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Do you know what “請讓我坐在你的長凳上，徵收一筆薪水” means in Chinese?
According to freetranslation.com, it means “Please let me sit on your bench and collect a paycheck” – a quote that we would have heard from Stephon Marbury if he took a even small dose of truth serum after signing a contract to play a professional basketball team in [...]

After many, many years of complaining to my peers about how dumb the NBA all-star voting is (to which most reply, “you still watch the NBA”),  Celtics guard and 9 time all-star, Ray Allen has come out and said it himself.  “I like the fact that the fans get the opportunity to vote and pick [...]

It’s got to be tough being Scottie Pippen.  He has been forced out of the spotlight for most of his life thanks to Jordan.  So what’s the best way to become that leading man he has always dreamed of being?  I dont know, but I am pretty sure it is not fighting a small army of midgets on [...]

A lumberjack uses an axe to chop down a tree.  Nobody can argue with the method.  It is how many-a-lumberjack has cut down trees and made a living.

But to keep using an axe, when a chainsaw is at your disposal, is about as smart as casting Pauly Shore to star in your next movie.

Well, in the [...]

Gilbert Arenas was one of the most entertaining and beloved players in the NBA a couple years ago.  Arenas aka Agent Zero aka Hibachi, because of his sharp shooting style and ability to become “on fire” at any time and basically just take over a game, was always looked at as a good scorer but [...]

As we approach the end of the decade, like 4 days away, it’s fun to look back at the top players/moments/games, but while we will be providing our thoughts on those we also want to look at some other top 10’s of the decades.
The NBA has been known for it’s terrible contracts that put teams [...]

As you might have heard in the T-Mac saga, Tracy McGrady has been granted an indefinite leave from the team as the two sides try to work out a trade to find McGrady a new place to play.  The question is where is that place?
T-Mac has just returned from off season microfrature surgery on his [...]

Are…. you…. ready?  Let’s break it down.  The night before the Dallas Mavericks were to host a game against the Phoenix Suns, the American Airlines Center in Dallas opened its doors to the WWE Universe.  Mavericks owner Mark Cuban took his place in the center of the ring this week on Monday Night Raw as its guest [...]

David Stern came out in an interview with Sports Illustrated and said that he thinks a women might play in the NBA within the next decade.
In now way am I against Women or Women in sports, but this just won’t happen.
I am assuming that the WNBA is going to collapse and that would be why [...]

After retiring for about a week, Allen Iverson has resigned with the Philadephia 76ers.  I can say this is a great move for everyone.  The Sixers are only 5-13 to start the season, even though that isn’t bad in the east unfortunately.  Iverson will not just provide help to a team that can use the [...]