurt. However, the good news was that he injured his face rather than his knees. Rose broke an orbital bone and will have surgery on Wednesday. [...]

Larry Brown hasn’t been at SMU very long, but the Mustangs have enjoyed some success under his watch. But perhaps that was illegal success. The NCAA has come down on Brown and NCAA for reported violations regarding the eligibility of one of their players. A former assistant men’s basketball coach encouraged a student-athlete to enroll [...]

Kobe Bryant has no plans to leave the Los Angles Lakers after the 2015-16 season. Sorry, Phil Jackson’s ego. Jackson, who won three titles as Kobe’s coach in Los Angeles and is now president of the New York Knicks, caused quite a stir last Friday when the ‘Bockers officially opened for business, all but predicting [...]

Despite reports that Tristan Thompson has lowered his trade demands, both he and the Cavaliers failed to reach an agreement over the week, meaning he is still unsigned. As a result, he was not present at Cavs’ media day today and probably won’t be at their first practice tomorrow either. He has until Thursday to [...]

Marcus Morris was traded from Phoenix this past summer and his brother Markieff didn’t take that news very well. He felt betrayed that his brother and teammate was now gone. He even went as far as to pretty much demand a trade and say he future was not with the Suns. Perhaps he realized that [...]

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