"Dallas is just hopeless right now," an NBA scout told ESPN's Tim Bontemps this week. "There's just no scoring ability without Kyrie. There's just not enough talent with all these injuries." The Mavericks are 32-31 and 10th in the Western Conference.
Jennifer Hudson was hit in the face by a stray basketball at a New York Knicks NBA game, with her partner, rapper Common, attempting to deflect the ball with his hand.
A man pretending to represent a professional basketball player allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stolen Tiffany jewelry, according to court documents. Jaythan Gilder, 32,
The Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder hit the road to face the No. 4-seed Memphis Grizzlies in an important matchup for NBA Playoff positioning.