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’).
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A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* LeBron James meets the Liverpool soccer team. And awkwardly hands out gifts. What’s with the hat?
* Patty Mills busts a groove with unknown female.
* Ty Lawson having a not so peachy experience in Lithuania.
* A compelling case for a shortened NBA season.
* It’s all [...]

It’s that time of the month folks, when I chime in with 10 observations from the previous month’s action. Let’s get straight into it.

1.         It’s All On LeBron

Dirk was legendary and the Dallas team was collectively brilliant, but let’s be realistic. If LeBron James shows up, or even just matches his averages, the Miami [...]

I deliberately waited a couple of days to write this post, because I didn’t want to be guilty of the immediate overreaction that so much of the NBA media and its fans have been spewing forth. “Lebron has destroyed his legacy”… “Lebron is more Pippen than Jordan”… “Dirk is a top-20 player all time”… This [...]

So often a Game 5 is the defining game in the Finals, which contains the make-or-break moment where the game – and the entire series – could have gone either way. We may look back on this Game 5 in the exact same way. The Mavs were the better team all day, and enjoyed a [...]

So it wasn’t the most memorable Finals game. The shooting was woeful (both teams shot below 40% from the field) and the pace was slow. In fact, for the first 45 minutes or so I thought it was one of the most boring games I’d seen all playoffs. Completely unremarkable in every way. But then [...]

1. Which team was more impressive in finishing off their opposition 4-1 in the Conf Finals – the Mavs or the Heat?
Ash: Heat. Mavs were impressive, but OKC blowing Game 4 and 5 down the stretch was what really won it for them. Miami dominated Chicago throughout.
Ant: Impressive? Heat, as the Bulls are a better team [...]

That’s the age I was during the 2006 Finals. I was in Year 11, and had been in America over Easter. I’d even managed to go to Game 1 and 2 of Miami’s first round series against the Bulls. That year, I wanted the Heat to win the Finals, but not enough that I couldn’t [...]

3 votes – Lebron James. It wasn’t his most efficient game and he’s had better numbers, but James truly dominated this one on both ends of the court. He was aggressive offensively and didn’t settle for too many long jump shots (only took 1 three). Sure he made a costly turnover at the end of [...]

3 votes – Chris Bosh. So I guess this is why they call it the Big 3, huh? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy ragging on Chris Bosh as much as anyone. It has brought me much amusement all season. He has suffered what I like to call “Odom Syndrome” – an unquestionably talented player [...]