Basketball Gifts

Do you need to buy a gift for a basketball enthusiast? If you know who their favorite teams or players are, you definitely have some options. A t-shirt or sweatshirt showing their favorite player or team is an excellent choice. Tickets to a basketball game is also a very thoughtful gift - the games can be too expensive to attend very often. When buying game tickets, it's a nice touch to use some care in buying the tickets - in basketball there are 41 home games for each teams, and some games are more attractive than others. Try to buy tickets that have some meaning to the fan. If you have no idea what games might be good, here are some guidelines to follow:

1. If the fan has moved, tickets for the team where he's from is a great choice (for instance, if he recently moved from Seattle to Los Angeles, try and get tickets for the Los Angeles Lakers playing the Seattle Sonics.)
2. There are "high profile" Basketball teams that everyone likes to see, whether they love them or hate them. Teams in this category include the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers.
3. Weekend games are usually the best choice, if possible.

If you follow those rules, tickets will be a great basketball gift.

Basketball fans love to read about their sport as much as possible. Out favorite magazine for basketball lovers (and sports in general) is The Sporting News. It's a weekly magazine full of great information, and is more timely than the other choices out there (Sports Illustrated, etc.) There are several great books and videos out about basketball, too. We've listed the best choices below, but you really can't go wrong with any choices.