We’ve got two special guests on board today, Tom Read and Benyam Kidane from the excellent blog Believe The Hype. Be sure to follow the lads during All-Star Weekend because they’ll be there (lucky bastards!) covering all the action – both on and off the court – as only they can.
1) True or false [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Kyrie Irving was really enjoying the festive season, until this got out….
* Kevin Durant destroying the Mavs.
* A Ricky Rubio blanket?
* Kobe rocks the fur on Christmas Day. Sheesh.
* Hardwood Paroxysm break down the Avery Johnson firing in Brooklyn. Let’s cut through the crap [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* ESPN Australia/NZ is giving away two tickets to the 2013 NBA All-Star event, to be held in Houston, Texas in February. For a chance to win this money can’t buy experience select a seat in their virtual Facebook stadium. That’s a trip of [...]

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 [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* This is great – JaVale McGee riding a Segway around the Nuggets’ locker room.
* The first footage of Dwight Howard working out as a Laker.
* Jalen Rose tells the story of a dust-up he witnessed between Vince Carter and Sam Mitchell as a [...]

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 [...]

When I told my friends about my conversion to the Nets this evening, I got a bunch of varied responses. These included “finally”, “no dude, don’t do it” and, my favourite, “dude, you went to Sweden. Did you really fail so badly to hook up with any hot blonde chicks there that you think becoming [...]

(Ash’s Note: This piece has been a long time coming and it could probably have been done a month or so ago. However, I’ve been on holiday in Europe ever since the day of the draft. Therefore, my few waking/not too knackered from the last night’s partying moments have been spent sightseeing. This article itself [...]