Manu Ginóbili hopes to play in World Championships

Argentina ’s basketball icon Manu Ginóbili is back to full fitness and playing a pivotal role for the play-off chasing San Antonio Spurs. ( Talk Argentina Basketball in our forum ) Injuries have hindered him in international competition in recent years but his performances of late with the Spurs have fuelled hopes that he will play for his country at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey

Grizzlies Owner On Rudy Gay: “I feel we’re going to sign him.”

After the Grizzlies destroyed the Celtics last night, it’s safe to say that no one thought it was going to be this way.

Hungry Grizzlies Attack in Boston

Too old. Too slow. By now it sounds like a recording for the Boston Celtics, but there’s a new problem beginning to surface that may be the real reason why this team is looking like a fake contender.

Stopping the Unstoppable: How do you guard Kobe and D-Wade?

Watching Kobe Bryant plunge another spear into the heart of another seemingly helpless opponent the other night, what struck me most wasn’t the degree of difficulty on Kobe’s Jordan-esque corner fadeaway, nor the sunken shoulders of the Toronto Raptors the moment the ball touched the net — even though they technically still had a shot

Where does Chauncey rank among the greatest NBA point guards?

Minutes before the Nuggets and Timberwolves tipped off this evening, one of Minnesota’s announcers called Chauncey Billups “one of the best (point guards) that’s ever played the game.” I’ll have to qualify that by noting this is the same announce crew that was getting all over Jonny Flynn the other night for allegedly not passing the

Today’s Best NBA Tweets (3.10): Matt Barnes Goes Off on Lamar Odom

We spend a ton of time on Twitter every day. We have to, it’s the fastest way to get breaking NBA news and information and to connect with our readers, basketball fans and other basketball outlets

NBA Hit List Power Ranking, 3.10

Ranking the NBA from worst to first… 30.

Brazil: Inspired by Kobe, Machado scores record 63 points

Flamengo’s Marcelo Machado is used to scoring explosions once in a while, but last Sunday he took it one step forward. ( Talk Marcelo Machado and Brazilian Basketball ) The 34-year-old scored an all-time record of 63 points, pulverizing the previous mark set by legendary Brazil ian Óscar Schmidt in 1999 with 59.

Kobe hits another game-winner; Finley debuts with Boston

After three quarters of feeding the post and flexing their size advantage, the Lakers went back to their bread and butter when things got tense against Toronto: Give it to Kobe Bryant and vacate the premises … Midway through the fourth, L.A.

Best (and Worst) NBA nicknames according to Dime readers

Last week we asked the Dime faithful for your favorite and least-favorite NBA nicknames. Reader Chaos best summed up ours and everyone else’s general feeling: “We need to start giving players real nicknames man

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• Where does Chauncey rank among the greatest NBA point guards?
• Today’s Best NBA Tweets (3.10): Matt Barnes Goes Off on Lamar Odom
• NBA Hit List Power Ranking, 3.10
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