In a strategic move that flies in the face of David Stern’s NBA global domination, the NBA players union recently released a memo in support of players going overseas to play while the NBA locks out its players. Will the NBA Lockout break the NBA’s grasp on the best players? Billy Hunter knows that if [...]

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 [...]

According to a poll done by Sports Illustrated, 152 NBA players named three Argentinians as some of the biggest “floppers” in the NBA. Manu Ginóbili, Luis Scola and Andres Nocioni, all from Argentina, made the top-ten in this infamous category. Fellow South American, Anderson Varejão of Brazil topped the list at #1 – really no [...]

It just wasn’t the Lakers night. The Lakers came into Quicken Loans Arena cocky and ended up losing to the NBA’s worst team, the Cleveland Cavs, a team that was just two games removed from a NBA record 26 consecutive losses by the Cavs.   Not only that, their two NBA all-stars, Kobe Bryant and Pau [...]

The Cleveland Cavs shocked the defending NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers last night 104-99, despite a monstrous game by Laker All-Star Pau Gasol. (Discuss the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Cleveland Cavs) Gasol scored 30 points and pulled down 20 rebounds, but we’re sure he would have given all those up in exchange for [...]

Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall hold the NBA record for more three-pointers hit in one NBA game. Both Bryant and Marshall recorded 12 three pointers in a single NBA game. Bryant accomplished the feat when the Lakers played Seattle on January 7, 2003. Marshall did it even more recently, when his Toronto Raptors took on [...]

Pau Gasol continues his upward trend as one of the world’s best basketball players, after he completed his fourth career-triple double to keep the Los Angeles Lakers undefeated after seven regular season games. (Discuss the Los Angeles Lakers in our basketball forum) Gasol dominated the Portland Trailblazers with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists [...]