Chinese shoe company Peak (匹克) must be very, very happy. It is the second year in a row that a NBA champion is wearing their shoes. Last year it was Ron Artest (whose trouble with his feet some blamed on Peak shoes) and Sasha Vujacic of the Los Angeles Lakers, this year it is veteran point-guard Jason Kidd of the NBA Championship-winning Dallas Mavericks. more ›

While we were wondering why neither ESPN Asia nor Star Sports on our satellite system was showing the Dallas Mavericks-Golden State Warriors game this morning, we noticed a clip on ESPN video that talked about NBA commissioner David Stern expressing interest in setting up a joint venture hoops league in China. We stopped going to Shanghai Sharks games a few years ago because the team didn't seem to care too much about its fans, so we think this has to be good news: more ›

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