It’s officially NBA All-Star Weekend! The NBA will take a pause this weekend for All-Star festivities from the Chase Center in San Francisco. Among those events will be the celebrity game, Rising Stars game, skills competitions, and of course the NBA All-Star game.
Jeremy Lin was once among the best stories in the NBA when he played for the New York Knicks during the 2011-12 season. That year, he went on an incredible run that featured a 38-point performance against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Former IU basketball star Cody Zeller was traded to the Atlanta Hawks over the summer but never suited up for them. This week the Houston Rockets received a 2028 second-round pick from the Hawks in exchange for taking on the salary of Zeller.
The NBA instituted the three-point line during the 1979-80 season. How many of the league leaders in three-pointers made for every season since then can you name in five minutes?
NBA All-Star Weekend is going to look a little bit different in 2025 than it has in previous years. The Rising Stars Challenge is back in the same format, but this time, the winners of the four-team tournament will get to play in the actual NBA All-Star Game.
NBA fans and all New Yorkers fondly remember those few magical weeks in February 2012 when Jeremy Lin took the world by storm with his coming out party for the New York Knicks.
NBA players who sign 10-day contracts are usually expected to fill a team’s roster and fill in off the bench when needed. It’s quite rare to see them make any significant impact for a team.
Patrick Beverley took a different route to the NBA. Beverley quit college and went to play pro overseas before applying for the NBA Draft. He was selected in 2009 but continued to play outside the United States without offers.
In December 2014, the late Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant went on a furious rant in an especially ragged practice. Frustrated with how the Lakers began the season with a 6-16 record, the "Black Mamba" called out his teammates, saying, "Now I see why we've lost so many games.
During the 2011-12 NBA season, Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo emerged as the next star alongside the iconic trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.
The Nets only rookie and China’s only player in the NBA spoke with Chris Carrino about his hero, Kobe Bryant, and “teacher,” Jeremy Lin with whom he shared whiskey and dreams of the NBA.
Recently, the New York Knicks sent shockwaves throughout the NBA landscape when it was announced that they would be trading for Minnesota Timberwolves star big man Karl-Anthony Towns.
Derrick Rose stunned the NBA world on Thursday when he announced that he was retiring after 15 seasons. While Rose hasn't made an All-Star Game 12 years, he was still among the most popular players in the league.
The Nets signed four players Friday, three of them international, the biggest being Yongxi “Jacky” Cui, a 6’8” shooting guard from Guangdong, China who was given a two-way deal.
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. The New York Knicks were in Toronto on Valentine’s Day in 2012. In a tie game at 87 with the clock winding down.
Many of us New York fans remember the famed “Linsanity” run, as Knicks guard Jeremy Lin took over New York media for the better part of a month. Now, thanks
Jeremy Lin most recently played in the NBA during the 2018-19 season when he was a member of the Toronto Raptors. He finished that year with averages of 9.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per contest while shooting 44.0% from the field in 74 games (four starts).
Chinese Nets fans aren’t that different from those here. So, when word came that their favorite team had signed their favorite player, they celebrated on line.
The Linsanity that New York Knicks fans experienced in 2012 continues to prove prevalent in Taiwan. Over Labor Day weekend, former Knicks star Jeremy Lin announced that he'd return to work for the New Taipei Kings for the upcoming P.
Jeremy Lin most recently played in the NBA during the 2018-19 season when he was a member of the Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors. He finished the year with the Raptors, who won the NBA Championship over the Golden State Warriors.
At this stage of his career, Jeremy Lin has experienced nearly everything that basketball has to offer. From humble beginnings in the Bay Area to his insane ‘Linsanity’ run in New York to enduring career-altering injuries to winning a title with the Raptors in 2019, Lin had a lengthy and fruitful NBA career.
"Linsanity" took over Madison Square Garden a decade ago but Knicks fans will have to travel to Barclays Center, home of the crosstown rival Nets if they want to see a special screening of a documentary on Jeremy Lin's breakout 2012-13 season.
Lin also said he dealt with racism in the NBA and while playing collegiate basketball at Harvard.
The agreement needed to be cleared by the CBA, where Lin played the 2019-20 season, but the association didn't give him the clearance he needed by the Saturday deadline.
The Harvard product elected to play in China last season, averaging 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game for the Beijing Ducks, earning a Chinese Basketball Association All-Star appearance.
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