Although the ‘09 NBA free agent class isn’t as stacked as in years past — not to mention the League is being more thrifty than ever due to the slumping economy — teams still have holes they want to plug, and players have moves they want to make. As the negotiation period gets underway (players can’t officially sign until July 8), we’re breaking down each team’s free agent situation… Read More »

Barack Obama might be the only person in America who’s had a better run over the last eight months than Danny Granger. Last November, Granger signed a five-year, $60 million extension with the Pacers. In February, he made is All-Star Game debut. In April, he finished the season fifth in the League in scoring at 25.8 ppg. And in May, “Senor Buckets” took home the NBA’s Most Improved Player award. Read More »

Talk about a change of heart. Back when Stephen Curry went 5-18 from the field for 20 points against the College of Charleston, NBA analysts and scouts piped up, saying that he wasn’t fit for the League.

But last week he was selected seventh in the draft. And now, he’s the reason that Golden State won’t pull the trigger on a trade that would get them one of the most dynamic talents in the game today. Read More »

Over on CelticsBlog, we just saw that Danny Ainge showed up on Rasheed Wallace‘s doorstep last night at midnight to give Boston’s recruiting pitch to the free agent. Read More »

This morning Sports Illustrated released their official annual ranking of the Top 50 Highest Earning American Athletes. Naturally, there are a bunch of NBA players on there. LeBron clocks in at No. 3 with $42 million + (although he makes less than Phil Mickelson?!). Shaq, KG, Kobe, and Allen Iverson go 5-8.

Then it gets a little crazy… Read More »

If you can’t sign ‘em, Donnie Walsh must believe that you might as well insult ‘em. After averaging a career high 16 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, the Knicks are apparently only prepared to offer David Lee a four-year, $32 million deal. Read More »

From Jared Sullinger to Tristan Thompson to Cory Joseph, it’s not often you get a group of future NBA superstars all playing on one team. Follow them and more as they take on Puerto Rico in Episode 2 of the 2K Sports Preseason All-American Team vs. The World.

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In every issue of Dime, we run a feature called “The Baller’s Blueprint,” where we get up with different NBA players and have them break down their signature moves and skills. Yesterday we ran with Rajon Rondo‘s Baller’s Blueprint on his fake behind-the-back pass – a move that seemed to earn a ton of hate from readers. So today we wanted to come back with another Baller’s Blueprint from the Blake Griffin issue. This one features Ben Gordon breaking down the patented step-back J that he’s hoping will earn him serious loot on the free agent market …

“Most of the time I’m looking at creating contact with my defender. Maybe if I can’t get around him, I’ll look to try and create contact with my shoulder or my body and kinda get him off balance and step back. Read More »

Although the ‘09 NBA free agent class isn’t as stacked as in years past — not to mention the League is being more thrifty than ever due to the slumping economy — teams still have holes they want to plug, and players have moves they want to make. As the negotiation period gets underway (players can’t officially sign until July 8), we’re breaking down each team’s free agent situation… Read More »

Maybe Amar’e saw the effect that Kevin Love‘s breaking news tweets had on the blog-o-sphere, and wanted to see how it felt to be the source of a story. Or, maybe he just wanted to mess with all of us.

Either way, Amar’e has been pushing the STAT-to-the-Lakers rumor on his Twitter feed. Read More »