ONE: It’s a shame that the first Sunday Six Pack of the year has to be written in such depressing circumstances. Our Aussie NBA hero has once again gone down with a serious injury, this time as fractured left ankle. “It’s like someone has a voodoo doll of me and is putting pins in it”, [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* This is too good. J.R. Smith’s sister brawls during a game in China.
* Check out these off-air doozies from the TNT crew – Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller and Kevin Harlan. My favourite; Charles calls his new gig as Weight Watchers spokesman “the greatest [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* I’ve linked to these guys before, but this one’s unreal. A Taiwanese animation recaps the Monta Ellis sexting scandal.
* The Miami Heat have released a 2011-2012 introduction video set to the tune of Kanye West’s “All of the Lights”. If you want a [...]

Note: This post was written last night after the first days’ play.
Since the beginning of time, every season without fail, I’ve been posting up my “Things I Learnt from Day 1″ – a brief run down on the biggest stories and themes coming out of the season’s opening games. But this year, thanks to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Forget planking, Dwight Howard demonstrates the new craze – ‘Tebowing’.
* Shaq zings LeBron.
* Where the two sides stand on the NBA lockout.
* Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski tears Billy Hunter a new one.
* Gary Payton and homies chill on his extravagant boat (named ‘The Glove’).
* [...]

Without further ado, here’s the best and worst quotes of the offseason thus far.
I am confident, check that, I am certain more doozies will be forthcoming so look for Part 2 at the conclusion of the lockout. Let’s hope there’s no need for a Part 3 or 4.
“Talk to the owner. He gave me the [...]

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3 votes – Carmelo Anthony. Mark it down in history folks. The first time a losing player has ever scored the 3 votes here at our Playoff Diary. But Melo’s effort against the Knicks today was too irresistible to ignore. Apart from, you know, the fact he didn’t take [...]

With the playoffs off and running, here is a last look at the season that was with a presentation of the annual awards.
MVP
After watching Derrick Rose literally drag the Bulls from defeat against the Pacers on Saturday, there is no plausible way to explain that anyone else is the MVP. Rose had a 39-point performance [...]