Chicago Bulls reserve center Omer Asik will miss the rest of the playoffs because of a broken left fibula. Asik, the 7-0 255lb center from Turkey, was injured in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals at Miami. The team says an MRI and CT scan taken before Game 4 on Tuesday confirmed the injury. [...]

You’ve likely seen the video highlights of this Taj Gibson going up and over Dwyane Wade with a two-handed slam. Here’s the picture of the Bull’s forward above Wade before cramming it down, posterizing the Miami superstar. Discuss the Chicago Bulls in our NBA Forum “It was a very athletic play,” Wade said after game. [...]

The 2011 NBA playoffs is a who’s who, a showcase of the NBA’s best point guards. As of this writing, the the top-scoring guards in the playoffs this year aren’t prolific shooting guards Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen or Dwyane Wade – they’re superstar point guards Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, and Chris Paul. (Discuss NBA Playoffs in [...]

Winning Philosophies in Basketball Last Sunday I watched Regatas Corrientes (Argentina) blow out the Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico) 89-73 to become the 2011 FIBA America League Champions. Arecibo was the clear favorite, arriving undefeated for the final game with a loaded team (Daniel Santiago, Larry Ayuso and Danilo Pinnock) against a Regatas team that had [...]

NBA All-Star Manu Ginobili slams down 2 of his 16 points on Carlos Boozer in last night’s loss to the Chicago Bulls. Behind a career-high 42 points from Derrick Rose, the Bulls sent the Spurs into the all-star break with their 10th loss of the season – still the San Antonio Spurs hold the league’s [...]

Luol Deng and Great Britain won’t know until the middle of March if they will have an automatic spot at the London Games. On the weekend of March 12-13, FIBA will announce at their Central Board meeting in Lyon, France, if the British teams will be granted automatic qualification for London 2012. The Chicago Bulls [...]