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If you were on the lookout for NBA stars this weekend, you could’ve done worse than LA.
Yes, the LA Stars Charity Game was going on, and a whole bunch of stars, plus Dahntay Jones came out to hoop it up. Tim Hammer of the LAist was there to witness it all, and it couldn’t […]

After we took a mild slap at Nenad in the previous post, we got a couple quick emails in taking us to task for it.
For example:
why you always cracking on nenad
he aint that bad you should watch the NETS
later
First of all, we’re not “always” cracking on Nenad. We’ve only done it like 20 times, […]

A lot of you have sat back and done nothing as we suffer through the day-to-day news void of the NBA offseason. If this describes you, it’s time to spend more time thinking about us, and less on your own life.
The freshly shaven Steve Nash, on the other hand, held a charity game in […]

One of the biggest questions this offseason for the Heat was whether Zo would continue to point to god in Miami, in another city, or from his beach front patio.
We were going to lean on the patio option - we’ve been on it, and it’s a beautiful layout with marble tile and high-end synthetic rattan, […]

Tomorrow, what was once a fictional series of polls sponsored by fictional Han Solo becomes very, very real and sponsored by a real communication device.
After running our mouth sometime in the past about our game, we’ve been challenged to a game by frequent commenter and taller-than-assumed reader Brandon Dean Price, who’s visiting the city. […]

OH YEAH GIRL! OH YEAH YEAH!After that wonderful Kyle Korver bobblehead soared out of our price range, we wondered what other NBA items we might be able to pick up at the NBA Auctions site. Bobbleheads can eat it - we want this incredible Phoenix Suns guitar!
Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, Amare Stoudemire, Mike D’Antoni and […]

Vince Carter donated $2.5M to his Florida high school and will have a statue erected in front of the new gym they’re using the money for. Vince’s mommy donated the cash for the sculpture, and not everyone on the school board is happy about the message it may send.
Board member Judy Conte said accepting the […]

Utah coach Jerry Sloan is auctioning off a gameday experience on Ebay. All proceeds go to the breast cancer charity he runs in his deceased wife’s name. Bidding is currently at about $3500 with 9 days to go - here’s what you get:
* 2 round-trip tickets to Salt Lake City, UT from anywhere in the […]

When the league announced the $100M NBA Cares charity program, we sat and stared at it for a long time, wondering how we could touch on it that special way we touch on things. We came up with nothing.
A little bit ago, we stopped by The BBallBlog and beat our heads against the wall 5 […]

Rookie Charlie Villanueva is the new spokesman for National Alopecia Areata Foundation. Chris Bosh’s new backup has the disease, which affects around 4.7 million Americans.
Alopecia areata (al-oh-PEE-shah air-ee-AH-tah) is a highly unpredictable, autoimmune skin disease resulting in the loss of hair on the scalp and elsewhere on the body. Due to the fact that much […]