Quick, name the five highest paid players in the NBA. Three of the five shouldn’t surprise you: Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Tim Duncan. They’re franchise cornerstones, perennial All-Stars, MVPs and have 10 rings between the three of them. Kobe is The Black Mamba, dominating and intimidating all comers even as his heavy legs slow […]

Entering the 2008 NBA Draft, Roy Hibbert was every general manager’s dream: a defensive-minded big, a hard-nosed rebounder who could score when called upon, a high-character player with good mentality and a Georgetown pedigree to boot. While nobody expected Hibbert to be the next Patrick Ewing or Alonzo Mourning, the comparisons were there. But for […]

Trevor Booker knows all about struggles. During his formative years in rough and tumble Union, South Carolina he quickly learned that nothing comes easy. In those days as a prep he averaged 22 points, 16.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Union High Yellow Jackets, yet never won a state championship despite relatively thin competition […]