As NBA training camps get underway, we preview the upcoming season with the “Highs and Lows” system — predicting the respective ceiling and basement for each team.

Added: DeMarcus Cousins, Sam Dalembert, Hassan Whiteside, Luther Head, Antoine Wright

Lost: Spencer Hawes, Andres Nocioni, Jon Brockman, Ime Udoka, Sean May Read More »

Earlier this summer, it was rumored that Donnie Walsh was grooming Allan Houston to become the next general manager of the New York Knicks. Not long after that, team owner James Dolan (briefly) re-hired Isiah Thomas as a part-time consultant, and rumors began to fly that Isiah was being set up to eventually take over for Walsh, who is 69 years old. And as recently as earlier this week, when the Knicks were the subject of NBA TV’s “Real Training Camp,” Houston was interviewed and mentioned as Walsh’s possible successor. Read More »

If you haven’t noticed, Canada is starting to blow up on the basketball scene. While the NBA’s Toronto Raptors are still a few years away from making noise on the pro level, in the high school and college scene there are a handful of young Canadians out to make a name for themselves at big-time programs.

Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, both 2010 high school All-Americans, will suit up at the University of Texas this season. Myck Kabongo of Findlay Prep (Nev.) is a Top-5 high school senior on this side of the border. Now the next one up to bat is Khem Birch. Read More »

With the game dropping next week, 2K Sports brought out His Airness for their latest NBA 2K11 spot. In the trailer, Jordan answers the ultimate question: “What if?” What if MJ played basketball today against the likes of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James? Find out what he thinks of the competition…

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Contract disputes amongst teams and players this NBA offseason has created turmoil throughout the league, especially with the impending possibility of a lockout. Kenyon Martin seems to be heading down the same path.

K-Mart is the second highest-paid player on the Nuggets — scheduled to make $16.5 million this season — and is entering the final year of the $90 million contract he signed back in 2004. Read More »

Experience is priceless in college basketball, which is why the Florida Gators have to be considered a legit threat to make another Final Four run and possibly contend for a national championship in 2010-11.

Florida is returning its entire starting five from last season, a group that won 21 games and earned an NCAA Tournament berth: Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton, Chandler Parsons, Alex Tyus and Vernon Macklin. Read More »

Without a doubt, a true sneakerhead’s dream is getting the chance to collaborate with their favorite brand on a shoe of their own. This fall, that’s exactly what happened to New York’s creative visionary and all-around trendsetter Vashtie Kola. Becoming the first female ever to collaborate with Jordan Brand, you can understand just how awesome this is. Read More »

A couple of things that stood out to me while watching “Real Training Camp” with the New York Knicks: (1) Amar’e Stoudemire was often playing center with the first unit, and (2) Originally projected starter Ronny Turiaf looked like he had no business being a starter.

Amar’e has experience playing center under coach Mike D’Antoni, but with his diverse offensive game and the matchup problems he creates, he’s better at power forward. Rookie Timofey Mozgov is still learning the NBA game, and Eddy Curry … well, yeah. Read More »

Yesterday we showed you the shoe, but now it’s time to dig deeper. Go behind the scenes of the all-new LeBron James signature shoe as designer Jason Petrie tells you everything you need to know about the Nike Air Max LeBron VIII.

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You’re not tired of Carmelo Anthony trade talk yet, are you? Well, just know it’s only going to die down slightly when ‘Melo is actually in a Denver Nuggets uniform playing an actual NBA (preseason) game, and still won’t totally vanish until he’s either dealt or the February deadline passes. And then, the talk will shift to where ‘Melo is headed in free agency … ‘Melo and George Karl had their first sit-down at training camp yesterday, but didn’t talk much about the trade stuff. “It was cool,” Carmelo was quoted. “He didn’t try to work me over. Read More »