I come across a lot of stories each day, and some just grab your attention more than others. Take for instance, this gem from The Dallas Morning News: “Dallas police preparing for influx of prostitutes during NBA All-Star game, Super Bowl XLV.” With the ASG coming in February, Dallas police are bracing for an influx of prostitutes. Read More »

Just like Prom Night, the new NBA season holds promise for a handful of youngsters to lose their (All-Star Game) virginity. At the same time, each incoming crop of first-timers means there are some ASG incumbents who will be spending that February weekend at home — or at least be restricted to hitting the clubs in whatever city All-Star takes place. A while back, Gerald Narcisco nominated some 2010 first-time All-Stars; here are the guys who stand to lose their spots when the big game goes to Dallas next year: Read More »

If you haven’t heard by now, the NBA and Sprite recently toured America looking for the best amateur dunkers in the country. In conclusion of the tour, 8 regional winners and 2 online submission winners were selected to be part of the final 10 contestants. From these final 10 dunkers, the top 4 vote getters (via public online vote) will be sent to the NBA 2010 All-Star Weekend in Dallas, Texas to participate in the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest. Read More »

I have feeling that the upcoming NBA season is going to be one for the books.

While there are a plethora of superstars that the majority of casual fans will follow, there are a select few poised for a breakout year and may prove even more valuable for teams than the already established stars.

Here’s my top 5: Read More »

A very cool thing popped up on the NBA’s Twitter feed this morning - around noon ET today they’ll be releasing a pre-sale code for NBA All-Star 2010 in Dallas on their feed. Read More »

Since the NBA All-Star Game starters is a popularity contest, I have no doubt in my mind that Andrew Bynum will be the starting center for the Western Conference All-Star team in 2010. Fresh of a championship by the Lakers, Bynum’s popularity is at an all-time high – even though he really didn’t do anything during the playoffs – because we all know that the fans of Laker Nation roll deep. Read More »

I stepped out of my building yesterday and saw a kid wearing a shirt that was the same color as the ‘95 All-Star Game East jerseys. That immediately reminded me of this:

Perhaps in conjunction with MLB’s All-Star Game being played tonight, NBA TV re-ran a bunch of old All-Star Games all day. One of my favorites is still the ‘01 version, when Allen Iverson and Stephon Marbury led an East comeback and A.I. got the MVP after scoring 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. Check for cameos by Anthony Mason, Sprewell, Kobe’s ‘fro, Vlade and GP.

“I don’t care what nobody says, D-Will is an All-Star.”

That was Chris Paul at last month’s All-Star Media Day, when I asked him if he felt his natural rival, Deron Williams, should have been in Phoenix that weekend making his first All-Star appearance.

While I’ve been over where I think Deron’s zero All-Star nods puts him in the League’s PG hierarchy, I do agree with CP3 that Deron is an All-Star caliber player — he just doesn’t have an All-Star nod yet. In fact, of all the players in the League who have never been All-Stars, Deron tops the list. Here’s the rest of the Top 10 (rookies don’t count) Players To Which Jamaal Magloire Owes An Apology … Read More »

You may have heard about the competition site ibeatyou.com, where you can compete with your friends, strangers and stars in just about anything, including all things hoop-related. The site is the brainchild of Baron Davis and his right-hand man Cash Warren; they were telling us all about it when we bumped into them out in Phoenix.

They’re really passionate about it, so we wanted to share it with our readers. Check out the contest in the video below where Steve Nash challenges you to make more NBA threes than he does in a minute. Dude sticks 16 of 18 threes in 60 seconds … good luck.