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NBA superstars usually step-up on the court and deliver great performances in all their athletic glory. After the devastation of storm Haiyan in the Philippines, some of those superstars forgot about their stardom and went out of their way—either via twitter or other activities—to show support for the basketball-crazy country.

Struggling for form already to start the season, the Los Angeles Lakers will be missing Steve Nash because of the same injury he suffered last season. The 39-year-old Nash experienced back pains in the first quarter of their game versus the Minnesota Timberwolves last Saturday.

The first week of the 2013-14 NBA regular season was full of surprises, and the Western Conference as a whole showed the parity among the teams.

The Eastern Conference teams have shown that practically no one is unbeatable.

On Sunday, NBA launched its relief efforts for the victims of super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Gabrielle Union reportedly auditioned for the role of Olivia Pope in the TV show “Scandal” created by Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy"). Unfortunately, she was rejected in favor of another actress, Kerry Washington. Union candidly talks about it on the Dec. 2013 issue of ESSENCE Magazine. But, when it comes to boyfriend and NBA Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s alleged fight with Kevin Durant, she prefers to keep mum on the subject.

In this section, we’ll be monitoring Andrew Bogut’s production for the entire 2013-14 NBA Season. Can he stay healthy for the entire 82-game grind? Will he improve on his numbers from last season?

NBA Legend Michael Jordan is selling his 56,000 square foot mansion.

The Denver Nuggets are winless through three games in the 2013-14 NBA regular season. A match-up with the Atlanta Hawks, which have yet to win a game in Mile High City since 2006, could be a good opportunity to notch their first victory of the season.

Just a game after dropping 137 points, the Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t get anything going against the lowly Orlando Magic and suffered a 98-90 loss Wednesday Night. Playing in their first back-to-back games of the season, the Clippers look to bounce back against LeBron James and the rest of the Miami Heat, which are targeting their first three-game winning streak in 2013.

The Golden State Warriors visit the San Antonio Spurs in a meeting of the Western Conference's top teams.

Lebron James joined the list of NBA players to have scored double-digit points or more in 500 consecutive games.

Get ready for a good old western shootout when the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday night as the two teams aim for conference leadership early in the 2013-14 NBA regular season.

Lamar Odom celebrated his 34th birthday with Khloe Kardashian one day early.

The Toronto Raptors are off to a disappointing home loss to the Miami Heat. Meanwhile the Charlotte Bobcats are coming from an inspiring road win against New York Knicks.

A hacker has managed to have broken in the database system of CorporateCarOnline, as reported by Krebsonsecurity.com.

After a promising win versus the Denver Nuggets in their season opener, the Sacramento Kings have suffered back-to-back blowout losses to quality Western teams in their next two. On Tuesday, they'll face an Atlanta Hawks team which they haven't beaten in the last 11 games.

After back-to-back losses, the Miami Heat made sure they snap the losing skid by playing team ball in a win against the Washington Wizards. They’ll need more of the same when they visit the Toronto Raptors with Chris Bosh out of commission.

Walt Bellamy, the four-time All-Star and Hall of Fame center, has passed away at the age of 74, the Atlanta Hawks announced on Monday morning.

Khloe Kardashian has kept mum about the real score of her relationship with former Lakers player Lamar Odom.

Both the Memphis Grizzlies and Boston Celtics are off to slow starts in the 2013-14 NBA regular season. The latter is expected to go through some growing pains as they are in rebuilding mode but the struggle has been a surprise for the team from Memphis, who was one of the best teams in the league last season.

Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves are off to a fast start in the 2013-14 NBA regular season with three wins in a row. The same cannot be said of Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers who wants to avoid a third straight loss after winning their season opener.

A win is important for both teams to create separation between themselves and the rest of the conference.

Just when everyone thought that Lamar Odom was finally going on the right path, a not-so-good news about the former Lakers star surfaces on the Internet.

NBA superstar Tony Parker is going to be a father soon. Parker, who currently plays point guard for the NBA team San Antonio Spurs, announced the good news on Twitter on Thursday.

Gabrielle Union celebrated her 41st birthday on Oct. 29.

The last time the Miami Heat went under the 0.500 win-loss record was way back in the 2010-11 season. The defending champions are 1-2 so far through three games and a match-up with the winless Washington Wizards might get them back on track to start the 2013-14 NBA regular season.

David Ferrer crashed what would have been another #1 vs #2 party setting up an improbable final at the 2013 BNP Paribas Masters at the Palais Omnisports of Bercy in Paris, France.

The Toronto Raptors took care of the boards and business against the lowly Boston Celtics in their NBA season debut. They need to do more of the same when they visit the Hawks Friday night at the Philips Arena in Atlanta.