After the Team USA tryouts wrap up in Las Vegas this week, the national squad’s next big trip won’t be to Turkey for the FIBA World Championship — it will be to New York City for the World Basketball Festival.

From August 12-15, NYC will (again) be the center of the hoops universe when it hosts the World Basketball Festival, a four-day celebration of the game and its culture conceived by Nike and USA Basketball. Read More »

Monty Williams and Byron Scott are gonna have a lot to talk about the next time they cross paths. Around the same time ex-Hornets coach B-Scott walked into a job with the Cavs thinking (maybe) he had LeBron James — only to watch him take off for Miami — new Hornets coach Williams was thinking he had Chris Paul on his side. But maybe not for long now. CP3 reportedly wants to be traded ASAP, and would prefer to go to Orlando, New York or the Lakers … Money-wise, Paul has two years left on a deal that pays him about $15 million per, so whoever tries to get him likely won’t be doing it for spare parts. Read More »

Let’s face it … the last thing you want to be doing during the big game is sitting on the bench. Kendrick Perkins is just one of the unfortunate souls who recently had to miss a big moment (Game 7 of the NBA Finals) to heal an injury. But at the same time, playing hard and fighting for a win inevitably increases your chances of getting injured and landing on the bench. Read More »

The Warriors surely aren’t happy about this. David Lee can’t be either. Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports tweeted earlier today that Lee would indeed be out for four to six weeks — including the FIBA World Championship — after sustaining a mildly serious injury to his right middle finger. Read More »

If you have NBA TV, you’ve probably been watching “Real Training Camp” featuring Team USA. More than two dozen pros are on the roster trying out to make the cut for this summer’s World Championship squad, and obviously not everyone will be able to suit up in Turkey.

This is literally going to be an entirely different Team USA from the one you saw at the ’08 Olympics. None of the “Redeem Team” is playing this summer. I mean, Kevin Durant was left off the Olympic roster two years ago, and now he’s arguably our best player. So who’s in and who’s out? Here is my ideal Team USA: Read More »

This past year the Phoenix Suns scorched the NBA, as they averaged just over 110 points per contest. Amar’e Stoudemire definitely did his thing, as he averaged 23 and almost 9 boards, but is it possible the Suns could put up even more points next season without Amar’e?

Outside of the Cavs losing LeBron, Phoenix may have suffered the biggest single loss in free agency with Amar’e moving to New York. He was the Suns’ only legit interior scorer, and finished a lot of what Steve Nash started. Read More »

His name might not rings bells and open doors, but ask any disappointed Celtics fan after Game 7 of the NBA Finals if they wished they still had Eddie House on their team and their answer would have been and emphatic, “Yes.” So while Boston decided to move on and re-up with Nate Robinson this offseason, another rising Eastern Conference squad is supposedly interested in signing the man they call Eddie Buckets. Read More »

While it seems like almost everyone was a free agent this summer, there were still plenty of NBA players under contract who didn’t hit the open market. Some of these guys probably wish they had been free agents, though, as they either don’t fit with their current team or they aren’t getting the minutes they deserve. These are 10 guys who would do well with a change of scenery: Read More »

When you’ve called some of the most hyped match-ups at Rucker Park for well over a decade, you’ve pretty much seen it all. Boobie Smooth, the legendary New York City MC and streetball icon, brought his microphone to Boston, Mass. this past Saturday for the first stop of the Red Bull 2on2 Revolution Tour. With a never-ending flow of crazy nicknames and hilarious commentary, Boobie had fans rolling with laughter all day long. Watch out for Boobie on the mic this Saturday, when the Revolution tour takes over Harlem’s Lincoln Playground (135th and 5th Ave). More on how you can enter the Red Bull 2on2 Revolution and win $2,000 after the jump.

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By now everybody knows how hard Cleveland has taken the news that LeBron chose the Miami Heat over staying with the Cavs. There have been burned jerseys, removed billboards,
and general outrage expressing their feelings about The King’s departure. While the response to “The Decision”
has been overwhelmingly negative in Ohio, some fans are trying to turn it into a positive.
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