The other day, Ray Allen caught his son under the table eating M&M candies. Not a big deal for most 21-month-olds, but Walker Allen has diabetes.

Remember that Darius Miles with impressive court speed, those highlight-reel dunks, that wide array of basketball talent and lots of fun energy who once shared the Sports Illustrated cover with Kevin Garnett?

To most NBA players, a gym is a gym, even if built by one of the country's foremost architects. And a mansion is, well, a mansion.

When the Celtics open their preseason schedule against Philadelphia in Amherst, Mass., next Wednesday, the starting center could be Patrick O'Bryant , filling the role until Kendrick Perkins (shoulder) returns.

The Knicks’ new coach, Mike D’Aantoni, and the sprint-sprint-shoot style that he made famous in Phoenix are the source of the team’s new optimism.