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A few years ago, even though LeBron James was pretty much universally hated for leaving Cleveland for Miami, he still had the NBA’s best-selling jersey. In fact, he had that distinction for his first two years in Miami. He has finally been unseated, by Carmelo Anthony. I must say, this is quite surprising. Of all [...]

It sounds odd just even saying it out loud. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is actually considering adding three players a side, half court basketball to the list of events for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 3-on3 hoops is fun to play and fun to watch, but maybe I’m a bit old school. When it [...]

Seth Davis is a fixture on the college basketball scene and has been there all along during this NCAA Tournament run to provide his in-depth analysis. In the spirit of teamwork, Seth has teamed up with SUBWAY to provide a very powerful message. While in Atlanta for the Final Four, Seth and Jared, the SUBWAY [...]

Pretty much everything we know about the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace defies sheer logic, so it should come as no surprise that he’s planning on returning to the court soon. Really soon. Like now. Okay, it’s still surprising. Per Sam Amick of USA Today,World Peace plans to suit up and ultimately play in [...]

With their loss to the Clippers yesterday, the Lakers have zero margin for error in order to make the playoffs. They trail Utah by a half-game for that 8th and final playoff spot and Utah owns the tie-breaker. Basically, the Lakers need to win their remaining games and hope everything else falls their way. All [...]

For more than a decade, we’ve come to grow most familiar with Kenny Smith by way of his NBA analysis on TNT’s coverage of the NBA. However, for the past couple of years, he and the crew have done the NCAA tournament as well. By way of him working the NCAA tournament, Kenny has teamed [...]

Gary Payton’s election to the Basketball Hall of Fame is a fitting final chapter for one of the greatest guards in NBA history. A product of Oakland, California, Payton was maybe the grittiest defender and greatest trash-talking point guard of all-time. During his 17-year career (1990-2007), Payton, also known as “GP” and “The Glove,” averaged: [...]

It appears as if the world is suddenly Michigan’s Trey Burke’s and we all are just in it. It’s been a miraculous last few weeks for the University of Michigan sophomore point guard as he not only has helped his Wolverine teammates advance to Monday’s National Championship Game but was selected as this season’s Wooden [...]

March was another amazing month in the NBA. Although it spelled the end of a couple of historic win streaks from the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets, it also marked the beginning of another impressive wins streak still ongoing by the New York Knicks. As teams were jockeying for playoff positioning or some even [...]

More fuel has been added to the “Fire Byron Scott” fire in Cleveland. When asked if he supports the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head coach, Kyrie Irving declined to go into any detail (via Tom Reed of The Plain Dealer): There’s ample speculation about the future of coach Byron Scott with the Cavaliers, but his star player [...]