In most seasons, the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award is a minor NBA honor given out by Professional Basketball Writers Association in a pretty low-key ceremony. That changed last season, when Ron Artest (the artist currently known as Metta World..
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On Thursday, we noted that Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown called on fashionable NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein to ask a question during his Game 3 post-game press conference. Goldstein declined, of course, because it's not his job. It was..
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It's become apparent that former number one overall pick Greg Oden is going all-out, in his attempts to recover from the litany of knee injuries that limited him to just 82 total games in five seasons with the Portland Trail..
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The Oklahoma City Thunder had the best record in the tough Western conference for most of the season, and they've yet to lose in six postseason games. The Los Angeles Lakers, meanwhile, struggled through an up and down regular season,..
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"Couldn't you just move him to the back of the class?" Pretty smart, sage advice from a guy who was about to come off the bench of a playoff game, working for a team that hasn't lost in five weeks. That's..
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You're on the Basketball Internet today, so you know that NBA referee Tony Brothers is not wrong here. Dwyane Wade's awful Game 3, and his sideline showdown with Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, are dominating discussion on this Friday afternoon. T.....
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Of all the foes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has faced in his illustrious career as a basketball player, actor, author and ambassador, there's one he has yet to vanquish: Alex Trebek. The NBA's all-time leading scorer appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Jeopar.....
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After scoring 19 points and hitting five 3-pointers in a huge Game 7 performance to beat the Denver Nuggets, Steve Blake was lauded for shaking off a 12-for-33 mark in the first six games and coming up big when it..
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Poor Tim Duncan. He's just trying to be a good San Antonio Spurs teammate, a real standup guy who helps his buddy Tiago Splitter when he's beat on the baseline by Caron Butler, and he gets punched in the face..
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By Debbie EmeryRadar Reporter Basketball stars are not known for their subtlety either on or off the court, so why would their choices in body art be any different? From state maps to screeching dragons, this artwork is outrageous enough to capture..
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The Miami Heat were really, really bad in their Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, losing 94-75 and looking overmatched for most of the 48 minutes. Given the common narratives and the form of this loss, it's..
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers have the length, athleticism, and defensive pedigree to create a rough night for even the most prolific of scorers, but nobody could have expected this. The Pacers defended the home court ably in Thursday night's..
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At this point, most of the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also..
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Many NBA fans lament the current state of basketball rivalries, in which teams might hold some animosity towards each other on the court but generally get along off it. With players having faced off since their AAU careers began and..
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Even if you're not familiar with him by name, you've probably seen NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein at NBA games. It's hard to miss the mysterious multimillionaire at a big NBA game: he sits in the first row, wears pretty outrageous..
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So, we tried something a little bit different for today's Create-a-Caption. After this morning's post on James Harden's inadvertent "remember me?" elbow on Metta World Peace during Wednesday night's Western Conference semifinal contest between the Okl.....
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Between injuries to Dwight Howard, LaMarcus Aldridge and Chris Bosh, and the implosion of Lamar Odom, the U.S. national basketball team that will compete in this summer's 2012 London Olympics looks like it could be suffering from a perilous dearth..
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Jon Brockman had kind of a rough third year in the NBA, you guys. The 24-year-old forward appeared in only 35 games for a Milwaukee Bucks team that missed the playoffs, averaging just under seven minutes a contest and taking..
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After an Andrew Bynum bucket with 2:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers looked to be sitting pretty. They held a seven-point lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder thanks to nearly 46 minutes of gritty ground-and-pound that..
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LostLettermen.com is a college football and men's basketball website that regularly contributes to Ball Don't Lie. Today it looks at the current whereabouts of former NBA player Walter McCarty. Walter McCarty is singing a happy tune because despite be.....
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