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 [...]

The title pretty much gives away the day’s playoff happenings. The Grizzlies took the series to 3-1 with a convincing 104-86 victory over San Antonio and look ever more likely to actually make me (and Tizzle) seem like geniuses for picking the upset. The Mavs recovered from the Brandon Roy-athon of the last two games [...]

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ONE: I normally do the Aussie Roundup first, but there’s no denying that the top of the news today – and arguably the whole week – belongs to Mr Brandon Jennings. After watching the Pistons pull off a nice come-from-behind victory in Washington, I went out shopping this afternoon feeling very content. [...]

I’m a guy who gets frustrated easily when it comes to NBA basketball. Maybe it’s because I have no patience to hear wrong opinions, or maybe it’s the very real (and arrogant) belief I have that I was endowed with more knowledge than your average NBA fan. Whatever the reason, my frustrat-o-meter usually hits tops [...]