Last Saturday, I linked to an article from Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune. Siler talked about the NBA preseason and "proposed having the NBA gather all its Western Conference teams in Las Vegas and Eastern Conference teams in...

Allen Iverson is now two games into his second stint in Philadelphia. Small sample size, of course. But so far, he’s appeared to have had zero effect at the box office: as the Sporting Blog notes, in Iverson’s second game, there were fewer fans in the...

Chris Paul, who’s second in assists, and first among point guards in true shooting percentage, is fourth in Western Conference guard balloting, according to the NBA’s official press release. Tracy McGrady, who hasn’t played in an NBA game since...

The figures and some stark perspective from CBS Sports’ Ken Berger: Net gate receipts, the money teams make from ticket sales, fell to an average of $828,985 per game, down from $894,823 at the same point last season. Only nine teams were up or flat...

Britt Robson of SI.com: “Perkins’ mettle in the low block was validated by his yeoman effort in rooting Dwight Howard out of his favorite spots in last year’s Celtics-Magic series in the second round of the playoffs. Unlike most players, Perkins...

Jason Fleming of HOOPSWORLD:  “Last year the Eastern Conference was able to feast on a number of very weak teams at the bottom of the Western Conference standings – as did the West, leading them to be very top-heavy record-wise. This year the East...