by Chad Ford Knicks GM Donnie Walsh said something to me this summer that I haven't been able to get out of my head.Walsh said that the future of the Knicks lies with Danilo Gallinari ... not a certain free-age
By Chris SheridanDanilo Gallinari is the new starting power forward for the New York Knicks, with coach Mike D'Antoni announcing before Saturday night's home opener against the 76ers that Al Harrington will now
By J.A. AdandeLOS ANGELES -- The Dallas Mavericks beat the Lakers in Staples Center, they shot 32 free throws to the Lakers' 14, and still Dallas owner Mark Cuban had an issue to raise with the league office af
By Chris SheridanOn the night Vince Carter made his return to the Meadowlands, the following little-known fact was revealed:"They wouldn't have done the trade if Courtney Lee wasn't in it, and we wouldn't have
By Henry Abbott"Portland has a problem," David Thorpe said when he called me this morning, after watching Blazers vs. Nuggets last night, "and it's Carmelo Anthony. Holy cow is that guy good."The Nuggets star h
By Chris SheridanEvery now and then, you will see a referee working an NBA game who you've probably never heard of (unless you are a habitual D-League viewer).That is because as part of the two-year labor agree
By Henry AbbottI happened to tune in for the third quarter of last night's Bulls win over the Spurs. What I saw was what Matt McHale of By the Horns wrote:Let me put this bluntly: Tyrus sucked in the first half
Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe: "Big Baby got into a fight with a friend at 4 a.m., broke his thumb, and won’t be able to play until at least December. He is young and foolish and he hurt the team. T
By Chris BroussardI've fleshed out the Stephen Jackson scuttlebutt I mentioned on Wednesday, and let's just say I'm glad I prefaced it with "this is a rumor,'' not news.San Antonio, New Orleans and the LA Clipp
By Chris BroussardAfter making the most of his 10 minutes of play on opening night, Golden State forward Anthony Randolph has been rewarded with a starting spot, according to a person close to the team.The 6-10
By J.A. Adande Deep down in the whispery regions of the NBA, there are concerns that the seeds for the 2010 free agency crop were planted in the summers of 2006, 2007 and 2008It’s a widespread assumption
 By Marc SteinThabo Sefolosha’s new contract numbers, after signing a four-year extension in Oklahoma City, were circulated through the league Thursday. The year-by-year breakdown: *$3 million in 2010-
By Henry AbbottHarvey Araton of The New York Times shows us the condominium that Nets rookie Terrence Williams took over from Vince Carter.It has a killer view and a jacuzzi, but Williams was sold when he saw t
By Henry AbbottA study finds pro athletes are not more likely to commit crimes than ordinary citizens.Whoa. This is going to be controversial in Detroit: A claim the Ben Gordon is too good to compare to Vinnie
By Henry AbbottThe spiral bound document says "Make Every Game Count: The NBA Play-In Tournament."It's a proposal to take the eighth and last playoff spot in each conference and, instead of awarding it to the e
Michael Lee of The Washington Post: "Before the season opener in Dallas, Arenas said Coach Flip Saunders told him not to let the 'outside world' dictate how he should play. With Saunders's offense placing the b
By Marc SteinThe following is our latest intel on the status of Stephen Jackson’s future with the Golden State Warriors, as of late Wednesday/early Thursday, adding to the report from my ESPN The Magazine
By J.A. AdandeLOS ANGELES -- Same building, same court, much different Amare Stoudemire. Stoudemire’s last regulation NBA game before Wednesday’s season-opener was in Staples Center on Feb. 18, when
By John HollingerATLANTA – It’s a simple concept, really: get the rebound, throw it to a guard, and run.Unfortunately, the Pacers were so focused on the “and run” part on Wednesday that
By John HollingerThe Thunder extended Thabo Sefolosha for four years today, and I know what you’re thinking: Why now? Who was coming after this guy with big free agent bucks?Here’s the answer, and i
By Chris BroussardFor now, this is a rumor because I haven't verified it with sources close to the situation, but I've been told by a few people around the league that the Stephen Jackson trade talk is heating
By Henry AbbottDavid Stern really wants you to wear a tie.You might know Rus Bradburd as the author of "Paddy on the Hardwood" and an English professor. But Jerryd Bayless (and Tim Hardaway, and Shane Battier,
By Henry AbbottThe gist of the conversation, following the flurry of reports that accompanied the release of Jackie MacMullan's book, has been Magic Johnson saying it hurt his feelings to learn that, he says, h
Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The principals on both sides understand that this was only the beginning of a very long journey. By the next time they meet, in 121 days, we will have gone through Thanksgiving, C
By J.A. AdandeBlake Griffin’s greatest attribute very well could have been his downfall this preseason. He doesn’t know how to shut down or slow down. If he was picking you up at your house and you
By Marc SteinDALLAS -- He drove fearlessly to the bucket. He drained a few clutch contested jumpers. He even talked to the media.It would be a stretch to say that Gilbert Arenas dazzled Tuesday night in the Wiz
By Kevin ArnovitzEvery news story needs a larger frame, so when news of Blake Griffin's broken kneecap spread on Tuesday, the narrative that emerged was simply ..."The Clippers are cursed."Everywhere you turned
By J.A. AdandeA quick Q & A with NBA commissioner David Stern, who was in L.A. for the Lakers’ ring presentation ceremony at Staples Center.Q: Everything we hear is about the economy. We’ve alre
By Henry AbbottThere's a good article in today's Memphis Commercial Appeal. It's about Allen Iverson. How he's misunderstood. How this coach might make the difference. How in different circumstances he might ha
By Henry AbbottSounds like Delonte West is day-to-day with ... whatever's going on. One NBA Insider told me he hopes the team will give West several months away from basketball to fine tune things without the p
Not your daddy's power forwards. Last year's Finals teams feature shooters Rashard Lewis and Lamar Odom at what was once a position dedicated to brute force. Yes, it's a trend.(Joe Murphy and Noah Graham/NBAE/G
By Chris SheridanThe Celtics are now saying that Glen "Big Baby" Davis is undergoing surgery today on his injured right thumb, which was damaged in some sort of an altercation with one of Davis' former LSU team
By Henry AbbottAuthor Buzz Bissinger, writing in today's New York Times, says he once supported the idea of an NBA age limit. But evidence that it doesn't make players more ready for adulthood or the NBA has ch
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "Yet some Lakers think it's not out of the question to try to top 72. Lakers veteran forward Lamar Odom, whose name now resonates among gossip-magazine groupies because
By Kevin ArnovitzWith all the athletic superlatives being thrown Blake Griffin's way since his explosive Summer League debut in July, it's easy to miss what he represents most profoundly to fans of the Los Ange
By Marc SteinWe inched one step closer to the start of the season Monday night when the league sent out its annual compilation of all 30 rosters.It’s an email I awaited with more than the usual anticipati
The Maccabi Tel Aviv coach has apologized for his spectacular mid-game argument with an NBA referee last week.
You know how some people think the NBA is in a state of decline? If you're watching, you know that's laughable. The level of play is high and getting higher. As part of the TrueHoop Network's season preview, Ro
By Henry AbbottThe trouble in Houston would seem to be that Chuck Hayes is starting for Yao Ming. But Daryl Morey points out that the hidden issue is not that Hayes will be on the floor with the starters ... bu
By Henry AbbottThe Blazers were set to open the season with far too many small forwards -- Nicolas Batum started on last year's 54-win team, ex-starter Martell Webster is back from injury, Travis Outlaw has clo
By Henry AbbottThe NBA season starts tomorrow. The TrueHoop Network has produced a multifaceted season preview, which will be rolled out over the next couple of days. First up are previews for every team, which
Shira Springer of The Boston Globe: "A Globe review found that, during the last seven months, Antoine Walker has been pursued by multiple financial institutions for unpaid debts totaling more than $4 million. C
By Henry AbbottThe NBA may not have changed anything about how it intends to enforce the traveling rule. But make no mistake -- it has changed the way a key part of the rule is written, even if an executive see
By Henry AbbottThis post exists mainly so I could use that headline with this photo (from April, when Moon was with the Heat) of Brandon Bass "over the Moon."(Glenn James/NBAE via Getty ImagesIn the Plain Deale
By Henry AbbottThe two key events of Dionte Christmas's recent life:He was cut by the Philadelphia 76ers.He was arrested on weapons charges, after reportedly driving erratically while having a loaded gun under
By Henry AbbottTalk of Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson feuding was all over the place yesterday. It comes from Jackie MacMullan's new book When the Game Was Ours. MacMullan was on Pardon the Interruption yeste
Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times: "Lessons for a rookie, Part 9. There's plenty for Clippers rookie Blake Griffin to remember and, by all accounts, he's doing a standout job, on and off the court. But even
By Marc SteinFirst marquee player to be traded this season?I went with Golden State’s Stephen Jackson when they asked me on ESPN2's NBA Fastbreak roundtable show Thursday night, even though Utah’s C
By Marc SteinIn a discussion with ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard two nights ago, Celtics guard Rajon Rondo insisted that it won’t mess with his psyche or his season to “just wait” until n
By Henry AbbottNBA Commissioner David Stern will be on The $ports Take with Rick Horrow (on Versus) on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Stern was asked about LeBron James, and this is some of what he had to say:He may be the
Julian Benbow of The Boston Globe: "Leon Powe signed a two-year deal with the Cavaliers after the Celtics declined to make him a qualifying offer this summer. 'Initially, I was hurt,' said Powe. 'I was mad with
by Chad FordAndrea Bargnani got a $50 million extension from the Raptors in July. Brandon Roy followed with a max $80 million extension in August. And his teammate, LaMarcus Aldridge just agreed to a $65 mill
A fine depiction of a fine mess.
By Henry AbbottEric Konigsberg of The New York Times writing about author Sherman Alexie, and his allegiance to basketball:Â "He turned down offers to sell the movie rights to 'Diary,' a book he calls an extre
By Henry AbbottMichael Eisenberg writes on Seeking Alpha:President Obama's administration could learn a lot about salary caps from the NBA and NFL and in the process can help America turn on the innovation engi
By Henry AbbottLarry Coon suggests the Rockets might consider trading Tracy McGrady and his expiring contract to the Knicks for Eddy Curry and Darko Milicic. The idea is that the Rockets are paying luxury tax r
John Gonzalez of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "In sports, as in politics, perception matters. Late last week in California, the perception was that Kobe Bryant gave a very large, very public middle finger to Phil
By Chris BroussardNEW YORK -- After the way Rajon Rondo played in last season’s playoffs, you’d think the Boston Celtics would be willing to do whatever it takes to lock up the point guard long-term
By Chris SheridanAt first glance upon seeing Michael Sweetney in a Boston uniform, you couldn't help but think: Fat chance he'll make the team.But Sweetney has been lighter on his feet than his enlarged frame w
I can tell you, right now, in nine words, what is wrong with "The Art of a Beautiful Game," which is Chris Ballard's new book:I have no idea what the book is about.The subhead is "The Thinking Fan's Tour of the
By Henry AbbottOn Atlanta's 790 the Zone this morning, Atlanta Hawk Al Horford was asked about his playoff battle with the Celtics' Paul Pierce in 2008.That series was intense, remember?The hosts asked Horford,
By Henry AbbottPini Gershon, the Maccabi Tel Aviv coach who will be prowling the sidelines tonight as his team faces the Clippers tonight in L.A., is certainly a loud mouth. He was once quoted calling a co-owne
By Kevin ArnovitzIt's a tough week for non-rostered players trying to hang on with NBA teams. The vast majority of them will be clearing out their lockers and packing up their belongings. Such was the case on M
There have been some big events in TrueHoop's history, from the day of launch in 2005, to winning an award from Forbes, moving to ESPN, the launch of the TrueHoop Network, and -- of course -- the post that laun
Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Stephen Jackson promises tonight's game against the Lakers, and specifically his rematch against Kobe Bryant, won't get out of control. ... Jackson wants to prove
The story is not remarkable, but the reaction is.A rapper tells his story (PG-13 for repeated casual use of the "N" word) of meeting Michael Jordan at a party. Jordan, he reports, was extremely rude. Chamillion
You can sort various different ways, too. Check out Bobby Brown's defensive rating! And Anthony Morrow on offense.Don't worry, real games will be here soon, and we'll be able to stop pretending things like this
Playing against quality Nugget big men, Greg Oden has what are being called his best minutes yet in the NBA.Marcus Thornton, Hornets second-round pick, has been hitting 3s (9 of 21 in the preseason) and driving
The Jazz guard is undeniably one of the good guys.UPDATE: Apparently, Ross Siler's original Salt Lake Tribune post is having trouble.Here is one of the anecdotes:Price revealed that he’d had undrafted roo
Ben Mathis-Lilley of New York magazine:For a few years there, it seemed like the New Jersey Nets were definitely going to move to an arena-like jumble in Brooklyn designed by the world's most famous architect.
You know how sometimes something will happen in an NBA game, and you'll declare that so and so broke the rules, only to have your friend or uncle or somebody say you're full of it, and you'll argue, and then ma
Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press: "Chris Bosh won a legal victory Wednesday and claimed custody of around 800 Internet domain names that had been stolen from celebrities and professional and college athlet
The traveling rule in the NBA rulebook has changed in a profound way.It's fallout from that surprising moment this early spring when the guy who oversees NBA officials told me that, in calling traveling, refere
The Cavaliers that had flu are reportedly all better, and word that LeBron James did not have swine flu. James was at shootaround today and will play tonight.Skepticism about the bonds that would finance the Ne
From a Q+A with Maxim:It's something that's not done. I think it’s hurting baseball, because it wasn't banned and now it is banned, so it's hard to flush out completely. It's just something in the NBA tha
By Chris SheridanIsraeli and Euroleague coaching legend Pini Gershon butted heads Sunday with the NBA’s new replacement referees, and it took a rabbi, several security guards and a whole lot of time to ge
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "It will be debated and discussed for the next five years. Did the Lakers do the right thing in essentially trading up-and-comer Trevor Ariza for already-there Ron Artes
Broderick Turner of the L.A. Times asked Lakers Coach Phil Jackson about the NBA's new traveling rule:If you ask Jackson, the new rule under which players are allowed to take two steps before they have to stop,
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "It will be debated and discussed for the next five years. Did the Lakers do the right thing in essentially trading up-and-comer Trevor Ariza for already-there Ron
Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press: "Chris Bosh won a legal victory Wednesday and claimed custody of around 800 Internet domain names that had been stolen from celebrities and professional and college
Frank Dell'Apa of The Boston Globe: "Kevin Garnett passed the alley-oop test in the Celtics' 106-90 exhibition win over Toronto last night. Garnett converted two dunks off lobs from Rajon Rondo, the first
More Coach Wooden, on his 99th birthday, as relayed by Esquire: "Coming off the floor after the NCAA semifinal win over Louisville in 1975, it just hit me: Time to go. It was an emotional thing. I can'
Some jerk beat Chris Bosh to registering the domain www.chrisbosh.com. So Bosh went after the cybersquatter. All sorts of legal wrangling later, Bosh has won damages, his domain ... and a zillion other domains
Happy Birthday, coach. His family says they will celebrate quietly. The tallest of his red-headed former pupils, Bill Walton, has written Wooden a heartfelt and funny letter full of memories and ... play-by-pla
Scott Cacciola of The Commercial-Appeal: "Allen Iverson's abilities are a gift, which even he recognizes. In the same way that musical prodigies can just pick up an instrument and create a song, so to
A clever bit of blogging about John Kuester.
A shocking bit of insight from the legendary big man Dikembe Mutombo, who is still rehabbing from his career-ending ruptured tendon in April. (By the way, Mutombo was called for a foul on the play.) Can only wi
Bret LaGree of Hoopinion on Larry Brown's ejection via replacement referee: "Larry got his 2nd T from Kevin Scott, who never got within 35 feet of Brown before, during, or after the call. Brown tried
Howard Beck of The New York Times: "Coach Mike D'Antoni, ever the nonconformist, is eliminating the morning shootaround for all home games this season, starting with Tuesday's exhibition against the Phila
"It's like fighting a hurricane. You hope the hurricane's not going to blow your house down. But good luck with that." -- Author Sherman Alexie, in the new documentary SonicGate When your st
On Friday, TrueHoop had a post about Kevin Durant's statistics sending conflicting messages. They show that Kevin Durant is literally among the very best players in the NBA, of any age. Other numbers show,
It wasn't clear, when Allen Iverson made his rant about practice, just how memorable that would prove to be. Here's Manny Ramirez from the weekend, and for the second time, and just for fun, here's
Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "If anyone thought him guilty of unearned hubris, he followed by punctuating his performance with a basket that provided the Spurs their margin of victory in a
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz LOS ANGELES -- While the Lakers were commemorating their history Friday night by hosting the Warriors at the hallowed Forum, the Clippers were christening their future across town. Bla
Shocking bit of news: Wayne Winston, the Indiana University professor I have quoted extensively in the last couple of weeks, and has been Mark Cubans' statistical consultant for the last nine years, just t
Marc Stein writes: A couple notes of clarification on the prospect of Golden State dealing Stephen Jackson to Cleveland in a swap featuring Zydrunas Ilgauskas, as introduced earlier Friday in this piece from t
Rumeal Robinson is the latest in a long line of former professional athletes to fall on financial hard times. People sometimes wonder how such a thing could happen. Here's one way, as reported by Gus Garcia
There is almost no one like Kevin Durant. You can make a case he was the best freshman player in the history of the NCAA, and in the two years since he has only gotten better. He's 6-9. He moves like a gaze
A call, in baseball, to have machines call balls and strikes. If they're way more accurate, why wouldn't you? Machines are, I assume, a long way from being able to referee NBA games. But when the time c
Rush Limbaugh has, through the years, said several callous things about the NBA, most of which I happily know nothing about. Chris Bernucca of Pro Basketball News, though, has been paying attention, and has str
Honestly, I'm not at all sure why this video was even made. It's Josh Smith eating eggs and a smoothie, shooting the breeze with the chef. The entire plot: Josh Smith likes food. Josh Smith likes trout
Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: "It is hugely significant that Chris Bosh will make his pre-season debut for the Raptors in Minneapolis on Friday night, but another development at the Air Canada Centre on
DeJuan Blair, drafted 37th overall despite projecting to be one of the best players in this draft, nabbed 19 rebounds in his first preseason game for the San Antonio Spurs. NBA general managers not named
A prediction this year's champion will come from the East, where David Berri's numbers say Orlando, Boston and Cleveland are far ahead of the rest of the conference. They asked all the Blazers which NB
A judge had dismissed the SEC's insider trading case against Mark Cuban. It seemed like it was over. But ... the government is now pressing on in appeals court. No one seems to dispute that Cuban had a call
Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: "Brandon Jennings admitted he was in awe playing at the Palace on Wednesday night. But that feeling quickly faded for the Milwaukee Bucks' rookie point guar
From the archives, a nice little tribute to Vlade Divac. They ask Del Harris if he taught Vlade Divac how to flop. He cracks up. "Did I teach Vlade Divac how to flop? Are you kidding me? He came over here
Total rebound percentage is a powerful number to know. If a certain player is on the floor, what percentage of the missed shots does he grab? Big deal. Important to winning games. And if you want to be really g
LeBron James, messing around as a wide receiver, assures the cameras he won't really do that. I'm no football expert, but does anybody think he's wrong?
Olympiakos is coming to Ohio to play the Cavaliers, and there will soon be a judge's ruling to determine whether or not they'll have to leave behind some little things like ... their team plane ... to
Terry Pluto of The Plain Dealer: "It's still hard to believe, Shaquille O'Neal in a Cavaliers uniform. Then there's LeBron James, the league's Most Valuable Player -- and he's yet to c
Earlier today I filled out a survey that asked me to name the best international player not in the NBA. Tough one, right? Just to jog my memory as to some candidates, I looked up at the players who won individu
Highlight of the extremely young preseason.
If you were stranded on an island, and could have just one thing, what would it be? Andre Miller scores big romance points for his answer.
After all the Michael Beasley turmoil this off-season, and talking to so many people he's close to ... I have to say that I am 500% rooting for that guy to have a great year. He's mega-talented, and co
Perhaps you remember, not all that long ago, Coleman Collins -- professional basketball player and TrueHoop contributor -- wrote about visiting Germany where he played in 2007-2008. Well, guess what! He's l
Broderick Turner and Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "Derek Fisher, 35, in his 14th season and the final year of a contract that pays him $5 million, said he plans on playing beyond the 2009-10 N
Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles has a brilliant way around the NBA's ban on criticizing replacement referees: "A huge percentage of our fouls," he says, "were legitimate." Kevin Arnovitz o
Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winston's recently published book "Mathletics," expl
On Friday I linked to an open letter to Ron Artest at the Second Coming blog. Blogger Kyle Slavin had written about his own devotion to the Lakers, and expressed both excitement and a little worry at the presen
Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Perhaps the setting was fitting, a reminder of how far Tracy McGrady must go. But for the first time since microfracture surgery last spring, McGrady, 30, practi
The NBA asks bench players to stay seated, for the sake of fans behind them, unless something really stellar happens. Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard visited San Quentin to play basketball against the l
Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winston's recently published book "Mathletics," expl
Once, when I was a teenager, some older guy pulled me aside, stared me in the face, pointed at me and said: "Promise me one thing. Never get married until you have been to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.&qu
The New York Daily News has a countdown to LeBron James' free agency. Doesn't that feel a little like putting a clock on somebody breaking up with their spouse? Your heart will be broken in seven, six,
The NBA preseason has begun, big crowds are gathering in stadiums, and ... kids are coming home from school with fliers from the Centers for Disease Control that would make anyone think leaving your house with
Michael Wallace of The Miami Herald: "Players and coaches said Alonzo Mourning already is having an impact in his new role as Miami's vice president of player programs. Mourning watched Thursday's
A Spurs video from the archives. It says the video is from 2007, but I suspect it's actually from 2006, when the team held training camp in France (check out the court -- it has temporary NBA court markings
"When we put pursue universal principles ... we do ourselves a massive disservice." That's Malcolm Gladwell talking about coffee, but it applies to analyzing basketball players. Chris Paul says h
Whether or not Kevin Garnett is at 100% could decide little things like ... the championship. So, with training camp underway, how's that knee feeling? Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald: "It's craz
With the referees locked out, and nasty things being said about them generally, especially in the wake of the Tim Donaghy scandal, I have been thinking a little about how so many people have come to have such s
Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winston's recently published book "Mathletics," expl
Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: "Kevin Love's tweeter is broken, but he promises a glorious comeback. Love, a child of the computer age, embraced the Twitter social-network phenomenon as enthusiastic
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