A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* What I wouldn’t give to see Dirk Nowitzki cultivate a Harden-esque beard.
* Grantland with a terrific feature on Andrew Bogut – ‘How an Emerging Andrew Bogut Could Be the Playoff Difference for the Warriors’. They’re certainly singin’ from the same hymn sheet that [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Here’s the video of Monta Ellis comparing himself to Dwayne Wade. Hilarious.
* Warriors’ owner Joe Lacob says Andrew Bogut is “getting much closer” to a return.
* Finally, the man speaks. Robert Sacre, where do those celebration dance moves come from? “I learned [...]

Not a bad group.

Some random observations from the previous month’s action:
* I’m surprised that so many people are dumping on James Harden for his Finals performance. Sure, he was disappointing, but let’s be realistic here; he’s a third year player in this league and only 22 years old. I’ll repeat that, he’s 22 years old. And he did [...]

“Just to be clear with everyone that are asking where I’m playing next year, I have a lot of work to do before I think about a team!”
- Jermaine O’Neal on Twitter.
No one gives a shit, Jermaine.
”At that time, that could have hurt me being loyal. But a lot of times, I don’t think about [...]

I’m not even going to lie. I barely watched a second of Rajon Rondo’s historic night (which was possibly one of the best point guard performances in playoff history). The reason – New Orleans won the lottery and I spent the next 48 hours (and counting) watching highlights, listening to interviews, reading articles, reading scouting [...]

“I just got caught up with women throwing themselves at me. When a girl sends me 100 pictures, I have to send something back every now and then. I’m not an asshole.”
- Former Blazer Greg Oden in a recent interview, explaining why he sent out the infamous nude picture of himself to a female friend.
Yeah, [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Do you remember ‘Thunder’ Dan Majerle? Well, here he is at a baseball game randomly catching a ‘ground rule double’. And then he strikes a pose. Classic.
* After their Game 7 win over the Grizzlies, the Clippers snatch a giant picture of Chris [...]

Holy s**t! Those were my first words this morning when I logged on and saw that the Clippers had beaten Memphis in this Game 7 slugfest. With nagging injuries to Paul and Griffin, I gave them no shot to emerge from this series. But I suppose the lesson to be learned here is to never [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Kanye West caught ogling the New York Knicks’ cheerleaders. Can’t blame him. Not sure Kimmy K would approve though.
* Some dude sitting courtside tries to put two fingers up Marc Gasol’s butt. I’m serious.
* Former NBA string bean and washout, Keith Closs, rocks [...]