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Dwight Howard was on the court Tuesday, participating in his second straight contact-drill filled practice. These are the first few on-court tests since Howard went down to an injured back, requiring surgery. Though he participated in essentially all drills-including offensive and defensive skeleton sets-Howard was held out of the night session 5-5 scrimmage. There are [...]

The NBA Players Association (NBAPA) said yesterday that it plans to file a grievance against the NBA over the recently announced fines for ‘flopping‘. The NBAPA doesn’t seem to be taking a stance one way or the other on the act of flopping and the specificity of the guidelines to curtail it, but instead is [...]

The day has finally come. The NBA has officially announced pentalties for flopping. At first, you will be hit with fines, which could ultimately lead to suspensions. They could’ve assessed in-game fouls, but that means half the league would be on the bench in the 2nd quarter. First offense in a season gets you a [...]

Kobe’s still a relatively young guy, but he’s approaching two decades in the NBA. So naturally, he has begun to slow down. Still great, but a little slower. Because of this, and his new teammates, Mike Brown may limit Kobe’s minutes. Bryant said he did not feel drained after playing in the Olympics; he said [...]

The LA Times’ Mark Medina reported on twitter yesterday that Ron Artest had some interesting things to say following practice about ‘white’ people. In a weird self-deprecating fashion when a reporter asked World Peace ‘is Nash the smartest player on the Lakers?”, Metta responded by saying “He’s White so, probably yes”. By all accounts thus [...]

The Sixers emerged as a much improved team during the Dwight Howard trade. They were able to pick up a legit big man to balance out their team. They will make some noise this season. Hopefully, this isn’t a major set back for Bynum. The 76ers announced Monday that center Andrew Bynum will not participate [...]

Last week we showed you an image of the Miami Heat’s newest “Big Five”. But what about the LA Lakers, they have a pretty big starting five themselves don’t they? Here is the first image of the Lakers new Big Five all together for the media… Who’s got the better big five? Miami or LA? [...]

Veteran leadership is very important for winning basketball. No team knows that more than the Knicks. They’ve already added Jason Kidd, Kurt Thomas and Marcus Camby this off-season. And they’ve somehow convinced Rasheed Wallace to unretire as well. Veteran forward Rasheed Wallace has informed the New York Knicks that he will come out of retirement to [...]

It’s been a strange and unusual offseason for the Houston Rockets.  After stockpiling multiple picks in the 2012 NBA Draft, amnestying arguable their best player in Luis Scola, trading potential All Star PG Kyle Lowery to the Toronto Raptors, and shipping out their best shot-blocker in Sam Dalembert, the Houston roster is now littered with [...]

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