A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* More video gold from the Dallas Mavericks – they’re ‘sexy and they know it’.
* Kevin Love vs. Sumo Wrestler on ESPN’s Sport Science.
* Some tough decisions loom in Boston.
 
* The Birdman will taunt you with his face.
 
* Life ain’t fair. D-Wade has banked [...]

As the NBA season begins its second half, shit tends to get just a little bit tedious for everyone involved. Fans have more or less figured out which teams are good, bad or plain mediocre. The players on the good teams are just trying to get to the All-Star break uninjured; the players on the [...]

Known to many simply as the “Frustrated Suns Fan”, Chucko was first introduced to NBAMate readers back in early 2008 and since then has been perpetually frustrated with his team. Don’t let that fool you though – he loves his Suns. To the point where its bad for his health.
What a joyous time it is [...]

In the second part of our Offseason Trade Chronicles (check Part I while you’re at it), me and my bro Fish took the time to analyse the moves made by the Phoenix Suns in the off-season.
Once Amare Stoudemire announced his intention to sign with the Knicks, Phoenix worked out a token sign and trade deal [...]

Ash is the newest writer to hit the pine for NBAMate. He is a shameless Golden State Warriors fan, and therefore an expert on failure, the draft and voodoo. But it’s his allegiance to the West Tigers that makes him unmistakeably Aussie.

The point guard lives.
Not that it ever really died.
However, for a [...]

Taking a break from the madness of the NBA Finals, the 2010 FIFA World Cup starts this weekend which should provide a brief, pleasurable diversion from footy-mad Melbourne. Maybe not for us hardened NBA fans who have enjoyed the excitement of the Celtics/Lakers confrontation unfold. But if you’re a diehard sports fan, then the next [...]

AP Photo/Winslow Townson
A week ago J.O wrote his piece on the potential Celtics vs Lakers Finals match up, which at the time felt like a perfectly reasonable idea. A few days later it seemed a little premature, with Orlando winning a couple of games and the Suns leveling the series at 2-2.  Now, thanks to [...]

3 votes – Rajon Rondo: One of the great individual playoff performances. After Boston’s embarrassing Game 3 no-show, you couldn’t be faulted for fearing that this series would fizzle out just like the rest of the other Round 2 match-ups. Fortunately, Rondo decided that we deserve at least one decent series this round, and tore [...]

Yeah so we missed Day 16… Rob’s got you covered on that tomorrow
3 votes – Steve Nash: After playing one of the worst games of his playoff career in the close-out win against Portland, the Nashmeister rebounded with a masterful display. Looking more like Tony Parker than Steve Nash, he knifed through the San Antonio [...]

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 [...]