A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Patty Mills will re-sign with the San Antonio Spurs (contract details are not yet known). Great news!
* Andrew Bogut’s ankle injury is healing nicely and he’s expected to be back on deck for the Warriors training camp in September.
* Blake Griffin with an [...]

Despite Rondo’s Game 2 explosion and the Celtics offensive efficiency (they shot nearly 50% from the field), it was clear that coming back home they needed to get back to their roots. Defense. Game 3 was a different Celtics team thanks to a surge in defensive intensity, better bench contribution, and the way they controlled [...]

What’s it like to be an NBA sportswriter? Well, courtesy of NBAMate I had the chance to find out, by attending two games in Chicago and New York during the first round of the playoffs. As experiences go it was off the charts, a dream come true for a life long hoops fan. ‘Surreal’ is [...]

ONE: It’s hard to watch Bogut and the Bucks these days without getting a little frustrated. Frustrated because the Big Aussie is still obviously bothered by that arm injury, and can’t seem to get any consistency back in his game. Frustrated because the Bucks themselves are a shadow of the team that was rampaging [...]

I know I’ve been a little MIA lately, will be getting back into the groove soon. Here’s a little Ray treat for ya in the meantime.
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Just makes me wanna go and shoot threes.

“Now this is a story all about how
The crown of smooth got handed down
Why don’t you just take a minute
And look this way
I’ll tell you how he became the Prince of Smooth from the Bay”

There is no debate about one thing – Ray Allen is the King of Smooth.
No question whatsoever. Ray practically invented [...]

ONE: For the first time in a while, I’m going to start the Aussie Roundup with someone other than Bogut. The biggest NBA-related Australian news of late has been the play of Patty Mills. Patty hit his career high (14 points) a week ago against Houston in what was his best NBA game to [...]

This is what happens when the world’s biggest Ray Allen fan, also a lover of cranes, has too much spare time.

Thanks Wibo.

(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
It’s finally here. After arguably the biggest off-season in NBA history – Lebron’s Decision, Jim’s Decision, etc – Day 1 of the new season has arrived. A breath of fresh air.
Continuing our tradition from recent years (here and here), we ask ourselves the question: what did we learn from Day 1 [...]

At a private island somewhere in the Pacific…
Inside a large conference room in LeBron’s palatial island mansion, the King and Dwyane Wade sat at the head of a giant table. A series of chairs, each varying in comfort level, were spread around the table, placed horizontally.
LeBron: Damn, when are those guys gonna get here?
At [...]