The proposed Carmelo Anthony blockbuster
has been close for some time and if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, it's
looks like the three-time All-Star will have a new home in the Garden State by
next week.

The Detroit Pistons look to get back in the win column when
they take on the New Jersey Nets tonight at the Prudential Center.

The New Jersey Nets officially became the
Brooklyn Nets back on April 30.

LeBron James' incredible shooting run
continued last night and it put him in the NBA record books.

LeBron James gets cheers in almost every city that holds an
NBA team. If there's one exception to the admiration of James it would be the
city of Cleveland.

What if the Miami Heat kept on winning?

Orlando will attempt to finish up a four-game road trip in
perfect fashion on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day when it visits historic
Madison Square Garden to take on a Knicks team that could be without star
forward Carmelo Anthony.

Old friends meet on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in D.C.
when Kevin McHale leads his Houston Rockets into the nation's capital to face
off with Flip Saunders and the Washington Wizards.

The New York Knicks attempt to avoid dropping their fourth
straight game when they entertain the Phoenix Suns tonight in the second
portion of a four-game homestand from Madison Square Garden.

To most NBA fans, Miami is the big time.

Forty years after injustice in Munich and 20 years after
the Dream Team spiked interest in basketball worldwide, the United States
Men's National Team is again draped in gold.

Two and counting...

With the New York Knicks mired in a five-
game losing streak and playing without their second-leading scorer, Carmelo
Anthony decided to take matters into his own hands.

Don't look now, but the NBA regular
season begins one week from Tuesday.