http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. David Ramos/Getty Images The battle is on to control stars like LeBron James and Deron Williams in the NBA offseason. David Stern has been musing fo...]]> August 01, 2012 07:31:05 PDT After revealing that he would play for the Miami Heat in a conversation with Jim Gray, LeBron James was interviewed by Michael Wilbon: LeBron, cong...]]> July 08, 2010 21:13:10 PDT Elsa/NBAE/Getty Images The summer of 2010 was always about finding the team with the best vision of the future. Everything about LeBron James' free ...]]> May 13, 2010 22:23:33 PDT Brian Windhorst of The Plain Dealer: "For years, LeBron James has said he doesn't believe in pressure as a disarming answer to any question t...]]> May 29, 2009 05:20:21 PDT LeBron James at a political rally. Notice, he also apparently knows the hours of the local voter registration office by heart. Well done. Now, is this...]]> October 06, 2008 09:27:20 PDT In recent years, Team USA used to worry about who was "the man." And Team USA lost to just about everybody, jacking "hero" shots over the outstretched...]]> August 21, 2008 09:03:04 PDT To me the calling card of Team USA thus far has been forcing turnovers, mainly in the backcourt. Angola had as many turnovers as field goals. Most of ...]]> August 12, 2008 09:28:18 PDT Bud Shaw of The Plain Dealer: "Kobe Bryant might enjoy rock-star status in China, but LeBron James is the face and voice of this basketball redemption...]]> August 11, 2008 06:49:31 PDT Jerry Colangelo and Mike Krzyzewski have said things about how marvelous the U.S. is, in that we do not muzzle our players nor hinder their freedom of...]]> August 08, 2008 07:41:48 PDT LeBron James a few weeks ago said on ESPN, and the people at Aid Still Required told me recently, that the Beijing Olympics will be a time to make som...]]> August 04, 2008 08:19:34 PDT In the Wednesday bullets, I linked to a China Daily article by Zhao Rui which included this bizarre quote attributed to Nike CEO Mark Parker (talking ...]]> October 19, 2007 12:04:36 PDT TrueHoop reader Mac Lotze lives in Shanghai where he attended the Cleveland Orlando game, and emails the following report: The basketball-crazed city ...]]> October 17, 2007 10:42:41 PDT (Brace yourself. This is easily the most academic, international, and dense post in TrueHoop history.) Charles P. Pierce writes on Slate that LeBron J...]]> June 07, 2007 11:47:51 PDT The editor of Philadelphia magazine, Larry Platt, is an accomplished NBA writer. (I'm constantly amazed that his book about Allen Iverson, Only the St...]]> February 06, 2006 12:25:31 PST