A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Stephon Marbury wishes us a happy Chinese New Year.
* Kobe Bryant loses three mansions and $75 million in his divorce settlement. Something tells me he’ll be alright though.
* Zach Lowe examines the possibilities (or lack thereof) in Boston.
* Gee, Dirk really is struggling [...]

It’s been a funny offseason. A long offseason. The craziest offseason I can remember, which is saying something after Lebron’s free agent drama last year. But we can now put it all behind us and look forward to some kick-ass NBA basketball ahead, because I really do believe the 2011-12 season will be one to [...]

Following on from Part 1:
Chris Paul traded to LAC
Chris Paul and Blake Griffin – Wow!!
They had to do this deal, for a number of reasons: To bring some cachet to the sad sack Clippers, to keep Chris Paul away from the Lakers, to give Blake Griffin a reason to re-sign, and more importantly, the opportunity [...]

I have been moving house for the past three days, so have therefore been without internet (being the last person under 70 in the country to not own a smartphone) and unable to keep up with the early goings on of what has been a rapid-fire start to the NBA off-season.
During that time, obviously the [...]

Crazy weekend in the NBA, and thanks to some family Easter lunches/dinners I unfortunately didn’t get to watch many games. Shame, because I would have given anything to watch Brandon Roy leading an incredible Blazers comeback against a typically choke-tastic Mavs team. I would have given anything to see the look on the faces of [...]

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images
If yesterday was the perfect start to the playoffs, today was the perfect sequel. The bar raised again. Four close games, two massive upsets, some unbelievable individual performances, and plenty of clutch heroics. In other words, NBA basketball heaven.
3 votes – Chris Paul. After CP3 dismantled the Lakers, [...]

We learnt a lot of things from the free agency period of 2010.
Firstly, we learnt that the modern NBA superstar would rather team up with his rivals than crush them.
We also learnt that one poor “Decision” from your handlers can turn you from a goofy hero to the basketball world’s favourite villain in the amount [...]

AP Photo/Bill Haber
The Decision has been made, the ball has been rolled out and the first week of the NBA season has been played. So what did we learn about the much hyped Miami Heat after their first 5 games? I’d suggest very little, with an ugly opening night loss and 4 subsequent blowout wins [...]

Hear that? That was the sound of me cracking open the first Sunday Six Pack of the season – a weekly look around the league through our slightly green and gold tinted glasses. Hope your Sunday is a good one, wherever you are.
ONE: Kicking off with the usual Aussie Roundup, we should probably pause [...]

In November of 2008 I wrote an article on the 2010 offseason, predicting which players would stay with their current team and which would leave. For the marquee names – LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson – I was bang on.
In the next two years a new wave of stars [...]