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 [...]

With the news that Yao Ming will miss the entire 2009-10 NBA season and Dikembe Mutombo officially retiring the other day, the Houston Rockets have brought in Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen to help fill the hole they have at center. “I’ve spoken with the coach and the general manager (Daryl Morey) [...]

On Tuesday, April 21st, 2009, Dikembe Mutombo suffered a ruptured tendon in a game two loss to the Portland Trailblazers in the 2009 NBA Playoffs. The injury abruptly most likely ended the center’s 18-year NBA All-Star career. The 42-year old’s left knee buckled as he fought with  21-year old Greg Oden under the basket.  Mutombo [...]

Tonight, Dikembe Mutombo showed that age is nothing but a number. Well, at least not old age. Against one of the NBA’s youngest teams, the Golden State Warriors, the reportedly 42-year old Mutombo posted 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks in Houston’s 113-109 win. Filling in for Yao Ming, who was a late scratch [...]

Of all the NBA’s players, those that stand 7 foot and above, (213cm), whom stands the tallest when it comes to free throw accuracy? The question recently came up during a Phoenix-Houston telecast on ESPN. Color commentator Hubie Brown noted that the best free-throw shooting 7-footer in the history of the NBA was Dirk Nowitzki.  [...]

With the Olympics less than a week away, Africa’s resident humanitarian and Houston Rocket Dikembe Mutomobo made a visit to his teammate Yao Ming to speak with him about the his responsibility China‘s most recognizable athlete.  Because of the Olympics, a lot of people now ask me about Taipei, human rights, Tibet.” said Yao, referring [...]

With Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Marcus Camby being named to the NBA’s All-defensive first-team today, and no international players named to the second team, it got me wondering. What does an all-defensive team look like it, if it was solely comprised of all foreign-born NBA players? Keeping in mind that [...]