Jason Williams is leaving the basketball court after ten years of play. This announcement of retirement comes just after Williams signed with the Los Angeles clippers. Williams’ NBA career spans with Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, and the short and recent Los Angeles Clippers. As far as point per game, Williams averages the number in the low to mid teens; varying depending with what team he was playing. 

Brandon Jennings will be playing and spending a year abroad in Europe. Jennings will be playing for Virtus Roma, an Italian league basketball team. Instead of going off to college, Jennings will be playing a year of basketball in Europe. Jennings is learning to make adjust both on and off the court. For one, he will have to immerse himself in the foreign culture. Secondly, he will be playing full time in the European league. This is Jennings non-traditional route to get drafted by the NBA.

This is the time of the year when basketball teams are choosing and picking up new talent. NBA teams are doing this with the hope that their choices will lead them to the championship game. Fans are hoping for this too. Sometimes the players that look the most promising fail to deliver; sometimes not. It really is a toss up. But it’s fun to watch and track teams with the most promising draft picks and to see if they live up to their expectations.

Basketball season will be upon us in no time. So it is time to prepare for the upcoming season as fan. You’ve been following you favorite team in the preparation stage, so that come game time, your team will be able to beat the competition without breaking a sweat. All the teams are trying to pick up new players as well as score the best trades. Prepare yourself for an exciting season of NBA action!

The New York Knicks are back and better than ever.  Their pre-season, regular season, and post season schedules have been posted. The pre-season is as follows: October 8th @ Toronto 7 PM, October 10th @ Philadelphia 7 PM, October 14th vs. Philadelphia 7:30 PM, October 17th @ Boston 7:30 PM, October 20th @ New Jersey 7:30 PM, October 21st vs. Boston 7:30 PM, October 24th vs. New Jersey 7:30 PM, October 29th vs. Miami 7:30 PM, October 31st @ Philadelphia 7:00 PM.