http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/index39.htmlFull NBA basketball coverage including rumors on NBA players and team transactions. /font?en-enhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/images/hoopsvibe_sml_logo.gifhttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/NBA BAsketball, NCAA and Streetball. News, interviews, videos, wallpapers, reviews and morehttp://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/overdribbling/will-the-all-star-game-have-a-prostitute-problem-ar50846.html 2009-11-6T11:53The NBA s All-Star Weekend isn t until February so it s not yet on the radar of the general public. But if you aren t aware the events for Friday and Saturday will take place at the Mavericks American Airlines Center and the All-Star Game itself will take place in Cowboys Stadium more affectionately known as quot Jerryworld. quot The NBA will likely release the All-Star ballots later this month but don t believe that planning isn t already underway because the league hasn t started ...Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2009-11-6T11:53 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/flagrant-foul/chris-paul-versus-rajon-rondo-feud-ar50844.html 2009-11-5T23:52I regard Rajon Rondo as 8220 flirting 8221 to be in the top 5 of NBA point guards. He rsquo s not in there yet. Rondo is merely flirting with that. I know you basketball diehard fans were watching that game where Chris Paul got into it with the leprechaun. Of course this started over typical trash talk something to the extent of Rondo saying to Paul about him having a championship ring while his fingers will never have any. Foolish things to say Not really. It rsquo s basketball. It rsquo s a ...Hoopsvibe.com - John Nguyen2009-11-5T23:53 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/flagrant-foul/blake-griffin-s-future-ar50843.html 2009-11-5T19:50In order to hypothesize at a future we ll have to examine the past and present. Other writers have been clowning on the Los Angeles Clippers organization for decades. I rsquo m guilty as charged but that rsquo s because I rsquo ve been following the organization since 1993. Over here in California Clipper games used to air on KCOP-13 complete with annoying musical introductions. Every game night was Bill Walton Unplugged. He would go on and on with the comical insults roasting ...Hoopsvibe.com - John Nguyen2009-11-5T19:52 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/overdribbling/dwight-howard-shows-superwang-to-porn-star-mary-carey-in-n-sync-member-s-bathroom-ar50842.html 2009-11-6T10:53Yes really. We can t make this stuff up.Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2009-11-5T14:51 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-celebrity-news/report-sasha-vujacic-dating-maria-sharapova-ar50841.html 2009-11-5T14:15Lamar Odom s sort-of-marriage to Khlo 233 Kardashian may have been all the news in Los Angeles over the past few weeks but it turns out that they re not the only high-profile lovebirds associated with the Lakers. If a pair of tweets are to be taken as credible evidence bench-riding bomber Sasha Vujacic is dating Maria Sharapova the former world-number-one tennis player. First the Twitter posts in question Maria Sharapova was seen at U2 concert w Lakers Sasha Vujacic. The two were seen ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T14:15 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/nba-tv-apologizes-for-rick-kamla-s-chinaman-slip-ar50839.html 2009-11-5T09:17In his NBA.com video recap of last Friday s Magic-Nets game NBA TV analyst Rick Kamla made the unfortunate mistake of referring to New Jersey forward Yi Jianlian as a quot Chinaman. quot After FanHouse contacted Turner Sports about the remark the video was pulled from NBA.com. It ran on NBA TV Friday and has been available on NBA.com since Friday night. Turner Sports spokesman Jeff Pomeroy relayed to FanHouse an apology to anyone offended by the remark from Kamla and the network which ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T09:14 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/ray-allen-denies-apologizing-to-chris-paul-for-rajon-rondo-ar50838.html 2009-11-5T09:09Allen denied part of a Yahoo YHOO Sports report that claimed he later went into the New Orleans locker room to apologize to Paul for Rondo rsquo s actions. Though he went into the locker room to meet with Paul Allen said he didn rsquo t apologize. 8220 Chris was giving us an autographed jersey for the High Hopes Fund 8221 Allen said of a charity his family supports that is sponsored by the Joslin Diabetes Center. 8220 Chris and I share the tie of being Brand Jordan athletes so we rsquo re in ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T09:09 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/jason-terry-the-nba-s-new-rims-stink-like-the-composite-ball-ar50837.html 2009-11-5T09:06Battier admits that he is not a fan saying he believes they make the ball quot more temperamental quot when it bounces. And reigning NBA Sixth Man Award winner Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks was far stronger in his criticism suggesting that the rims increased give has been a major factor in the unexpected struggles from the field that have plagued the Mavericks during their 2-1 start. quot I am not used to them yet quot Battier said. quot So as of now no I don t like ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T09:07 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/dwight-howard-don-t-give-me-free-throw-shooting-advice-ar50836.html 2009-11-5T09:02C Dwight Howard who looked like Larry Bird on the free-line line Sunday in Toronto said he told everybody around him 8212 teammates coaches etc. 8212 to stop giving him advice. Howard a career 60 percent free-throw shooter hit 14-of-16 against the Raptors after making only 7-of-17 coming into the game. quot Everybody is always asking me about it quot Howard said. quot Everybody telling me what to do and what not to do. I m like Just let me shoot. I ve worked on it all summer. Now ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T09:02 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/kevin-garnett-my-history-in-minnesota-has-passed-ar50835.html 2009-11-5T09:008220 It rsquo s easy to come in here and focus because they don rsquo t have any of my old teammates here now 8221 he said. 8220 My history from here has passed. I did take a moment tonight to look around but there are so many changes here that I can rsquo t relate to so I have no reason to. 8221 Garnett 12 points 11 rebounds expressed hope that Timberwolves fans will be vocal in their demand for owner Glen Taylor and his new management team to put a winning product on the floor. 8220 There was ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T09:01 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/charles-oakley-teams-don-t-want-to-pay-me-to-coach-ar50834.html 2009-11-5T08:58Charles Oakley is developing a cooking show for TV and producing a couple of movies. He s a restaurateur and a car-wash mogul. But what he d really like to be is an NBA coach. So why six years after he retired from the league has the former Raptors forward 8211 who made a name for his uncanny grasp of the game s defensive intricacies 8211 never counted himself a member of an NBA coaching staff quot Teams don t want to pay quot Oakley was saying in the lead-up to his appearance Wednesday ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T08:58 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/larry-bird-i-hope-lebron-james-stays-with-cleveland-cavaliers-ar50833.html 2009-11-5T08:55Not that he wants his former boss Donnie Walsh to fail at rebuilding the Knicks but Pacers president Larry Bird doesn t want to see LeBron James come to New York next summer. quot I hope he stays in Cleveland quot Bird said Monday. quot He s from Ohio and he means so much to that team and that state. I used to love to go and play in Cleveland because they love the game. And I like to see the great players stay in the cities and with the teams that drafted them. It means so much for ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T08:55 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-news/ron-artest-i-lost-20-million-by-giving-up-bird-rights-ar50832.html 2009-11-5T08:548220 I ve been blessed to get paid to play basketball 8221 Artest said. 8220 But 1 percent tells me I wish I could have been somewhere else so I could have exercised my Bird rights. It hurt me a lot but I still managed to get a good contract 8212 maybe 20 million off 8212 but God is good and he s still taking care of my family so everything is OK. 8221 Artest he signed a reported five-year deal with Los Angeles for 33 million which is far lower than the Rockets could have offered him. But the ...Hoopsvibe.com - 2009-11-5T08:54 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/flagrant-foul/revisited-is-rajon-rondo-a-top-5-nba-point-guard-ar50831.html 2009-11-4T06:18Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics has inked a deal for 5 years making him about 55 million richer. Congratulations Rondo. He earned it. Many people outside of Boston are questioning whether Rondo rsquo s play is worth this much. The general tone from basketball junkies is that the Celtics overpaid and locked him up for too many years. Rondo fans theorize that if he waited until the offseason then a bigger payday would have been within reach. Regardless of either stance Rondo got his. ...Hoopsvibe.com - John Nguyen2009-11-4T06:18 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/overdribbling/me-myself-and-iverson-ar50830.html 2009-11-3T15:14Allen Iverson only has one game under his belt so far this season but he s already causing problems by complaining about his role as a sub. Sadly this his new beginning in Memphis may be the beginning of the end of his illustrious career.Hoopsvibe.com - Christopher Sells2009-11-3T09:08 text/html en Hoopsvibe.com