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Since the Easter holiday is only a couple of weeks away, Nike is ready to lace their flagship players like Kevin Durant and LeBron James with new coloways of their signature sneakers. Nothing new on the ‘Easter’ KD VI as far as performance features go. The colorway inspiration comes from the Easter egg hunt with [...]

Not even Jesus Christ can save the New York Knicks now. Then again, Raymond Felton isn’t asking him to. J.R. Smith launched an NBA-record 22 three-pointers during the Knicks’ Sunday afternoon loss to the Miami Heat. So, wow. He drilled 11 of them, also setting the Knicks franchise record for made three-pointers in a single [...]

The Golden State Warriors dismissed assistant coach Darren Erman on Saturday for what General Manager Bob Myers called “a violation of company policy.” Myers indicated that the move was not a basketball related decision. Erman is the second Warriors assistant coach to be removed from the bench in the last two weeks. Assistant Brian Scalabrine [...]

The Washington Wizards could be getting a key player back from injury just in time for the playoffs. Center/Power Forward Nene could make his return from a knee injury that has sidelined him for the last 21 games sometime this week. The Wizards have gone 12-9 without Nene in the lineup but could use his [...]

Senior Wichita State forward Cleanthony Early has made a name for himself in helping lead the Shockers on deep NCAA Tournament runs the past two seasons. He went from being a little known athletic swing-man to being an NCAA Player of the Year candidate and potential 1st Round NBA Draft pick seemingly overnight, continually making [...]

Wow…what a maddening March it has been in college basketball as almost assuredly no one could have predicted that both Kentucky and UConn, two teams with some obvious flaws entering the Tournament, would wind up playing each other Monday evening for the 2014 NCAA National Championship. Kentucky, the preseason #1 tanked team in the country [...]

Aaron Harrison must have ice water running through his veins. In tonight’s final four game between Kentucky and Wisconsin, Harrison was only 1-13 on the game. He was definitely not at his finest. But with the game and his team’s season on the line, and only 5.7 seconds left, he was as good as they [...]

Unlike the 2012-13 NBA season, Derrick Rose actually made the return to the league only to, once again, be out for the rest of the season again. With the foreseeable return of the 2011 NBA MVP in the next season also brings a new signature sneaker. Seen shooting around before Chicago Bulls games now is [...]

With the NBA Playoffs around the corner, Jordan Brand is ready to lace their flagship players with new sneakers. Via a press release posted on the Nike,Inc news site, we get the best look at the 2014 set of Jordans for the post season. The Los Angeles Clippers will be looking extra spiffy in the [...]

One thing we’ve never really associated with Chris Paul was the notion that he’s a ball-hog. He’s a consistent double-digit assist/game guy and one of the few true PGs in the game. But if you ask Doc Rivers, Chris could stand to share the rock a bit more. Doc feels that the Clippers offense is [...]