The 2009-10 NBA season begins today with 8 teams in action tonight. Some of the storylines to follow/keep an eye out for this season: Is Kevin Garnett healthy? Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James in Cleveland. Will it work? Vince Carter in Orlando How will the Lakers follow up their championship season? Will Ron Artest help or [...]

During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique Wilkins, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson, and international player Hakeem Olajuwon. What of International [...]

From the New York Times comes an article about the evolution of the NBA’s three-point line and how it became such an important weapon in the game: The N.B.A. adopted the 3-pointer on a one-year trial because executives from the A.B.A. pushed for it after the leagues merged… The N.B.A. has hardly looked back since [...]

The Euroleague American Tour continues as the New York Knicks host Maccabi Tel Avaiv today at the Madison Square Garden. Discuss the game in our forum. From the New York Times: D’Antoni won two European championships against Maccabi during his playing days with Olimpia Milano. More recently, the Knicks beat Maccabi, 112-85, two years ago [...]

Speaking with the press, NBA’s commissioner David Stern believes it’s inevitable that NBA franchises land in Europe. “There’s some good possibility over the course of many years, that if there’s appropriate arena development in Europe, there could be actual NBA franchises in Europe.” Stern said. “That’s the way we see the development of basketball in [...]

The 2009 Euroleague American Tour and NBA Europe Live are set to begin pittingNBA teams and Euroleague clubs in preseason competition. Two Euroleague teams, Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece and Partizan Belgrade of Serbia, will go against four NBA opponents: the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns, the San Antonio Spurs and the Cleveland Cavaliers from October 03-12, [...]

For the second-year in a row, Kobe Bryant has topped the list of the most popular NBA jerseys in Europe. Bryant also has the most popular jersey in the U.S. Bryant, who was recently named the most-hated basketball player, continues to polarize; a player that is so popular around the world, can also be the most-disliked. [...]