Rajon Rondo -- No Penalty NBA
Chris Sheridan reports the league has decided the play will "stand as called." Check out this photo. TrueHoop reader Markel points out that Rondo's hand is closed, which makes it tough to conceive
Chris Sheridan reports the league has decided the play will "stand as called." Check out this photo. TrueHoop reader Markel points out that Rondo's hand is closed, which makes it tough to conceive
The Bulls' team Twitter feed says: Vinny Del Negro says Ben Gordon will start.
Perhaps you have seen the New York Post article about Kobe Bryant reportedly hijacking creative control of the Spike Lee documentary about him, "Kobe Doin' Work." The Post's Page Six reports:
The bond between coach Tex Winter and writer Roland Lazenby has to be about as persistent, meaningful and honest as any in basketball. And today, as the 87-year-old coach struggles after a stroke, Lazenby write
Is it against the fan code to enjoy the work of your opponent's superstar in the playoffs? Peachtree Hoops asked the question. Hoopinion followed up. Both are Hawks fans with mixed feelings about Dwyane W
When he heard that Dikembe Mutombo's playing days were over, ESPN's Chad Ford cried, and wrote the big man an e-mail. It turns out that Ford's is one of the many lives Mutombo has forever enriched w
The Heat came ready to defend against the Atlanta Hawks. But nobody planned on the Atlanta Hawk. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images) On Monday I wrote about game operations trouble in Atlanta. The Hawks
Three clips from an upcoming Spike Lee documentary about Kobe Bryant (linked to some of this a few days ago). Very interested to see the whole thing.
TrueHoop reader Trent has been doing some research: After hearing all weekend about the importance of Game 1 because the winner of Game 1 goes on to win the series 78.8% of the time, I decided to look further i
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The Chicago Bulls did a lot of things right on Saturday afternoon in Boston en route to a 105-103 overtime win. They controlled the tempo on the Celtics' home floor, and mauled the
It's back, it's on, and it's hot! Click on over to see the picks. Here's the deal. For those of you not familiar with the contest, there is something of a battle going on in the NBA -- much li
It's kind of a stupid thing, really. In general, when making predictions, you want to pick favorites. Favorites usually win. But anyone who has ever filled out an NCAA Tournament bracket (and by that I mean
Welcome to the last night of the 2008-2009 NBA regular season, where there are five games to determine matchups in five of the NBA's eight first-round playoff series. Four of those game will be going
The energetic young Sun has been fingered as the primary suspect in a heavy duty popcorning of Shaquille O'Neal's van. (Filling the car with popcorn, by the way, accounts for, I think, 95% of NBA pranks
A peek at the MVP race with Google trends. Note how lately, people searching Google have tended to be more fascinated by LeBron James, but the media has stuck on Kobe Bryant. As we head down to the wire, doe
We are extremely proud to announce that there are four new blogs in the TrueHoop Network: Philadunkia, founded by Carey Smith, provides top-shelf commentary and original video features about the Philadelphia
ESPN's Shelley Smith reports: Phil Jackson was non-committal at Lakers shoot-around as to whether center Andrew Bynum, back on the roster after missing more than two months with a knee injury, would see pl
Manu Ginobili is out. The days of cruising to the Western Conference Finals are out. And the Spurs have come well and truly back to the pack in the playoff race. But if I were a Spurs fan, none of that would bo
I invented that "Basketball Does Good" category over there mostly to write about PeacePlayers International, which does so many great things encouraging young people, through basketball, to overcome d
Tom McKean, a researcher for ESPN's Stats and Information group, has looked at elite NBA teams that never won titles, and writes: In May 2006, the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns were the class of t
Is saving his best effort for a contract year. As he is now, according to Joe Dumars, going to be on the bench with back trouble for the rest of the regular season. He'll be a free agent this summer.
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz On this afternoon's All Things Considered, NPR correspondent Scott Horsley uses Michael Lewis' February piece on Shane Battier in the New York Times as a springboard to discuss
A Photoshop-driven guide to how-not-to-rehab-your knee.
A profile of trainer Idan Ravin, who strikes me as a very nice and genuine guy. He works out people like Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul. The Wall Street Journal's Hannah Karp writes about a drill that sou