A couple months back, a video circulated around the internet of what was arguably the longest basketball shot ever recorded on film.  It also brought into question how reliable these viral internet videos are and what kind of people spend so much time making them.  While youtube does have its upside, like all the great [...]

When you think of highlights or trick plays in basketball, generally what comes to mind is some sort of slam dunk, half-court shot, or clever pass.  Trick shots like the one in this video are a dime a dozen in an empty gym.  This took place in a full gym, with 9 other guys on [...]

We already gave him last night’s “Stat Line Of The Night” for helping the Los Angeles Lakers end a two-game losing skid, but apparently that was not enough.  After all, how can we refuse to acknowledge a circus shot like this one made by Kobe Bryant.  It may have accounted for only two of the [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers went into last night’s game against the Detroit Pistons having lost two in a row.  Something that has not been common for the defending NBA champions.  Something even more uncommon for them is losing three games in a row.  In order to avoid having that happen they would need a big [...]

Last night when the Houston Rockets visited the Staples Center to take on the Los Angeles Lakers, the big story prior to the game was Ron Artest and Trevor Ariza taking on their former teams after swapping spots with each other over the off-season.
With Ariza having moved on to Houston after winning an NBA championship [...]

The summer of 2010 is coming closer and closer.  The entire basketball community is waiting and speculating about what will happen.  You see in 2010, the big draft class of 2003, along with a few other superstars, will be free agents.  That includes the likes of Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, Amare Stoudemire, Joe [...]

Sammy Sosa was back in the news recently after pictures of him surfaced on the internet featuring a significantly paler looking complexion.  His official explanation for his paler face was that he is undergoing a skin rejuvenation procedure which makes his skin look like that temporarily.
Anyways, the media storm surrounding the photos has led to [...]

LeBron James is not just a talented basketball player, but he is also a student of the game.  While he does have a fun side, like his desire to posterize a former President, he has always respected the rich history and tradition of the NBA and he showed it again yesterday.  He responded to reporters’ [...]

Dunks come in all shapes and sizes, but generally they can be broken down into two categories: a dunk, and a DUNK.  If you are a basketball fan you know what I mean.  If you’re not, let me explain it to you.  Sometimes, in the flow of the game, someone throws down a dunk.  It [...]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia, although he claims his long-term outlook is good.  Abdul-Jabbar in an interview on Monday revealed that he has Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that produces cancerous blood cells.  The disease was diagnosed in December, and he has been treating it with a variety [...]