By Paul M. Banks Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net When Kalin Lucas went down, Michigan St. lost their best player and floor general. His replacement Korie Lucious, a 5-10 sophomore point guard from Milwaukee, did an admirable job in his place.

Paul M. Banks, Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net, has an exclusive with NFL Network analyst/former San Francisco 49ers Coach Steve Mariucci in the Michigan St. locker room. Iron Mountain, Michigan is a unique place. Rarely, does a small town like this produce two individuals who achieve such a high level of success in the such [...]

Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net Paul M. Banks has an exclusive with Ohio State’s Mark Titus, founder and author of the enormously popular “Club Trillion: Life views from the end of the bench” blog. Ohio State walk-on Mark Titus created his own blog, “Club Trillion”, whose name refers to his stats in most games: 1 [...]

So, 2010 is finally here.  For most people, its just another year, but for NBA fans its been a longtime coming.  This summer the most heralded class of free agents since 2000 (which featured Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, and Tracy McGrady) will be coming onto the market.  A lot of teams have been jockeying for [...]

With the NBA trade deadline looming and the momentum seemingly trending toward a few more before February 19th, here’s some interesting basketball links regarding upcoming trades and 2010 free agents. Funny that the Rockets wouldn’t want John Salmons or Kirk Hinrich’s contracts when the Bulls don’t really care for them either. Sounds like we’ll hear [...]

The news broke on Friday afternoon that Tyrus Thomas had been suspended for Friday night’s game and fined an unspecified amount for conduct detrimental to the team.  The initial reports from the Tribune and other sports sites did not elaborate on the conduct but one could guess that it had to do with his lack [...]

I have no idea what the plan is here.  They are playing it off as a service to the community, but obviously this bank in Oswego, Illinois is evil, as all banks are.  Whatever their secret evil motive is, I’m buying it.  I mean who wouldn’t want to make a deposit and then have a [...]

The legend of Michael Jordan starts way back on his dirt driveway.  Back then he was getting spanked by his older, bigger, brother almost everyday on their dirt court.  His brother, Larry, is as much a part of the legend of MJ as anything else.  It’s hard to picture Michael getting beaten consistently (or at [...]

Excuse me if I don’t cover much of the first three quarters of this game, but  I was spending time with my grandmother who is extremely ill. Thus, most of my impressions from the first three quarters were based on what the radio team was telling me on the drive back into the city. Without [...]

After what seems like an eternity, the Chicago Bulls will finally be sending someone to the 2010 All-Star game in Dallas!!  Yahoo Sports reports: Point guards Deron Williams of Utah, Chicago’s Derrick Rose and Boston’s Rajon Rondo will make their All-Star Game debuts next month in Dallas, sources said Thursday. Williams, Rondo and Rose top [...]

Elephants playing basketball?  Yeah its real.  And it’s hilarious.  Apparently Thai zoos are training its elephants to play basketball “for their health“.  Seems more likely it is to sell tickets to their zoos, but either way this is hilarious.  If its not good enough for you, feel free to search for “elephants playing basketball” on [...]

I don’t know if its just me, but doesn’t it seem like Scottie Pippen keeps showing up everywhere.  I mean when you are looking for something you generally find it, and my love for Scottie has me keeping my eyes open for mentions of him.  I’m not sure if that’s it though, because he really [...]

Here we are in 2010.  Tyrus Thomas has shown flashes of greatness and the ability to change a game, but has never found any level of consistency.  When Pax traded picks with Portland back in 2006 to draft Tyrus Thomas, everyone was really excited for this athletic, raw young talent with a ton of upside [...]

Nothing like former childhood idols of mine getting into mischief.  When Dennis Rodman skips out on a bill, or Michael Jordan is seen with some beautiful 25 year old girl, I’m not surprised.  This story is very very strange though.  Apparently Scottie Pippen was involved in some sort of a film with little people.  Well [...]

If you haven’t heard somehow, the big story in the NBA these days has little to do with basketball and everything to do with a good old-fashioned Mexican Standoff.  Apparently Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton got into some sort of argument about a gambling debt and guns were drawn in the locker room.  The details [...]