You might remember German musician Flula Borg from the “His Name is Dirk” music video in honor of his favorite basketball player, Dirk Nowitzki. Now, Flula is back to give his two cents on the NBA Lockout, which he calls “a big time of Scheisse.” It’s amazing.

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We tend to highlight the Rashard Lewises and Eddy Currys whose contracts, concocted largely in part by NBA front offices, lead to pro ball purgatory (i.e. the NBA Lockout). However we often lose sight of the other end of the spectrum on the road to a new CBA: second round draft picks. USA Today published a piece on second round rookies like Travis Leslie, Isaiah Thomas and Josh Selby and how they’ve managed their finances, or relative lack thereof, until play resumes. Read More »

The Nets are staying and moving at the same time. Earlier today, Jay-Z joined a group at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn that included developer Bruce Ratner and Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, and announced the Nets will indeed be moving into the new arena in Brooklyn, and will keep the New Jersey team’s name. They’ll be no Brooklyn Bridges or Kings. It’ll be the Brooklyn Nets. Read More »

While exhibition games are cool, there’s nothing quite like basketball in league form. And with the NBA on hold, this month’s “Lockout League” at Impact Basketball in Las Vegas brought us the next best thing. With that, check out the full recap from our friends at Hoopmixtape. Enjoy!

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A few weeks ago, we told you that the NBA D-League was holding national tryouts in both Chicago and Los Angeles. This past Saturday, in two sold-out events, ballplayers showcased their skills in front of player personnel executives, coaches and industry scouts. While we’ll have more info for you before the D-League Draft in November on the prospects that made some noise, take a minute to check out some photos from the Chicago tryout at Attack Athletics. Read More »

We told you about the tournament, but if you weren’t one of the select few that made it to Alcatraz on Saturday night for the 2011 Red Bull King of the Rock tournament final, see what went down.

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If you were at the Palestra yesterday, you got to see Lou Williams and Team Philly beat a squad featuring LeBron James, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony. Now check out the shoes he did it in. Before officially dropping the Converse DEFCON this fall, check out Sweet Lou’s player exclusives below, as well as other photos from The Battle For I-95. Read More »

Lil’ Blake is the meaner, paler cousin of Li’l Penny, who instead of framing his big brother for murders, used to throw parties and sing songs in the hope of landing the hand of Tyra Banks. Lil’ Blake is one angry little dummy.

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It was the greatest 8-to-6 basketball game you’ll ever see.

Andre Emmett, formerly of the Memphis Grizzlies and Bobby Knight’s Texas Tech program (where he is the all-time leading scorer), was going 1-on-1 with Vili Morton, a relative unknown who played college ball at California-Riverside and now manages basketball training programs at 24 Hour Fitness gyms in the Bay Area. On paper it shouldn’t have been close. Read More »

In the NBA, this might be a consistently played-out scenario, but it shouldn’t be one that we crave. Sure, history tells us we can probably expect it, but that doesn’t mean it has to happen. The marriage doesn’t have to fail. Two spectacular young players can make it work, can be friends, can stay together.

Over the weekend, Kevin Durant did what was both necessary and not surprising: He confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that Russell Westbrook is the only point guard he wants. He doesn’t want to play with Chris Paul or Rajon Rondo or any of the league’s other great lead guards if it means giving up his boy. Read More »