When the Seattle SuperSonics lost their franchise a few years ago, many fans held on to the dream of a triumphant return of the NBA to King County, WA. With news of trouble in several other markets, this dream may come true sooner than later, but a lot of that is up to the city itself and resolving the issue of a desperately-needed new arena.

Is it better to have personally and emotionally invested in the prospective success of an unorthodoxly generational hero and lost than to have never done so at all? We take a good hard look at the cultural impact Yi Jianlian has had on the NBA this month. Wait, that doesn’t sound right.

Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani has been hampered by a calf injury for much of the season already, but when he’s on the court, he’s shown a tremendous improvement in his defensive game compared to years past. What’s the cause for this change? Is he finally ready to lead the Raptors back from extinction?

It’s almost game time at the GM Centre in Oshawa. Downtown, in the shadow of the car factories to the south and the university at the north, is a changing place. The city invested heavily in revitalizing the downtown and it doesn’t look much like the place I left in the spring of 2009. I’m back to get my first taste of the upstart National Basketball League of Canada.

The NBA lockout cost millions of fans the opportunity to sit back and enjoy some hoops. The NFL and NHL seasons comforted a few people, but many, like The Good Point’s Mark Milner, waited on basketball’s millionaires to settle their differences so they could get back to watching the sport they love.

The NBA lockout has been running on for months, but there’s been a surprising amount of apathy where the every day fan is concerned. Percentage points between millionaires and billionaires mean little to the Average Joe. Even if the league salvages a season, will anybody care?

What once started as a quiet tradition with Lefty Driesell and the Maryland Terrapins 40 years ago has blossomed into a wildly popular media frenzy. Now, one night every year marks the official beginning of the NCAA season, fully equipped with fan entertainment, team orientation and – don’t forget – practice. Who needs the NBA? College basketball is finally back.

For over three months the NBA lockout inconvenienced just about anybody associated with the game, and video game developer 2K Sports has been spared of no such hassle. With a non-existent collective bargaining agreement and little progress from offseason negotiations, 2K Sports has had to get creative with NBA 2K12. But how long will that last?

The NBA lockout has waged on to the point where a sub-82-game season is a distinct possibility (if we see a season at all). Recently David Stern mentioned the possibility of pushing a full-length campaign into the summer if a resolution is met this fall, but while the commissioner was skeptical of the logistics of such an endeavor, it may just be the best idea they’ve had in months.

Rick Adelman has been there before. He’s led winners, losers and everyone in between, he’s developed youth, he’s channeled versatility and he’s been questioned along the way. Will his new gig with the Minnesota Timberwolves get him an NBA championship? Maybe not immediately, but the similarities between this Wolves team and the Adelman Era Sacramento Kings run deeper than you think.

Never mind the lockout, just because players and owners haven’t come to terms on a new CBA doesn’t mean you’re off the hook when it comes to preparing for your fantasy basketball season. Call us naive, call us hopeful, call Mitch Orsatti “The Optimist”, just make sure that when the time comes to choose head-to-head or rotisserie, you’ll be making the right decision.

It’s official, the NBA lockout has dragged on long enough to starve basketball junkies worldwide into a painful fit of desperation. TheGP Basketball Editor Travis Nicholson is no different. What happens when the calendar strikes October with no end in sight? Find out for yourself.

Even without taking into consideration their players or basketball prowess, the Miami Heat should be the hottest franchise in professional basketball. By most measures, they are; they’ve got the biggest superstar in the game, a championship caliber shooting guard, the best third option in the league and a bench deep enough to bring them to [...]

When it comes to fantasy basketball, I’d like to think of myself as an optimist. I believe that, despite all of the glaring signs that point to there being no season, or a half season, that Billy Hunter and the fat cat owners will come to their senses and deliver us from the despair of [...]

Sociologists are quick to assume that young people these days have lax attitudes towards their relationships. I, personally, would say the opposite is true and argue that what may seem to be casual relationships to some are rather brimming with passion. The complexities of my own multi-year relationship with the NBA serve as a case [...]

In 2003 the Lakers were a team that won three of the last four NBA championships. Well actually to clarify, saying that they “won” the championship would imply that there was a chance they could actually “lose” it, which in fact may or may not be true. The Lakers thoroughly dominated the NBA Finals. In [...]

There is success in college basketball, and then there is Pat Summit. The legendary coach is approaching her fourth decade as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, and her astonishing 84.33% winning percentage makes her the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA basketball. Her reputation precedes her as a tireless taskmasker, and although she’s [...]

Without a doubt, the Golden State Warriors have been one of the most exciting teams to watch in the past decade. Now with the addition of first-time coach Mark Jackson, all eyes will be on the Bay Area to see if the latest iteration can win over fans in the same manner of those in [...]

Yesterday, people were briefly brought back in time to year 2000. AND 1, the shoe company founded in 1993 that gained prominence in the NBA during the late nineties and early aughts, was sold to New York-based brand management firm, Global International. This is the latest news for a brand that has seen its worth [...]

The narrative of Shawn Kemp’s life is familiar. The name alone instantly yields memories of substance abuse, grabbed crotches, punch lines of illegitimate children and the 1996 NBA Finals. One chapter that often gets lost among the confusion of the overwhelming tale, however, revolves around a three-year stint in which the dominating forward uncharacteristically donned [...]