Carmelo Anthony
The Brooklyn Nets might be close to pulling the trigger on some big trades, including one that made the Atlanta Hawks competitive for years.
Some of the biggest names in basketball made some of the best plays of this past week in NBA action.
There has always been bad blood between the New York Knicks (25-14) and the Boston Celtics (20-21), but after the confrontation between their 2013 NBA All-Star Starters, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett earlier this month, it should make Thursday night interesting when the Knicks visit Boston.
The votes are in, and Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Chris Paul will lead the West while LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett will headline for the East when the 62nd NBA All-Star Game comes to Houston on Feb. 17.
Houston, start the countdown. The best of the best among this season's NBA roster will be revealed tonight when the NBA 2013 All-Star Game starting lineups are announced at 7 p.m. on TNT.
The coming week is going to be loaded with NBA action and match-ups to watch.
The last time that the New York Knicks (21-10) faced the San Antonio Spurs (26-8) on Nov. 15, the Knicks rallied late in the fourth quarter to beat the Spurs on the road, 104-100, in one of their most impressive wins of the season.
With the New Year of 2013 kicking off, the NBA is looking hotter than ever.
Hard to believe that after such a smooth sailing start, the New York Knicks are starting to feel some waves rocking their once-steady boat.
From the rise of Linsanity to the coronation of King James to the US Olympic Basketball team winning gold, it was quite a year in the NBA in 2012.
Heading into the regular season, the hype over the Battle for the Big Apple in NBA hoops was all the buzz in the five boroughs of New York.
In the Battle for the Big Apple, the season series between the New York Knicks (18-6) and the Brooklyn Nets (13-11) is split at one win apiece for each of these crosstown rivals, and their new rivalry will take a new turn when the Brooklyn franchise visits Madison Square Garden for the first time ever tonight.
Jeremy Lin's back in town, while Carmelo Anthony sits out for tonight's big game as the man who created "Linsanity" in the Big Apple last season returns to New York tonight when the Rockets take on the Eastern Conference leading New York Knicks.
There are high profile games...and then there's the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the New York Knicks.
