Tom Thibodeau defends Carlos Boozer better than Boozer defends anyone

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Date: 12/5 2011

In the vein of Brandon Rush claiming his Twitter handle was hacked, Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau is defending beleaguered Bulls forward Carlos Boozer because, with four years and nearly $51 million left on his deal, what else is the reigning

Brandon Rush’s Twitter account gets nasty — will these hackers ever stop?

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Date: 12/5 2011

Indiana Pacers guard Brandon Rush swears his Twitter account was hacked last week after it spewed out a series of nasty and profane tweets aimed at fellow users, and … geez, are we still attempting this?
Five years ago, when my brother was preparin

The lockout forces Ray Allen’s scenes to be cut from ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’

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Date: 12/5 2011

During the NBA’s lockout, teams were allowed absolutely no contact with players. Players were allowed no contact with NBA events, either, and current players outside of the ones on the NBA Players Association’s negotiating team couldn’t even be mention

C-a-C: ‘Tell me, Dirk: What’s your stance on loving and rub-a-dubbing?’

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Date: 12/5 2011

”… because, as you may know, I am a staunch supporter of both of them.”
Sorry, Dirk Nowitzki, but these are the kinds of difficult questions you have to answer when you sit down for a chat on the hit German entertainment program ”Wetten, dass..?”

The 10-man rotation, starring potential Chris Paul suitors

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Date: 12/2 2011

A look around the league and the web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Pro Basketball Talk. Apparently the

Video: NBA promo ads are out, starting with the Boston Celtics

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Date: 12/2 2011

If you’ve schlepped to NBA.com on Friday, you’ve likely noticed familiar faces — actual active NBA players, which haven’t been on the site since July 1. NBA TV is back in the game, too, and soon enough we’ll see all manner of NBA team ads featuring ac

Video: How much will NBA players hate their owners this year?

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Date: 12/2 2011

NBA players and owners don’t have a lot of day-to-day contact, unless one of them sits behind the bench, so it isn’t as if we’re staring down the barrel of a full-on soap opera as the players return to work on Dec. 9. But there’s bound to be some resen

No Mavs rings for Christmas: Mark Cuban wants his team to take the lead designing them

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Date: 12/2 2011

The Dallas Mavericks won’t receive their 2010-11 championship rings in a ceremony on Christmas Day on national TV, before they take on the Miami Heat team they felled in the Finals last June. And the Mavericks aren’t declining to hold the ceremony be

Who is going to he helped and hurt by the shortened season? Who knows?

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Date: 12/2 2011

After falling to the Miami Heat on Christmas Day last year, the Los Angeles Lakers stood at 21-9, leaving the team 52 regular-season games left to play. At the same point towards the end of Dec. 25 this year, the Lake show will either be 1-0 or 0-1 wit

C-a-C: David Kahn takes the first step in overhauling the Timberwolves

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Date: 12/2 2011

”We’ve got our own website now. That’s it. We’ve been meaning to buy one for years, but it was always sort of like, ‘Man, do we really want to spend $10 for a year of domain hosting, which, I don’t even really know what that is?’ But Wednesday night,