The Glove, Dirk, and Mikan; Top 50 Players in NBA History Part II

40. Jason Kidd Raised in Oakland, California, Kidd played college basketball at the University of California, Berkeley and was drafted second overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1994 NBA Draft. Then, from 1996 to 2001,…

Andrew Meshot

True Hoop Rountable: Magic Johnson Unanimously Chosen As Greatest Point Guard

A recent roundtable was held over at ESPN and included five writers from around the TrueHoop Network, including Rob Mahoney, Jovan Buha, Beckley Mason, Rob Peterson and Royce Young. Each writer was asked to give his opinion on a series…

Daniel Buerge

Goodrich, Worthy and Legends 41-50: Top 50 Players in NBA History

The NBA released a list of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996. In the 15 years since then there have been several great players that deserve to be on the list. We took the time to update…

Steven Almazan

Kobe Bryant And Derrick Rose Combine For Alley-Oop

Kobe Bryant tossed a pretty nice alley-oop to Derrick Rose during their tour of Manila. It's not very often you see Kobe Bryant find another league MVP with an alley-oop, but that didn't stop him from putting together this play…

Daniel Buerge

Former Assistant GM Ronnie Lester Not Leaving Lakers Quietly

Ronnie Lester worked for the Lakers organization for 24 years and spent each one as a quiet, professional employee. However, after his recent dismissal from the team he's decided to break his silence. Lester, who spent the last decade as…

Daniel Buerge

Kobe Bryant Reportedly Discussing Terms With Turkish Club Besiktas

After Deron Williams announced that he will be playing in Turkey if the NBA lockout begins cutting into the scheduled 2011-12 season, the Turkish club Besiktas is apparently looking to land one more NBA superstar. As it turns out, that…

Daniel Buerge

Ron Artest’s Greatest Miss

Here's the tip. For all those lockout and post Dallas sweep blues, let's take it back to glory days like Bruce Springsteen and remember the Lakers champion season of 2009-10. Now let me ask you a question? What was the…

Tim Harvey

Magic Johnson Joins Detroit VC Firm to Invest in Tech Startups

Lakers legend Earvin 'Magic' Johnson has announced his latest venture, a pairing with a Detroit VC firm, Detroit Venture Partners, to help invest in tech startups. Johnson, who is a well known entrepreneur and businessman, will be teaming up with…

Daniel Buerge

NBA Lockout Jobs: Ron Artest Tackles Stand-Up Comedy

Recently Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest, or Metta World Peace, took to the stage in an attempt to find a calling since basketball is currently locked out. That calling appears to be stand-up comedy, as Artest tried it out…

Daniel Buerge

Bynum Ticketed for Parking BMW in Two Handicapped Spots

Andrew Bynum's string of knee injuries may have handicapped him during his play over the past few NBA seasons, but they haven't been severe enough to warrant him special parking privileges, much to his dismay. According to an article by…

Michael Goldsholl