J.O is the newest writer here at NBAMate. His mantra is “If it’s not NBA, it’s not BASKETBALL”. The owner of over 200 NBA ‘video-taped’ games, J.O. lives n breathes NBA on a daily basis, reads it, watches it, writes about it and challenges anybody to a game of NBA 2K10. The guy really does [...]

ONE: It’s been a while between Six Packs, and with the time off I’ve had over the New Year I thought it was only fitting to churn out what will undoubtedly be the most massive Sunday Six Pack of all time.
On the Aussie front, the biggest news this week has of course been [...]

The new season has finally arrived, and just like every year, I can’t believe I went four and a half months without it. The 2009-2010 campaign is shaping up to be a beauty, for so many reasons. Will we see the King finally crowned with his new Diesel-powered sidekick? Will Dwight get redemption along with [...]

ONE: First off the rank is the Aussie Roundup. Lots of Aussie-related NBA news happening in the last week, all of which you would have seen if you’re following the NBAMate Twitter feed (more on this later). You all know by now that Patty signed with the Blazers – a move that many thought could [...]

ONE: Quite a few big trades/signings during the last week, so lets kick it off with the first major one: the three-team deal that sent Richard Jefferson to the Spurs. In a basketball talent sense, the Spurs lost practically nothing in this trade and gained quite a great deal. Thomas was a serviceable but aging [...]

Barack Obama, or should I say Barack O’Balla, has won millions of fans across America (and even all the way over here in Australia) on his historic road to the presidency, and probably a few extra fans on the hardwood thanks to his balling ways. Just today the US President was officially invited to the [...]

ONE: Andrew Bynum, who has been playing out of his mind recently, has gone down with a knee injury, against the Memphis Grizzlies, and had to be carried off the court. Deja vu anyone? Of course, the exact same thing happened last year, and we all know what ensued. The Lakers still ended up #1 [...]

I’m sure you all know about the off-season hostility between Shaq and Coach Popovich, after Shaq called him out for bringing the game into shame by resorting to the Hack-a-Shaq tactics. The obvious response there is “Hey Shaq learn to shoot free throws!”. But I think Coach Pop’s response today was even better.
You need to [...]

The thought of doing a Kobe vs Ray blog seemed pretty pointless a few days ago. As many have stated, there’s a good chance the two won’t even defend each other throughout the Finals, and plus, they have been world’s apart as far as their playoff form goes – it’s not like this Finals is [...]

Well someone decided it would be a good idea to pay Shaquille O’Neal $20 million when I couldn’t sell him for 50 cents. Did they not read my item description? As far as I’m concerned everything I said back in December still stands – except for the bit about Shaq mortgaging the Miami Heat’s future. [...]