Rasheed Wallace has some incredible stories to tell across his time on the infamous Portland Trail Blazers of the early 2000s and then the 2004 Pistons.
We are counting down five of the most bizarre Trail Blazer moments that many of us might have forgotten about or been too young to remember. 5. Vernon Maxwell punches a fan It was February 6, 1995, when Rockets’ shooting guard Vernon Maxwell, aka “Mad Max,” decided to take matters into his own hands.
Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players of all time. In fact, most fans and analysts have Kobe in their top 10 best players to ever play the game of basketball.
Milt Palacio, Darius Miles, and Ruben Patterson are accused of defrauding the NBA’s health care system. New York federal court documents unsealed today revealed 18 former NBA players were charged for allegedly defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan.
The players involved in the scam, and some of their relatives, submitted around $3.9 million in fraudulent claims and received $2.5 million in fraudulent payments.
Last year, the NBA started a hotline where players can call to talk about officiating, argue about fines and, if you’re James Harden, fall to the ground in pain whenever the phone vibrates.
The Big3 draft was this Sunday, and with the teams set in stone, everything just got a little bit more exciting. Ice Cube’s new basketball league features everything from hand-checking to a 4-point line (where is Antonie Walker when you need him?) and a few current and future hall of famers either playing or coaching.
Latrell Sprewell made headlines when he showed up sitting next to James Dolan at the Madison Square Garden. Now he’s making news on a different front as one of the latest to sign with Ice Cube’s BIG3 league set to kick off this summer.
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