While many teams were trying to get free agent guard Jannero Pargo back in the States, most notably the Hornets, Pargo has signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bulls after playing in Russia and Greece last season. Read More »

Up until July, Orlando’s Otis Smith and Toronto’s Bryan Colangelo were the two most proactive GM’s in the League. But now, Dwyane Wade is coming for that crown. After lobbying for Allen Iverson, Wade is now reportedly working on getting Carlos Boozer to the Heat.

If AI ends up in Memphis and Boozer heads to Chicago, Wade has Rob Kurz, and a couple of guys who hoop at West 4th in his sights as Plan C, D, E and F. Read More »

Every year during the NBA Summer Leagues, three different types of players grace the courts. First, there are the summer league scrubs. The scrubs are the players who are essentially playing to showcase their talents to overseas scouts or a spot on a D-League roster. Read More »

The next stop on the tour with the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team takes you to their guest appearance at a local McDonald’s, talking about their experiences with the fans in Douai, France and the battle with Australia in Game 3 of the tournament. Check them out and more in Episode 4 of the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World.

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And who said Kobe and LeBron don’t have beef…?

Jonny Flynn‘s 11-point, 7-assist performance isn’t one of the best stat lines of the summer league thus far. (Rodrigue Beaubois‘ 34-point outing, and the Tyler Hansbrough/Roy Hibbert domination a la Duncan/Robinson both trump Flynn’s night.) But he looked really good as a playmaker, getting rave reviews from David Thorpe‘s twitter-analysis.

(If you can’t see the video right away, keep clicking “next” until you see “ESPNews Highlight of the Night.”)

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In the summer of 2007, my mom mentioned something to me about Tracy McGrady‘s efforts to raise awareness about the dire situation in Darfur. I had no idea that he was involved until she brought it up.

Despite his amazing philanthropic efforts, the news didn’t reach a serious portion of the NBA following. That is until now. Read More »

Classic example of the difference between the NBA summer league and the real-life NBA: Yesterday’s matchup pitting #2 pick Hasheem Thabeet against #3 pick James Harden drew a good-sized crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center in Vegas, and later headlined NBA TV’s “Gametime” highlight show. But wait until the regular season, whenever the Grizzlies and Thunder play each other for the first time. Half-empty gym, and it probably won’t even make the nightly highlight shows unless it happens to be A.I.‘s first game with Memphis or Kevin Durant scores 50 … Read More »

Even more than in last week’s Orlando summer league, we’re seeing a trend develop in Vegas: The star rookies aren’t just getting the green light to fire away, they’re having the entire offense run through them. Guys like Tyreke Evans, Stephen Curry and DeMar DeRozan are getting 20-plus shots a day, and consider these are shorter games where almost everyone else on the court is trying to earn an NBA job … In yesterday’s big head-to-head matchup, Steph and Tyreke were like Allen Iverson and Steve Francis circa 2001: Curry put up 29 points (8-22 FG, 10-11 FT) and six boards, while Evans had 25 points (8-19 FG, 7-12 FT), 10 boards and five assists. Read More »

While the Orlando summer league wrapped up on Friday, the Vegas summer league — the more “glamorous” of the two — was just getting started. Lots of Lottery picks on display: Brandon Jennings had 10 points (3-12 FG) and three assists against Dallas; DeMar DeRozan had 10 points and five boards against the Lakers; Tyreke Evans scored 15 on the Pistons, and Stephen Curry put up 16 points (4-14 FG) with four turnovers and seven fouls against Houston. Hasheem Thabeet and Jonny Flynn will also be in action this weekend … That Lakers/Raptors game was an NBA junkyard of “Whatever Happened To That Guy” candidates. Read More »