Jonny Flynn‘s 11-point, 7-assist performance isn’t one of the best stat lines of the summer league thus far. (Rodrigue Beaubois‘ 34-point outing, and the Tyler Hansbrough/Roy Hibbert domination a la Duncan/Robinson both trump Flynn’s night.) But he looked really good as a playmaker, getting rave reviews from David Thorpe‘s twitter-analysis.

(If you can’t see the video right away, keep clicking “next” until you see “ESPNews Highlight of the Night.”)

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In the summer of 2007, my mom mentioned something to me about Tracy McGrady‘s efforts to raise awareness about the dire situation in Darfur. I had no idea that he was involved until she brought it up.

Despite his amazing philanthropic efforts, the news didn’t reach a serious portion of the NBA following. That is until now. Read More »

In an effort to beat Charlie Villanueva in what boils down to a Tweet-Off, Chris Bosh posted that he’d talk about his status in 2010 if 500 people logged in to his Live CBTV feed.

The number of viewers on that USTREAM feed skyrocketed immediately from like 190 to 650. And then here’s what he said about his future… Read More »

So Jason Kidd isn’t quite as reliable a news source as originally believed. Grant Hill won’t be coming to New York. He’s staying in Phoenix.

Normally that wouldn’t be a big deal. But it turns out that Hill’s decision to stay in PHX is based on Steve Nash‘s decision to sign a three-year extension there. That means NY loses out on the point guard they hoped – and almost counted on – in 2010. Read More »

Sure-fire ways to get a grown man’s blood pressure through the roof: (3) Hearing news that there’s a video of Megan Fox washing the Ferrari of Transformers director, Michael Bay. (2) Not being able to see such video. (1) Skip Bayless talking out of his ass about LeBron.

I’m actually upset at Jemele Hill. Instead of providing the voice of reason, she feeds into the quasi-witch hunt created by Bayless, Jay Crawford and the rest of ESPN First Take.

New York fans don’t trust their team. It’s not just the years spent under Isiah/James Dolan‘s reign of terror. It’s everything – the conspiracy theory that their best player in the last thirty years landed in NYC via a rigged lottery, the Frederic Weis incident, the false promise of Antonio McDyess-as-the-next-Charles Barkley, and even Allan Houston looking like the guy from Lost who doesn’t age.

But we didn’t realize that the rampant distrust reaches all levels of the organization. Read More »

You can debate how Allen Iverson would fit in with the Grizzlies or Heat until you’re blue in the face. But you just can’t dispute what kind of guy he is.

When KG first guaranteed back-to-back championships, I wrote that because he did so, “KG will now have to ratchet the insanity up a notch on the court. I have no clue what else he could add to his repertoire, but I’m sure he’ll dream something up.”

Garnett’s diabolical laugh at the 2:10 mark in this video confirms that original suspicion. Before watching this, I would have said the East would go Cleveland, Orlando, Boston next year. Now I think bloodthirsty KG rips someone’s head off and the Celts win it all.

The moment that Carlos Boozer announced that he was opting in for one more year in Utah, the Jazz front office has been scrambling to find a way to get rid of him.

And at the same time, they’re trying to juggle a bunch of inflated contracts and Paul Millsap‘s precarious situation, as he’s being heavily courted by Portland. If Utah is going to lock up Millsap to a long-term deal, they need to find another home for C-Booz soon. Here’s one option. Read More »

Having missed out on Stephen Curry, and unable to move Eddy Curry or Jared Jeffries even with the help David Lee or Nate Robinson, the Knicks haven’t given the New York media anything to work with this summer.

That is until now. Ladies and gentlemen… meet your new 36-year old, 12 ppg, 4.9 rpg small forward, Grant Hill! How can you stop the enthusiasm from bubbling over the top?! Read More »