If you missed it over the weekend, there was a mini-controversy in Chicago regarding Joakim Noah‘s playing time.

While Noah is playing through a sore foot, the Bulls front office had been on the same page with coach Vinny Del Negro about limiting Noah’s minutes as the team fights for its playoff lives. But during last Friday’s double-overtime loss to the Nets, there was a breakdown. Read More »

With the early-entry deadline for this year’s NBA Draft getting closer, the list of underclassmen throwing their names in the hat is growing. Today it’s Syracuse junior SF Wes Johnson and West Virginia SF Devin Ebanks.

Johnson, the reigning Big East Player of the Year, is a projected Top-5 or Top-10 pick. Ebanks is slated to go somewhere in the Lottery or later in the first round.

There was some bad news for another early entrant, Oklahoma’s Willie Warren. Read More »

This. Is. Amazing.

Over a month ago, Nike Basketball ran a contest to design a pair of the Nike Zoom Kobe V iD. One lucky winner would take home an autographed pair of the winning shoes, receive a ticket to the Lakers vs. Trail Blazers game last night, round trip airfare and hotel accommodations. Kobe picked the winner. These are the shoes. Read More »

Six minutes. That’s how long I watched the debut episode of “Basketball Wives” on VH1 last night. I’m the biggest reality-show nut of anybody I know, and it’s not like I have a fundamental problem with the premise of the show; it’s just not that good. Maybe it’ll get better, but for now it’s too staged.

Shaq‘s ex-wife Shaunie O’Neal is the star/producer of the new series, which also features Antoine Walker‘s ex-fiancee, Matt Barnes‘ fiancee, Eric Williams‘ wife, Dwight Howard‘s baby’s mom and Michael Olowokandi‘s ex-wife. Cue the drama.

Appearing on Mike & Mike in the Morning this past Friday, Kentucky coach John Calipari had some interesting thoughts about the NBA Draft eligibility rules implemented before the start of the 2005-2006 season: Read More »

We’ve written at length about Richard Jefferson‘s disappointing season this year. Hell, even Jerry Stackhouse decided to put him on blast. But any player who’s about to turn 30 – and having the worst year of his NBA career – would be crazy to leave $15 million on the table. And that’s exactly what RJ is thinking of doing. Read More »

This morning, our friends at LakersNation.com put together a piece entitled Why Batman Beats Superman in the NBA. It’s an epic post that takes the two best basketball players in the world (Kobe and LeBron), breaks down why The Mamba is the NBA’s version of Batman, why The King is the NBA’s version of Superman, and why when the chips are down and the square off with each other, Batman will win every time.

They even put together this sick video to set the stage for the battle: Read More »

To know Stan Van Gundy is to know that he likes to talk. And just like the best critics and motivators, SVG is not shy to let his opinion be known. Yesterday, after the Magic beat the Cavs (with LeBron sitting), he shared with the media his opinion on the MVP race this season and beyond: “You know how the vote’s going to go. LeBron will win the MVP every year until he retires.” Read More »

Although it’s kind of hard to think that you could forget about a 7-6 center who’s been to the NBA All-Star Game seven times and has over 1.3 billion fans, but if there’s anyone in Houston that has been able to do that it’s been Luis Scola. In only his third year with the franchise, the Argentinian big man has become a fan favorite for the Rockets faithful, and Rockets GM Daryl Morey isn’t going to let him go this summer when he becomes a restricted free agent. No matter what it costs. Read More »