Washington Wizard’s guard Gilbert Arenas was suspended indefinitely today without pay by David Stern. The suspension comes in a Christmas Eve argument over a gambling debt. Areans and teammate Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each other when Arenas didn’t make good on a lost bet. Stern, the NBA’s commissioner, determined the star guard’s behavior made [...]

Yi Jianlian has spent most of the season injured, but the 7-0 forward from China has been living up to expectations when he has played. In his third season, through 10 games Jianlian is averaging career highs of 16.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks a game. (Discuss the Yi Jianlian and New Jersey Nets [...]

In the follow-up to the video, here’s a great photo of Warrior’s center Ronny Turiaf perfectly timing Kobe Bryant’s dunk attempt and blocking the NBA superstar when Golden State visited the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on Tuesday. It could have easily gone differently, but the block initiated the fast break that ended [...]

What does a toothless elbow look like? It looks like the following. Our Pic of the Day features Dirk Nowitzki’s elbow after it had a couple of Carl Landry’s teeth embedded into in a December 18th game vs. the Houston Rockets. Amazingly, in Dirk’s first game back, Nowitzki was able to hit 10-13, score 27 [...]

Talkbasket recently had a great feature with images of 10 basketball courts from around the world; from colorful courts in Berlin, abandoned courts in Chernobyl and Russia, to snow-covered courts in the Himalayas. Other courts featured include backboards (and sometimes even rims) from Germany, Singapore, Belize, Ukraine, El Salvador, Cambodia, and Mexico. Here’s a sampling of the [...]

In last night’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns, Pau Gasol found himself guarding Steve Nash. Look like Pau Gasol is in the middle of a dance step as Steve Nash jabs and steps back for a pullback jumper. The Lakers won the game in the rout 108-88. Gasol had 14 points, [...]

Ricky Rubio, the Barcelona player who turned 19 years old in late October, recently posted six photos on his website, RickyRubio9.com. The basketball phenom and heart teenage throb posed for what looks like a fashion shoot with actress Clara Lago. Lago is also 19 years old. The photoshoot was done by Photographer Sergi Pons and Stylist [...]