FINALLY… After a five-month lockout the NBA is back!!  NBA fans can watch five games slated to be on throughout the day.

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Complete list of NBA Players honored for their hard work during the 2011 season… Did your favorite player make the cut? [..]

Robert DeShaun “Tractor” Traylor who was born February 1, 1977 in Detroit, Michigan, died May 11, 2011 in his Carolina, Puerto Rico apartment. [..]

As if the Los Angeles Lakers blow out at the hand of the Dallas Mavericks wasn’t enough, it was the NBA’s front office turn to take a punch.

Lakers center, Andrew Bynum, was suspended by the league for the first five games of next season without pay and has been fined $25,000. [..]

The Los Angeles Lakers and Western Conference top seed San Antonio bounced back from disappointing playoff openers with game-two victories. [..]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom took home the first individual accolade of his career on Tuesday, winning the Kia Sixth Man Award. [..]

This is funny! I found this interesting… Earlier a fan tweeted NBA Star George Hill about an upcoming game they had against the Boston Celtics and Hill kindly took the time out of his day to reply… [..]

Shaquille O’Neal had a lot to say in a little time during a recent Q&A. Q: How much do you look forward to the opportunity to go up against guys like Dwight Howard or Andrew Bynum in the playoffs? A: Excuse me? Don’t ask me a question like that. Q: But that’s what people want to know. Those guys are playing so well and everyone wants to see if you can match up with them one-on-one. A: First of all, they won’t dare play me one-on-one, even at the tender age of 39. And you know what? Playin’ those teams, it ain’t gonna be about the [center] matchup, so I don’t really worry about that. [..]

This could be it because it would be hard to come back after a lockout,” Kidd told Yahoo! Sports. “I would probably move on and join the next chapter of what I would be doing in life. But I hope that isn’t the case where it just ended without having one more season.” [..]

I found this interesting…

After a loss to the Celtics Monday night, in a post interview, Carmelo Anthony  stated “We’re going to get it right, there’s no need to panic.” [..]