Big 3 near top of early All-Star voting

...The All-Star game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Here's the current voting breakdown courtesy of the NBA: EASTERN CONFERENCE Forwards: LeBron James (Clev) 649...

Texas matchup features elite talents

Baylor signee Perry Jones isn't going to let junior superstar LeBryan Nash steal the spotlight when their teams square off Friday night.

First Cup: Wednesday

Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic: "Already, this reshaped basketball team has become the talk of the NBA, just like it did in 2004. That's when the...

...Chuck hayes #44 of the Houston Rockets on October 31, 2009 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas

Aldridge signs 5-year extension

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed forward LaMarcus Aldridge to a five-year contract extension.

Udoka, Collins waived by Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers have waived forward Ime Udoka and center Jarron Collins.

Mock draft 2.0: Deron Williams climbing

Adam Madison breaks down the second mock draft held by our fantasy staff.

Summer League-o-Licious

...watch him. We all know this already, right? It's the lesson of his lone season at Texas, which was quite possibly the best freshman season in NCAA history. With his not-quite NBA physicality...

Almost Chatting with Top Draft Prospects

OK, so here's what happened yesterday afternoon when we all weren't chatting with some of the top picks in this year's draft. It started when I got to...

Wednesday Bullets

Brian Berger of Sports Business Radio has a must-read post laying out the contestants in an almighty shoe war battle that is about to erupt. Tommy B...

Tanking Ain't Easy

...Blazers' schedule for the rest of the season. It's a murderer's row mixed with a Texas tornado. Bad deal ... unless you're thinking about draft positioning. Then I made the further mistake of...

Durant, Oden and hoops housecleaning

Five quick updates on the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant Sweepstakes before we get to some housecleaning: 1. Let the tanking begin! After Milwaukee (25 wins)...

Kevin Durant is the Story

...him. Here is a good Kevin Durant background story, and another one about Durant's choice of Texas. And some video. The second story line that's emerging, however, is that from the perspective of...

2006 Draft Profile: LaMarcus Aldridge

...him as a top-five pick — if not the No. 1 pick — should he leave Texas. He can shoot and he can run and he can defend and, as of Friday, he can...

Is the Top Pick Really Off the Market?

...were preparing to use the pick on one of two players -- probably Italian forward Andrea Bargnani or Texas forward LaMarcus Aldridge. There also is speculation perhaps Connecticut forward Rudy Gay, whose name was in the...