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For a certain part of the playoffs last year, Ray Allen was off for a bit. Many contributed that too his bad ankle, making it tough for him to get proper lift. Well, that same ankle is still bothering him. We’ll have to wait and see if him impacts his game. With a week left [...]

The preseason is a necessary evil. You need it so that teams can work out the kinks, but of course there’s always the risk of injury. The latter was the case for New Orleans rookie Austin Rivers who left yesterday’s preseason game with a sprained ankle. The same ankle he has surgery on a few [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve said that most fans are expecting big things out of the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.  Yes, that’s right, I said BIG things from the Timberwolves. After signing the formerly amnestied Brandon Roy and multi-talented Andrei Kirilenko away from his homeland Russia for another run in the NBA to help [...]

Either Dwight’s back was still bothering him a tad, or he didn’t anticipate anyone skying over him, because Kings rookie Thomas Robinson climbed the ladder on him yesterday. Dwight has done this a number of times to people, so Robinson gave him a taste of his own medicine. [...]

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Once again, Lamar Odom is facing criticism concerning his conditioning. Odom came into Clippers camp looking like he’d gained a noticeable amount of weight, and not in muscle. In an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz, which the clippers won 96-94, Odom was given a rest along with fellow newcomer Grant Hill. “He’s got to work through [...]

Could Adam Morrison be the Jeremy Lin, ‘come from nowhere’, story of the 2013 season? We told you that we are rooting for Morrison after becoming the laughing stock of the leauge and labelled as an all-time NBA Draft bust. The Blazers gave Morrison a shot during training camp, and so far so good. Morrison [...]

Not that most fans are counting exhibition game wins in the preseason, but it could be noted that the Lakers are still winless. Dwight Howard’s return could give the likes of Pau and Kobe a bit of an energy boost, having a chance to finally play with the big man. Howard has been ruled out [...]

Yeah, it’s preseason but Chris Paul and Blake Griffin have picked up right where they left off. One of the deadliest alley-oop combos in recent memory, last night the two previewed what we all have in store this season, during a preseason contest with Utah. [...]