Whatever kind of failure you might think Allen Iverson‘s season has been, Stephon Marbury would gladly take two scoops of that failure with M&M’s on top.

After Tweeting/smoking/crying/Vaseline’ing his way right out of the NBA over the summer, Steph recently signed with the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association, and on Sunday made his debut. Read More »

I guess if you never went to college, it’s the little things like this that you’d remember. For LeBron James, who was in attendance at Rupp Arena this weekend to catch the John Wall Show, the King got a standing ovation as he put the “Y” in Kentucky during halftime. Need another reason to have the rumors of LBJ to NJ come true? If the Nets land Wall, don’t put it past the reigning MVP to join up with he young point guard to form one of the deadliest 1-2 punch in the League.

Wow, this came out of nowhere this afternoon. Time to re-think whatever strategy you had in your office/dorm March Madness pool, because it may have just become a whole lot more difficult for you and for your favorite college teams to win the Big Dance. The web site Sports by Brooks is reporting that an NCAA Tournament expansion from 65 teams to 96 is a “done deal.”

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The funniest moments of Rasheed Wallace‘s unintentional “Mike’d Up” segment during last Friday’s Hawks/Celtics game — when his voice carried to every court mic and provided color commentary from the Dolemite Broadcast School — weren’t any of his creative curses or when he screamed “BALL DON’T LIE!” after Atlanta missed a free throw following a questionable call. It was every time ‘Sheed acted like there was some conspiracy against the Celtics by the referees. Read More »

With the NBA Trade Deadline less than three weeks away, you knew that the rumors were going to start to heat up. The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the Bobcats are showing strong interest in acquiring Jason Thompson from the Kings, and between Tyson Chandler, Nazr Mohammed, DeSagana Diop and Alexis Ajinca, the Bobcats have a glut of big men – none of whom have done jack this season – they’re willing to offer in exchange. Read More »

The Nike Air Max LeBron VII is for the kids. Or young adults anyway. Nike has just released two new special editon colorways of the LeBron VII in Kentucky and Akron makeups. The University of Akron traditionally always gets LBJ love from Nike, but the Kentucky pairs are something new. Read More »

No question, Steve Nash is going to be the next Steven Spielberg. After schooling Alando Tucker on the importance of clean hands, Nash captures Leandro Barbosa‘s avatar on the team plane.

With the season already past the midway point, NBA GMs have their minds set on the NBA Playoffs. But for those teams that will be counting ping pong balls instead of playoff victories, the upcoming NBA Draft has many intriguing prospects that need to be recognized. So before March Madness takes over, Dime contributor Lucas Shapiro will be profiling players and giving them a team that would best fit their talent. First up, Kentucky’s John Wall. Read More »

Weekend Wonder: Kevin Durant ended January with a bang, averaging 37.5 points, 7.5 boards, 3 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.5 blocks and 1.5 threes in his last two games of the month. He also shot a blistering 70 percent from the field and 94.1 percent from the line in those games. Durant’s on a scoring binge lately and hasn’t scored fewer than 25 points since Dec. 19. Read More »

Yesterday, the Hornets found out Chris Paul will miss the next two months or so following surgery on his left knee, which he hurt against the Bulls the other day. With the game in-hand, all New Orleans had to do was inbound the ball, get fouled and the game would be over. Instead, David West sends the rock to the other end of the floor, and in pursuit, CP3 smacks his knee, the Bulls get the ball and score, and eventually win it in overtime. Paul is definitely out for All-Star, meaning somebody – Chauncey Billups, Monta Ellis or Aaron Brooks – will be getting the alternate spot. But the bigger question is this: What will the Hornets do now? Read More »