Reggie Evans made a name for himself by being an underdog who made it to the NBA. He redefined that name by becoming known as the league’s most notorious flopper. With two fines for the egregious act already against him this season, Evans is quickly establishing a benchmark for most annoying player in the Association.

As the first-overall selection in this past summer’s NBA Draft, there are a lot of expectations on Anthony Davis. He started his rookie season strong, but has already been derailed by an injury. While he’s poised to come back as early as next week, he may want to take it easy. Doug Freeman explains the nature of the stress reaction on Davis’s ankle.

Vince Carter recently let it be known that he would like to finish his career where it started – with the Toronto Raptors. While it may be a nice personal goal, does he fit in with the defensively-deficient Canadian squad? Carter has been known to not give his all during games, and if there’s one thing Toronto needs on the court, it’s a player who’s capable of pushing his limits each and every night.

From realism to ridiculousness, basketball games have had some of the most diverse styles among any sports game. Some games were amazing, keeping the controller glued to your hand for weeks, while others were so bad that playing them at all took years off your life. Which are the greatest of all time? Which are the worst? PJ Carr lets you know.

Despite struggles with weather, the Carrier Classic is too much of a boost to revenues and reputation to be cancelled, which is why the NCAA has scheduled even more of these games for 2012. But is it time for these games to move indoors?

In today’s NBA landscape, social media is king. Knowing how to brand yourself on Twitter and Facebook can make your appeal to the fans skyrocket, which is why the Association has decided to award players who are savvy enough to do so. These awards are highly competitive, which makes watching the races and predictions even more exciting that those boring old MVP and Rookie of the Year awards.

When David Stern announced that he would retire as NBA Commissioner in 2014, he caught many off guard. It seems like he’s been the man in charge forever, and envisioning a world without Stern is tough to do. Who will succeed him? What will the NBA look like? What will Stern’s legacy be? One thing’s for sure: nobody will ever truly replace David Stern.

As fans of any major sport, we all have favorite players growing up. There are those we naturally root for and others we choose to root for – it could be for any reason – their talent, their grittiness, their attitude. A player might just happen to be one of the best players on your favorite teams or perhaps they played for the college you once attended. Sometimes they’re the best in the league and many times they’re not. For Daniel Hanna, that’s Kirk Hinrich.

For years, the so-called “rivalry” between the two Los Angeles-based teams in the NBA, the Lakers and the Clippers, was little more than a David and Goliath scenario. But with the summer of 2011, all that changed as the Clippers seriously upgraded their roster. The Lakers responded in kind in 2012 and now, the battle for the Staples Center looks like it could be hotter – and more exciting – than ever.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had some trouble in recent seasons, but it appears that a change is on the horizon. With the likes of Ricky Rubio, Nikola Pekovic, Andrei Kirilenko and Alexey Shved all on the team, the T’Wolves have a dangerous combination of imports that can play numerous styles. But it may be the young Shved who becomes the biggest contributor of all.