UPDATED! According to TNT analyst David Aldridge, the Kings have agreed to trade John Salmons and Brad Miller to the Bulls in exchange for Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Michael Ruffin. Read More »

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Fab 5 is going to appear together as part of the festivities at the Final Four in Detroit on April 4th as part of an event that will benefit the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.

Pretty sure that squad could still give lots of top D-1 teams problems right now.

Source: NCAA via Chicago Tribune

“I want to become the best player of all-time. I want to be the best player on the court every time I go out on the court. I see my potential, and I’m nowhere near as high as I can be.”

LeBron James said it in his Dime #47 cover story. Do you think it’s possible that he could someday become the best basketball player of all-time? Why or why not? Tell us in the comments section and we’ll print some of the best answers in an upcoming issue. **Dime reserves the right to edit submissions for length and clarity.**

After I wrote yesterday about the newest member of the Thunder, I tuned in eagerly to their game last night against the Hornets to see who it was going to be. Entering the Ford Center from the ceiling a la Pat Croce, Rumble the Bison made his debut.

Rumble played the drums, performed with the trampoline dunk team, danced with the Thunder Girls and closed his halftime act by climbing a 16-foot ladder. Rumble stood on the top rung, then back-flipped. The dunk rimmed out, but his athleticism was evident. Read More »

LeBron isn’t backing out of his All-Star Weekend announcement that he’s entering his name into early consideration for next year’s dunk contest. But if he’s going to take part in the festivities, he wants the rules and regulations cleaned up.

“It’s got to be cleaned up, they have to go back to maybe the ’80s with [Michael Jordan] and Dominique [Wilkins],” James said. “You can’t have so many chances at dunking the basketball. The whole anticipation of a dunk contest is one or two tries and that’s it. Read More »

Tough call on who to give the MVP last night right? NOPE. Dwight Howard was a BEAST last night. 45 points, 19 boards, and 8 blocks! Can you believe there was ever a conversation about Okafor or Howard? We’ve got a lot to go over. Let’s get at it. Tracy McGrady – It’s really for the best. For T-Mac, for the Rockets, for everyone. Tracy McGrady’s season is caput. Over. Peace. T-Mac will have microfracture surgery and next year is a pretty legit question mark as well. You can cut McGrady in all leagues. Two pick ups make sense – Von Wafer and Shane Battier. Both Battier and Wafer put up real numbers last night. Read More »

Yesterday you heard about Sean Williams‘ latest dumbass move, and today there some more details about his arrest that make you just shake your head. Read More »

One of the websites we hit up regularly in the office is Barstoolsports.com. The Boston based sports blog is hilarious. Shouts out to Matty D. for putting us all on. Anyway, Barstool usually has youtube clips that are a riot. A while back I posted David After Dentist, which I got from Barstool. Today, they had another that left me in tears. Read More »

Watch out, but with a solid, young nucleus, the Thunder are looking to win now. Feeling the pressure of the econony and putting people in the seats, owner Clay Bennett isn’t going to wait and watch his franchise player, Kevin Durant, walk in a couple years after the losses star to take their toll on their star. Read More »

With the economy being in a fragile state, there was talk around All-Star Weekend that NBA GM’s were making better offers to Portland for Raef LaFrentz‘s expiring contract than for Amar’e Stoudemire. And now, there’s one big offer on the table for Raef’s big deal – Vince Carter.

Sources say the Blazers and Nets have discussed a deal that would send Carter to Portland for Raef LaFrentz and his expiring contract along with Travis Outlaw and Sergio Rodriguez.

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