In an effort to beat Charlie Villanueva in what boils down to a Tweet-Off, Chris Bosh posted that he’d talk about his status in 2010 if 500 people logged in to his Live CBTV feed.

The number of viewers on that USTREAM feed skyrocketed immediately from like 190 to 650. And then here’s what he said about his future… Read More »

If you plan on going out late tonight, you might as well just head to your local sneaker boutique instead of going home. Why? So you can stand in line to cop these. Read More »

If you’re not heavy into recruiting — and all the grainy homemade videos and who-knows-the-source message board scouring that subculture entails — there’s not a lot to follow in the college basketball offseason. Aside from coaching changes, the occasional transfer, and the who’s-in/who’s-out of the NBA Draft, college basketball pretty much goes to sleep between March Madness and Midnight Madness.

But one kind of story that regularly pops up in the offseason is when a program gets itself in trouble. Running the gamut from the ticky-tack complicated stuff to the Tim Floyd/Jim Harrick-level “Why did you think you’d get away with that?” variety, NCAA violations are as much a part of the college hoops offseason as team-building pickup runs. Read More »

A couple stories that have come through in the last couple hours:

* Free agent Brandon Bass has agreed to a four-year deal with the Magic. No word on the salary numbers yet, but Bass should step right into a starting role as a true power forward to help Dwight Howard on the glass and defensively. And with Ryan Anderson tearing up the summer league, Orlando’s frontcourt is looking solid for the future.

* After falling way down into the second round of the Draft, Patrick Mills‘ summer keeps getting worse. Mills suffered a fracture in his right foot during summer-league practice today, which he’ll have evaluated by a specialist later to determine the severity. Already fighting for a roster spot in Portland without a guaranteed contract, Mills can’t afford a major injury right now.

The other day I told you about the Jordan Brand Holiday 2009 Preview that I got to attend, and I finally got the go-ahead to start dropping some of the pics. Here is my favorite piece from the collection: the Jordan Winterized Spiz’ike Boot. Read More »

After their loss to Puerto Rico, the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team had to regroup before they played Game 2 against Lithuania and Donatas Motiejunas (a projected Top 5 pick next year). Check them out and more in Episode 3 of the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World.

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The last time I saw Steve Kerr on TV, he was explaining why he traded 2009′s All-NBA third team center and All-Star co-MVP for Ben Wallace‘s blowup doll and a practice player who might be the third-best “Sasha” in the League.

Interviewed by ESPN during the Draft, Kerr admitted the original trade that brought Shaq to Phoenix didn’t work, and, probably as a preemptive explanation for the Amar’e Stoudemire trade that was in-progress at the time, said the Suns are “in transition” — another way of saying “rebuilding” — and are not a championship contender. Read More »

So Jason Kidd isn’t quite as reliable a news source as originally believed. Grant Hill won’t be coming to New York. He’s staying in Phoenix.

Normally that wouldn’t be a big deal. But it turns out that Hill’s decision to stay in PHX is based on Steve Nash‘s decision to sign a three-year extension there. That means NY loses out on the point guard they hoped – and almost counted on – in 2010. Read More »

Sure-fire ways to get a grown man’s blood pressure through the roof: (3) Hearing news that there’s a video of Megan Fox washing the Ferrari of Transformers director, Michael Bay. (2) Not being able to see such video. (1) Skip Bayless talking out of his ass about LeBron.

I’m actually upset at Jemele Hill. Instead of providing the voice of reason, she feeds into the quasi-witch hunt created by Bayless, Jay Crawford and the rest of ESPN First Take.

Stop me when this sounds familiar: The Knicks are putting together a decent fantasy basketball roster, without a thought to how it might actually work on the court.

That was supposed to be Isiah Thomas‘ problem, but apparently things haven’t changed much under the new regime. Donnie Walsh has done a decent job in the Draft: Jordan Hill was the right pick considering who was left on the board, and it’s not like Walsh knew Danilo Gallinari would injure his back while signing his contract. But in free agency, it seems the Knicks are going after random “name” targets — and the dart board they’re using just happens to be the 2005 NBA All-Star ballot. Read More »