It’s been an outpouring of support for Jason Collins after he announced to the world he is gay on Monday morning. Sure, Collins has gotten nothing but love from the likes of Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, and Kobe Bryant, but […]
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NBA players’ reactions on Twitter about Jason Collins (updated)
Early Monday morning I received a flurry of text messages about Jason Collins announcing he is gay. This was big news. Collins’ announcement to Sports Illustrated made him the first active NBA player to come out, and the first athlete in […]
Kevin Durant joins Bird, Nowitzki, Nash in 50-40-90 Club
Kevin Durant had a spectacular 2012-13 season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. His play has OKC as top team in the NBA. . It won’t be a surprise if Durant continues his current play, he’ll be the MVP this season. […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Durant Drops 52 in Win, #1 Louisville Falls
Oklahoma City Tops Dallas in OT on Career Night From Durant-The Oklahoma City Thunder extended their current win streak to six games while snapping the Mavericks’ own streak of four on Friday night. Dallas took the Thunder into overtime, but […]
2013 NBA All-Star Starters Announced
The fans have spoken. The NBA All-Star starting lineups were announced this evening based on fan voting and for the 15th year in a row Kobe Bryant made the starting five for the West, leading all vote-getters from both conferences […]
Division III Player Drops 138, Wows NBA Players (Video)
Jack Taylor. Remember that name. There are plenty of NBA players who will. Taylor set an NCAA record Tuesday night, scoring 138 points for Grinnell College, a small Division III school in Grinnell, Iowa, in a 179-104 rout of Faith […]
Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade underrated in recent ESPN player rankings
Recently, ESPN.com and TrueHoop Network released rankings on every NBA player from No. 500 to No. 1 and counted them down on Twitter (@NBAonESPN). They asked 104 experts to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale in terms of “the […]
Top 10 NBA Buzzer Beating, Game Winners (2011-12)
There’s just two months left until the start of the NBA season. And what better way to get you revved up for the 2012-13 season than a video of some heart stopping game winners? The Hoop Doctors put together a […]
Union Memo encourages NBA Players to go Overseas
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 […]
Amazing! Nowitzki: 48 pts on 12-15 FGs, 24-24 FTs
Is Dirk Nowitzki a top-ten NBA player of all-time? 48 points on 12-15 FGs, 24-24 on Free throws – ’nuff said, really. Dirk Nowitzki outshone Kevin Durant in their superstar, power forward matchup last night as the Dallas Mavericks pulled […]
Video: Thunder survive 3OT, Threes by Mike Conley, Greivis Vasquez
This is what the NBA Playoffs is about. Game four of the Western Conference Semi-Finals was just crazy. Not only did the Oklahoma City Thunder outlast the Memphis Grizzlies 133-123 in triple overtime last night, they had to overcome two […]
USA downs Turkey 81-64: ends 16-year drought at Worlds
Behind Kevin Durant’s game -high 28 points, the United States of America beat Turkey 81-64 to win the 2010 FIBA World Championship (discuss the USA-Turkey in our forum). The result ended a 16-year wait for the USA, who had not […]
Follow Turkey vs. USA Live in World Championship Finals
When Turkey was awarded the 2010 FIBA World Championship several years ago, every fan from Istanbul to Ankara to Kayseri to Izmir and everywhere else in this beautiful country hoped for one thing and one thing only. They wanted a […]
Follow Lithuania vs. USA, Turkey vs. Serbia Live!
It’s been four, long years since United States coach Mike Krzyzewski and his star-studded squad lost to Greece in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA World Championship in Japan, a result that sparked celebrations in the streets of Athens. (Join in […]
USA sneaks by Brazil 70-68 in Basketball Championships
The United States continued undefeated but came across a tough Brazilian squad in their third game, squeaking by Brazil 70-68 on Monday. (Discuss Team USA’s close win over Brazil in our forum) The Brazilians came up short when Leandro Barbosa’s […]
Durant leads U.S.A. over Spain 86-85 in exhibition
Madrid, Spain – It was supposed to be an exhibition game to prep both teams for the coming World Basketball Championships, but as expected, the intensity and overall play was anything but for the rematch between Spain and the USA. […]
Durant, Westbrook Green = Kobe, LeBron, Wade?
Team USA will be without some major star power when the World Championships of Basketball commences in Turkey next month. (Discuss the World Championships of Basketball in our forum) No Kobe Bryant, no LeBron James. No Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, […]
NBA: 2009-10 NBA regular season begins
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 […]
Vote for the 2007 Interbasket Awards
The nomination period is now over and the nominees for IBN’s 2007 Awards have been selected – now it’s up to you to decide which player has had the best 2007, as far as performances, awards, medals and records, in […]
Greg Oden May Miss NBA Season
It must be a gloomy atmosphere in the Portland Trailblazers’ offices this week. It was announced today that Greg Oden, the first overall draft pick in this year’s NBA draft, may miss the entire 2007-08 season. The former Ohio State […]
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