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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 [...]

It’s Final Four time and an interesting story has been UConn. They school has been through a lot in the past 2-3 year and had manged to climb all the way back up. Also, the Knicks – Hawks race for the 8th playoff spot has been very interesting with many layers to each team. Kevin [...]

Side with Tony Parker on this one. Trust me, you’re going to hope he’s right. But you’re also going to have suspicions that he’s wrong. In an interview with basket-infos.com, Parker said that he knows Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili will return to play next season for the San Antonio Spurs. Here’s exactly what he [...]

Tanking is not an epidemic in the NBA, but it does exist. Under the current lottery system, how could it not? Rebuilding teams have an incentive to lose if they want a high draft pick. It’s that simple. Some people despise it, others are indifferent to it and a few even embrace it. I would [...]

To say that Stephon Marbury has found peace in China would be a huge understatement. After his NBA career ended abruptly (frankly, for no legit reason) at age 31, he has blossomed in to what appears to be a megastar in the Chinese Basketball Association. He just won his second CBA title last week and [...]

As we close in on the 2014 NBA Playoffs, teams are either making a final push for one of the top 8 spots in their conference, or those feeling more secure are jockeying for position and home court advantage. Regardless of the reasons why, it makes for some exciting basketball this late into the regular [...]