When you think of Dennis Rodman you probably picture the tattooed rebounding machine that loved to party and self promote. He’s still pretty much the same. I don’t know how many boards he could grab at 48 but Dennis is still partying like he’s 28. You know he’s serious because he hooked up with A List Entertainment to video his hipness. Read the full story

It’s been five years since The Malice at the Palace when Ron Artest charged the stands after having a beer thrown on him by Pistons fan John Green. The reaction cost Artest the remaining 73 regular season games, the playoffs, and nearly $7 million. On the flip-side he’s known for setting off the greatest/worst NBA brawl. Read the full story

Saying Allen Iverson’s 2008-09 season was a bad one falls short of explaining how many things went wrong for A.I. He got traded, hurt, and exiled. He had to watch his former team make it to the Western Conference finals while taking the blame for his new squad’s failures. Read the full story

The Detroit Pistons got the NBA’s free agency period started by signing former UConn ballers Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Detroit takes Ben Gordon away from the Bulls with a five-year $55 million deal, and CV31 left Milwaukee for either $35 or $40 million over five years. Read the full story

They say good news travels fast, but it’s the bad news that moves quickly. People can’t wait to pass along the latest “Did you hear about…?”. The worst part about that kind of gossip is when the information is wrong.

An example of bad news (in both senses) is Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reporting on the Pistons Blog that Allen Iverson had been banned from the MGM and Greektown casinos in downtown Detroit. It was on Detroit News.. Of course I bought it.. Read the full story

• Allen Iverson shorted a cab driver four dollars after gambling at a Minnesota casino

Allen Iverson of the Detroit Pistons and some of his boys (including Rasheed Wallace) had a great time at the Shakopee’s Canterbury Card Club a few days ago. Sheed didn’t gamble but Iverson reportedly had a tough night on the tables although he probably isn’t hurting considering he had a reported 50k on him. That’s why a story about him failing to pay the full $54 for a cab comes as a little bit of a shock. Read the full story

I gotta jump and bump The Hoop Doctors for hooking up this video of Kendrick Perkins slamming Jason Maxiell to the ground. Perkins was whistled for a flagrant foul and ejected from the game.

Read the full story