A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* No, you aren’t imagining things – that is Blake Griffin wearing a St George-Illawarra Dragons jersey.
* Ben Simmons makes an impact for Montverde at the National High School Invitational.
* Kobe Bryant denies Will Barton at the rim. This guy!
* Brandon Bass [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* LeBron James gets fitted for his championship ring.
* Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen apparently had a dance-off at Scottie’s birthday bash.
* Dwight Howard dancing (and acting the fool) on Ellen. Memo to Dwight: the clown act doesn’t work anymore.
* Tyson Chandler holds an [...]

More pics after the jump.

By now I’m sure you’re all aware that Dwight Howard has been traded to the LA Lakers, so I’ll skip my usual rambling and get to the point.
Here’s what all four parties are (so far) believed to have received in the deal:
LA Lakers get: Dwight Howard, Chris Duhon, Earl Clark
Orlando Magic get: Arron Afflalo, Al [...]

Not a bad group.

In what seems to be a recurring theme, Rondo has once again come up big for the Celtics when they needed it most – recording a near triple double in Boston’s Game 7 win over Philadelphia (18 points, 10 assists, 9 rebounds).
3 votes – Rajon Rondo. He bounced back after a tough night at [...]

Despite the could have beens and should have beens that have drawn some media attention so far in the playoffs, it’s hard to take anything away from the eight teams who’ve managed to advance to the second round and are now competing for spots in the conference finals.
When the Sixers and Pacers each advanced through [...]

The first two games of today’s NBA playoff action went to plan. In tight, defense-first battles the Celtics dispatched the Hawks thanks to a turn-back-the-clock game from Kevin Garnett, while the Sixers battled back from a fourth-quarter deficit to close out an ugly first round series against the Rose-less Bulls. Like most people, I expected [...]

“I don’t do treatment. I hate training rooms.”
- Portland’s Raymond Felton, when asked what kind of treatment he’d been receiving on his Achilles injury.
That’s got to be a contender for Quote of the Year, no?
“Either that or blow it in the club.”
- Wizards’ rookie Chris Singleton, on why he spent $10,000 on lottery tickets.
Yeah, we [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Carmelo Anthony has a huge (ugly) picture of himself hanging in his lounge room.
* Check out this Larry Sanders brain snap in Indiana.
* The boys over at Hardwood Paroxysm have an interesting take on the World Peace elbow. If you haven’t [...]