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Typically, when athletes get in trouble it’s during the offseason. Not during training camp/preseason. The key word is typically. But then again, since Mbenga was waived by the Mavs a few weeks ago, he’s not technically in the NBA at the moment. As Mbenga was trying to leave the restaurant, two Dallas police officers were [...]

Andrew Bynum had an interesting season last year. He should a great deal of improvement, while also showing a great deal of immaturity. The latter probably played some role in the Lakers’ decision to move him (Dwight Howard helped, too). But is this what the Sixers can look forward too? Bynum’s already making headlines because [...]

There was  time when NBA arenas didn’t have a corporate sponsor and they were just named after the city or team for the most part. But of course, there’s too much money to be left on the table by not giving naming rights to a company willing to shell out millions. No matter what their [...]

Dallas Mavericks Coach Rick Carlisle this morning announced that the team has decided to suspend guard Delonte West for ‘conduct detrimental to the team’. Details are limited as to the incident, but apparently West had some sort of locker room incident after a Dallas win. Some are speculating the outburst was due to lack of [...]

You would think after acquiring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the time for the Los Angeles Lakers to remain outside of the rumor-mill had finally come. Apparently not. Los Angeles improved their roster by leaps and bounds this past summer, adding not only the likes of Howard and Nash, but also the offense-heavy presences of [...]

The Santa Cruz Warriors (Golden State’s D-League affiliate) held open tryouts recently. Whenever a team has open tryouts, it brings in just about any and everyone, still holding on to their hoop dreams. It even brought out a 76-year old who wanted to cross something off of his “bucket list.” Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel [...]

A couple years ago Marvel Comics previewed the NBA season by creating a comic book cover for each NBA team. It was pretty cool, and resonated with NBA fans and bloggers quite quickly going viral. Now, ESPN has teamed up with Marvel Comics to create an entire comic book dedicated to Lebron James “King of [...]

There wasn’t the same anticipation for the preseason as there was last year, given the NBA lockout had us waiting until almost Christmas, but hoop heads in our shop have been jonesin’ none the less. This looks to be another drama filled season. All eyes are on the champs to see if they can defend, [...]

A Hawks all-star has made his departure from Atlanta a little more likely. “Josh Smith has told the Hawks that he isn’t going to sign an extension during the season. He’d rather wait to become a free agent, when he can get a five-year deal. An extension would limit him to a three-year deal, according [...]

Baylor coach Scott Drew has enjoyed some previously unprecedented success with the Bears’ mens basketball program during his tenure, primarily because he has parlayed being one of the nation’s best recruiters into deep NCAA Tournament success. Although Baylor just lost 3 players to the NBA in Quincy Miller, Quincy Acy, and Perry Jones III, they [...]