The first major NBA free agent signings have been officially declared, with Amare Stoudemire joining the New York Knicks on Tuesday, while Chris Bosh chooses to team-up w/ Dwyane Wade in Miami.
The final key piece before all the other free agents start getting targeted by teams looking to fill their holes?
LeBron James is to decide his future tomorrow at 9PM (EST) on ESPN. Once James declares his destination, expect a slew of smaller deals to start happening much more quickly. Everyone has been waiting for the Top 5 (or so) …

UPDATE: Track the latest Free Agent signings here @ Yahoo
In what is expected to be the most insane, frenzied and outright over-hyped free agent period the NBA has ever seen, the key question is still “where will LeBron James end up?”.  Despite all the news coverage, rumors and theories on where James and the other fellow elite free agents might go, no one really knows and we likely won’t until at least July 8th – the first date that players are allowed to sign their offers.
Teams have been showing their …

This is a guest post for summer kids’ camps that help children establish friendships, learn to be part of a team and to generally “get out and play”. If you have kids like I do, you know that it’s difficult to convince them to go outside during the summer – ok, maybe only because we live in Arizona and it gets over 110 degrees during the day. Regardless, the easy road is letting your kids play video games – as long as they stay out of your hair (if you’re …

After watching the Boston Celtics punk the LA Lakers in game 5 of the NBA Finals yesterday to take a 3-2 series lead headed back to Los Angeles, I am convinced that the duo of Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol are literally scared shitless of Kevin Garnett.
You really don’t have to watch too long to see the reasons for this:
Emotional
Let’s face it, KG is one of the most vocal & physically emotional players on the court at all times. Between the fist pumping, chest punching, scowling, growling and downright (borderline) …

The 2010 Team USA basketball jerseys were showcased this week and will debut at the World Basketball Festival in August (in NYC). The jerseys are supremely designed by Nike and have some advanced techno features that will make them very comfortable for the NBA players expected to suit up in August.
Uniform Details/Features
The Team USA jerseys will once again feature the “aerographics” on the back, which is just a clever way of saying “a pattern”.  This feature does more than look cool, they actually keep the player cooler via small perforations/air …

On Sunday night, the basketball viewing public got another chance to see the unique talent that is Rajon Rondo in all his glory. Short of turning into Jesus Shuttlesworth and draining eight 3-pointers, Rondo is clearly the catalyst* for the Boston Celtics in their pursuit of their 2nd NBA Championship in 3 yrs.
Rondo has dazzled fans w/ his ball fakes and ability to get to the rim almost at will – when he’s on his game.
Rajon Rondo – Game 2, 2010 NBA Finals Highlights & Background

He tends to disappear every …

A couple weeks ago before the NBA Playoffs started… wait, make that a couple months ago – I lamented the Boston Celtics for looking old and their time having run out.
They were losing home games and generally didn’t look like they had it all together to get anywhere in the playoffs. To be honest, I expected them to get knocked out in round 1 or 2 at the latest. Yet, here we are at the end of May and the Celtics have (& had) a chance to move on to …

One of my blogging buddies did a pretty good analysis on the effects of a “perfect game”  in Major League Baseball translating to long-term success and/or if it is an indication of the quality of pitcher.
Granted, anyone who makes it to the big leagues is a quality pitcher – I use that loosely of course.
But what he found out when looking at the last 10 Perfect Game pitchers was that they were nearly on par w/ major league averages when it comes to WHIP, ERA, etc.
“That logic tells you that …