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The Detroit Pistons will without a doubt be one of the more interesting teams this year. With the moves they made, they’ll be fun to watch and should return to the playoffs in the East. But they’ll have to get going without Rodney Stuckey. Stuckey is out indefinitely after breaking his thumb in a car [...]

Now that Rajon Rondo has officially left Nike for Anta, a fair question would be what is going to happen to all those Player Exclusive sneakers he has? Give them away of course, and that is exactly what Rondo did with those kicks. It appears that Rajon Rondo has given away his Nike PE sneakers [...]

Jason Kidd is a funny man. Even when he’s serious. Asked by reporters who Andrei Kirilenko’s skill set reminded him of, Kidd said LeBron James, according to ESPN New York’s Mike Mazzeo: I mean, LeBron James. And I’m not putting AK in [LeBron’s class in terms of talent], but when you talk about guys who [...]

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the whole basketball universe is abuzz when it comes to Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, the 6’8 Canadian born man-child of a forward that has nearly a dozen of NBA teams already in “tank mode” for the services of the freakishly athletic game-changer. His unlimited future potential has [...]

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Earlier today, it was announced that Doris Burke will be joining ESPN’s NBA Countdown studio team. Hours later, Magic Johnson announces he is leaving ESPN. I’m sure the two events are completely unrelated, but it’s interesting that they’d both be announced on the same day. Magic has his hands in just about everything, so it’s a [...]

Much was made of Marcus Camby joining the Houston Rockets. His veteran leadership and size was supposed to help make the Houston front line mean. But that experiment didn’t even make it to the preseason. Camby is out indefinitely with a torn plantar fascia. He’s out for a minimum of 2 weeks and as unknown [...]

Kids say the darndest things. And they ask the most damning questions, too. While at a community event, Kyrie Irving was asked by one young Cleveland Cavaliers fan if he intended to abandon the team like LeBron James did in 2010 (h/t ProBasketballTalk). “Are you going to leave us like LeBron left us?” the kid [...]

I know it’s only the preseason, but the rest of the NBA should take notice that the new look New York Knicks may be even better than we originally thought. Last night during a preseason tilt against the rebuilding Boston Celtics, we saw a number of new additions and younger players other than Carmelo Anthony [...]

Rajon Rondo doesn’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Following the Boston Celtics’ trade of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets, and Doc Rivers’ departure to the Los Angeles Clippers, there were a lot of questions surrounding the point guard’s future in Beantown. Was the team tanking and therefore, he on the [...]