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Rajon Rondo projects as one of the more interesting free-agency cases this summer. Especially if he’s looking to leave the Dallas Mavericks. Which he might be. From Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler: The narrative around Mavericks guard Rajon Rondo is that he is going to explore free agency. While Rondo has said several times that staying [...]

The 1996 draft class is legendary, but the NBA world was almost turned on its axis. The Timberwolves had the fifth pick that year and selected Ray Allen, then traded him to Milwaukee for Stephon Marbury. But the team thought about taking Kobe. What would a KG-Kobe pairing have looked like? “We teetered on the [...]

This play from last night’s Raptors loss to the Bulls is definitely going to make some NBA blooper reels for the season. Joakim Noah, whether intentionally or not, put on his white practice shirt and stood sideline when he was subbed out of the game. Raptors DeRozan took the bait and fed Noah with the [...]

We’ve always known how scary Clippers’ big man DeAndre Jordan can be as an opponent, especially when he decides to elevate for a death-defying dunk that no one should even dare try to contest. But on Wednesday night, Knicks center Jason Smith was brave enough to challenge him by trying to block Jordan’s dunk attempt [...]

LeBron James and Kevin Love reportedly aren’t in sync. According to the New York Daily News‘ Frank Isola, LeBron is frustrated with Love and his inability to adapt to the circumstances at hand. Isola also maintains that Love is, indeed, a free-agent flight risk: Kevin Love’s future in Cleveland is more uncertain not only by [...]

Adam Silver picked up right where David Stern left off, in putting the globalization of the NBA as top priority. For the first time in league history, NBA games will be played in China. During the preseason this coming October, the Hornets and Clippers will play two games in China. This makes all the sense [...]

Welcome to part two or round two of our six-part series of the greatest player in NBA history. In the spirit of March Madness there were a few token upsets seeding wise in part one including your dependable 12 over 5 upsets as 12th seeded Kevin Durant got by 5th seeded Elgin Baylor in the [...]

Mark Price, one of the best shooters in NBA history, has been an assistant coach for the Hornets for the past two year. With the way in which teams jack up threes these days, he’s a good guy to have in your corner. But he won’t be there for long as Price has agreed to [...]

Metta World Peace or these days known as ‘The Panda’s Friend’ was last known to have played overseas, particularly in China. He was signed by the Sichuan Blue Whales and was able average around 19 points per contest in a total of 15 games, which also proved to be sufficient production to receive an invite [...]

Good lord, the NBA playoff picture is a mess. Last week’s power rankings aren’t irrelevant, but they kind of are. The top- and bottom-most teams tend to stay put, but it’s the other 20 or so teams sandwiched in-between them that keep moving up and down, then up, then down, the ladder. In the Western Conference, [...]