Basketball Stories

Stephon was a big personality before the pros and it raised his profile, but that same personality in the NBA got him a reputation. He was labeled as selfish, a coach killer, even butted heads with the scariest man in the NBA, KG.

Our first installment on the odyssey of Stephon Marbury. He was high school hype before Lebron. Spike Lee basically made a movie about him, and he owned not one but two hats!

"What police and witnesses said happened, happened. What he did was inappropriate. I'm going to defend myself. Let there be no debate. If you bother me, I'm going to whip your ass. The guy threw ice in my face, and I slammed his ass into the window. I'm not denying that. I defended myself. He got what he deserved." - Charles Barkley

The NBA has had a few close calls but none closer than when Gilbert Arenas and Jarvis Crittenton drew guns on each other. What lead to this? What happened to the players after? Who provided the guns?

As we approach the returns of Rondo, CP3, and Brandon Ingram from suspension we examine the spit heard round the world

In the summer of 2000, Allen Iverson released his first and only single "40 Bars" under the name “Jewelz.” NBA commissioner David Stern called the lyrics to A.I.'s single "coarse, offensive and anti-social" and demanded that Iverson either change the lyrics or stop the project. We dive into why we only got one track from a surprisingly talented NBA musician.

Plenty of NBA players have had rap albums but only Oladipo thought it would be a good idea to do a R&B album. We ask the hard hitting question like "why would you do this?" and "should his R&B name be Velour Oladipo?"

AC Green earned the nickname "Iron Man" by playing 1,192 straight games during his 16 year NBA career. He only missed 3 games his entire career. But what AC will be remembered as is the NBA's most famous (and only) virgin.

In the wake of Lebron's move to LA we review THE DECISION. Lebron found a way to do a television event for The Boys and Girls Club of America and walk away the bad guy.

Before Deandre was a member of the Dallas Mavericks he was almost a member of the Dallas Mavericks. If it wasn’t the his Clippers teammates rushing to texas to keep him locked in a house while they played cards the could have easily lost their center.

Some of the best and worst draft day trades. I don’t know why anyone would trade on draft day. One of the teams always ends up getting completely screwed. *we recorded this before the draft*

With the draft right in front of us we take a look at some of the biggest draft busts in the last decade. Some of them seemed obvious even as they were happening but, mostly these were players we all thought we be the next big thing. Except Anthony Bennett everyone knew that was bad as it happened.

So here we are, Dennis Rodman is one of the most influential people in the process of achieving peace in Korea. He is close friends with Kim Jong Un and a two time cast member of The Celebrity Apprentice. He also Cries on TV, everything is going to plan.

Philadelphia 76ers President of basketball operations gets caught with five fake twitter accounts. He used these accounts to release sensitive information about his team and shame a man for not dating his daughter.

Yao Ming is one of the most unique players to dominate the NBA. Is Yao simply a great talent or was he a product of the Chinese governments state run sports program?

Tim Donaghey drops dime on all the refs who helped the Lakers advance to the finals. Shaq has questions for Kobe about how his ass tastes.

After a 61 win season the Sacramento Kings looked like it was their time to win a title. Before the Kings could clinch a spot in the finals they came across one of the worst officiating fiascos in professional sports.

16 years ago this week, Allen Iverson gave a bizarre press conference where he said the phrase "we talkin' about practice" 22 times. We talk about practice and try to figure out what made A.I. lose it.

Golden state pioneered positionless small ball well before Steph Curry and friends. In the wake of the Malice In The Palace the Warriors rebuilt into a futuristic team that beat a one seed with an MVP.

Before people knew who LeBron was they knew Lenny Cooke. He was the next big thing. The next great high school player. We look at what kept him from ever making an NBA roster.