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This week Stephon Marbury and Tracy McGrady have both been making headlines in China for their criticism of the Chinese Basketball Association rules. However, their criticisms aren’t on the same subject and are completely unrelated in nature. Marbury blasted the CBA publicly in China for the organizations strict sponsorship rules after he was fined for [...]

In recent interviews Lakers new coach Mike D’Antoni said the Lakers are a much slower team due to age than many of the teams they are coming up against. He still wants to play the run and gun game, but much of that success will be predicated on the return of Steve Nash from injury. [...]

Just what the hell is in Tim Duncan’s gatorade? The San Antonio Spurs are-yet again- surprising practically everyone with their 14-4 record. Gregg Popovich has, seemingly on a dime, switched the emphasis on Spurs basketball from that boring, lamentable half-court offense to what it’s been the past couple of seasons: an enviable mix of three [...]

Chris Paul last night came up big when it counted. He had a decent night of 14 and 9, but it was his mindset and know how in the important moments that counted. Chris Paul gave his defender a little shimmy at the top of the key with under a minute remaining and the game [...]

The LA Lakers today announced on their twitter feed that backup point guard Steve Blake will need to have laproscopic surgery to repair his abdomen. The rehab from the surgery is apparently going to take at least 6-8 weeks. This is terrible news for the Lakers who are struggling mightily given their talent level on [...]

Every once in a while you find a player floating around in the NBA that makes you say, “so that’s what happened to him after getting drafted”. I had a bit of that feeling tonight watching this incredible play by Byron Mullens. Many of you might remember him as B.J. Mullens, who was highly touted [...]

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Sports Illustrated has named Lebron James as their 2012 sportsmen of the year. And for good reason. It was an epic year for Lebron in which he won League MVP, Finals MVP, NBA Championship, Olympic Gold Medal, NBA All-Star, First Team All-NBA, and First Team All-Defense awards. So yeah, I’d say he’s earned it… Here [...]

While Penny Hardaway campaigns for a roster position on the Miami Heat, he recently spent an entire day on Instagram reminding the world just how many exclusive sneakers he has.  The year 2012 saw the return of his Air Penny line with a new signature silhouette, as well as new colorways of the four models [...]

Last night, the Orlando Magic further lifted the fog on just how brittle the Los Angeles Lakers have been looking. Yes, the short end of this story is that the Magic won a game through the efforts of an all too convincing final period. Kobe Bryant had another monster game (34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 [...]