Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks have taken a 3-0 lead over the Kobe Bryant and the defending NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers. (Discuss game 3 between Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers) Nowitzki has been nearly unstoppable, picking apart the Lakers with 28 points on 56% from the field, 7-9 from three-point range [...]

Led by Dirk Nowitzki’s 25 points and 8 rebounds, the Dallas Mavericks took a 3-2 lead over the Portland Trailblazers in the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs. (Discuss the NBA Playoffs in our basketball forum) The Dallas Mavericks have had such high expectations over the last decade that they’re becoming the Utah jazz [...]

Odds are,  Toronto doesn’t have much of a chance on a game-to-game basis, and it’s been a long season for the Raptors. However, there have been a few bright spots and one of those has been the offensive play of Andrea Bargnani, who, for all of his defensive deficiencies, can put the ball in the [...]

The Onion Sports Network released a piece about the weirdest looking NBA players, referring to a purported report published by the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. (Discuss the weirdest looking NBA players in our forum) According to CFIDES, Europeans, for the eighth straight season, had the “highest percentage of [...]

It’s no secret that the NBA’s strategy during David Stern’s reign as the commisioner of the league has been to move into other markets. From moving into populous countries China and India to NBA-Euroleague partnerships, the National Basketball Association has played an integral in changing the “National” into “International.” Mahanth Joishy, the South Asia editor [...]

Behind Angolan superstar Olimpio Cipriano‘s 30 points, Angola continued Germany‘s disappointing tournament play by sending the Germans to their third loss in four games. With the loss, it means that Germany will not advance to the second round. (Discuss Angola’s defeat of Germany in our World Championships forum) The entire game was closely contested. After [...]

Days after opting out of his contract, a huge collective sigh of relief was heard in Dallas as reports that the 32-year old Dirk Nowitzki will re-sign with the Mavs for reportedly $80 million over the next 4 years. (Discuss all the NBA signings and trades in our NBA Forum) One of Nowitzki’s adviser, Holger [...]