This is some sort of marketing campaign by Pepsi, and it turned out brilliantly. Kyrie Irving went through the make-up process to put on about 30 years in age to appear athletically unintimidating, going by the name Uncle Drew. He then made his way out to a park where a pick-up game was taking place and, when a player got injured, joined
The point guard problem with the Los Angeles Lakers seemed to be solved when they made a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions and then completed a separate trade with the Houston Rockets to unload the aging Derek Fisher. However, the problem can't be solved if the resolution isn't applied. In other words, what does the
Last piece we took a look at the NBA's Atlantic Division teams' possible candidates for an amnesty clause. Refreshing your memory, the amnesty clause is a measure owners are trying to place in the Collective Bargaining agreement, a clause which would allow owners to dump one player (how frequently would need to be determined too) who was
With the drafted completed (but the season in utter peril), let's take a hypothetical look at the 2012 Rookie of the Year. The odd stratifications are a bit strange given the order in which the players were actually taken, but handicappers factor in a lot of things that fans may not. That said, we'll weigh the odds involved with regard to
Deron Williams was the first big name to commit to Turkey, following Sonny Weems being the actual trend setter and signing a Euro contract. Pau Gasol then committed to Spain and Dwyane Wade said he was considering going overseas too. Joakim Noah committed to France. We saw Brandon Jennings do it for a year in lieu of attending college,
