For as great as Twitter has been connecting players with their fans, it has also caused some NBA guys to lighten their wallet. Stu Jackson, the NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, announced today that Brandon Jennings (a.k.a. @YUNGBUCK3) has been fined $7,500 for posting a message on his Twitter account immediately following the Bucks’ victory over the Blazers in Milwaukee on Saturday, Dec. 12. Read More »

Check out the latest adidas Equation commercial featuring Derrick Rose and Kevin Garnett.

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We’ve all heard of the Madden Curse. A guy gets the cover of the game, then either gets hurt or has a terrible season. If there was a basketball version of that curse, it would have to be the TNT Curse for the Phoenix Suns. After losing to the Blazers last night, the Suns have now lost 17 straight when they are featured on the Atlanta-based network. The last time the Suns won on TNT was March 12, 2008 when they beat Golden State. Read More »

When it comes to basketball lifestyle, there’s Dime and there’s UNDRCRWN. Known for mixing humor, music, fashion and collegiate style into all of their garments, this holiday season UNDRCRWN decided to focus on some winter wardrobe staples – hoodies & crews – in their “Winter Heat” collection. Read More »

Just weeks before the start of training camp, I traveled to Philly to interview Elton Brand. Back then, he was all smiles and optimistic for the upcoming season. He had trained all summer in L.A. and was healthy for the first time in two years. His Sixers were a playoff team the year before without him and he figured he’d be that missing piece to get the Sixers out of the first round. Read More »

Beast of the Night: Steve Nash put up 16 points, 2 threes, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers last night in a losing effort in Portland. He shot 64 percent (7-11) from the field but didn’t shoot any free throws. Nash continues to thrive in the Suns’ return to their run-and-gun style of play, as his points, threes, assists and shooting percentages are all up from last season. Read More »

At the end of the third quarter last night, Dwyane Wade hit a pull-up three with one minute remaining, putting Miami up 87-60. But don’t think he was celebrating. When J.J. Redick tried a layup in transition moments later, Wade lurked behind then swatted it off the backboard. “If he was a guy who could dunk the ball, it would have been a little different,” Wade said. “But since I knew it he was going to lay it in, it made it a little easier to time it.” Sorry J.J., but you gotta at least attempt to flush it on the break.

As some of you Blazers fans might know, Anthony Tolliver of the D-League’s Idaho Stampede was called up by Portland yesterday. With Greg Oden out for the season, the Blazers were given the “Hardship Exception” and used it on Tolliver, who is a 6-9, 240 pound power forward. He is the second D-League call up of the 2009-10 season, the first being Chris Hunter of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, who was called up by the Warriors. Read More »

Before Thursday, the last time we saw the Blazers host the Suns on national TV in December, Brandon Roy had his “superstar” breakout by dumping 52 points on Phoenix. Last night, same setting with the same teams, it was Jerryd Bayless‘ turn. Having just recently been introduced to consistent playing time since Portland is racked by injuries, Bayless went off for 29 points (9-15 FG, 9-12 FT) in 29 minutes off the bench, and by the end of the night had Charles Barkley calling Nate McMillan into question for keeping Bayless buried until now … Read More »

If you’re not watching No. 1 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) vs. No. 13 Northland (Columbus, Ohio) on ESPN right now, you’re missing some of the best prospects in the country battle it out. I personally got to spend 10 days in France with the three best players on the floor (the Findlay Prep duo of Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph and Northland’s Jared Sullinger) this past summer, and they will surely be in the League. Read More »