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At 1 PM Eastern, ESPN 2 has the USA playing France at MSG. Then, NBA TV has China vs. Puerto Rico at 3:30 Eastern. This will be the first chance the national audience gets to see team USA play against a different team (yesterdays scrimmage against China wasn’t televised). I expect a team that will … Read more

Team USA’s game in New York, called the World Basketball Festival, is on NBA TV tonight at 6:30 Eastern. If you are feeling as NBA deprived as I am, I suggest you catch this one. Won’t have much pure basketball probably, but there should be some nice highlights. Bring on the real basketball!

Kickin’ it old school. You got a problem?

Yes, the Detroit Pistons have shown interest in Tracy McGrady. Initially it was falsely reported on Twitter as a signing; Joe Dumars has cleared that up and said they have only had discussions. Does it make sense for either party to come together? Not much at all. So why is it being discussed? Because McGrady … Read more

Yesterday, Jeff Van Gundy was in the news for praising the Heat, a team that has never even practiced together, let alone played a game, saying they will break the Bulls single-season winning mark and that the Lakers are the only team with a remote chance at beating them. So basically, JVG predicts they’ll be … Read more

The Sixers have made some welcome moves this off-season. Drafting Evan Turner with the second pick, bringing in Doug Collins as coach and acquiring scrappy guys like Andres Nocioni puts them back on track for making the playoffs. But, how will the Sixers define themselves? Doug Collins has built a reputation as a defensive coach. … Read more

I am missing the NBA right now! The remedy? Old highlight tapes and games! It’s keeping me sane. Anyway, check out these Scottie Pippen throw downs:

The Chicago Bulls have made tremendous additions this off-season. A scoring big man in Carlos Boozer brings experience and a true offensive complement to Joakim Noah, various roles players have been brought in, and stealing part of the Utah Jazz can’t be bad, can it? You add that to Derrick Rose and you’ve got a … Read more

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After dreaming about playing for the Miami Heat, Stephon Marbury has snapped back to reality and agreed to a deal that will keep him in China with the Shanxi Zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it was reported that Marbury earned a $100,000 for playing half a … Read more