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While the Los Angeles Lakers, owners of the NBA’s second-worst record, are already projected to keep this year’s top-three protected first-round pick, they aren’t taking any chances. They’re shutting down both Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov for the rest of the year, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com: The Los Angeles Lakers have effectively shut [...]

Will we betting an encore of the Rajon Rondo and Chicago Bulls show next season? Definitely maybe. The Rondo experiment has failed miserably, just like many knew it would. He cramps spacing for a team that cannot shoot and has vacillated not only in and out of the starting lineup, but in and out of [...]

Vince Carter, at the age of 40, has experienced another late-career revival in Memphis. He is now a valuable contributor for the No. 6 seed in the western conference. Most would think making it to 40 and 19 seasons in the NBA that have included a hall of fame resume as one of the most [...]

Darko Milicic will always be nothing more than a punch line or a great trivia question as the player who was drafted in the 2003 NBA Draft between LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. After being drafted No.2 in 2003 by the Detroit Pistons and being expected to be the second coming of Dirk Nowitzki, Millic [...]

Timofey Mozgov was officially the first reported signing of the 2017 off-season and the first beneficiary of the huge salary cap increase and crazy amount of money teams had to spend. He was given a four-year, $64 million contract by the Los Angeles Lakers to presumably be their starting center and center for the near [...]

Since Jan. 17, the Miami Heat are an NBA-best 21-5. Correct: The Heat have been the best team in the NBA for more than one-quarter of the season. That is a real fact that is actually real. Net rating still likes the Golden State Warriors more during this span, according to NBA.com, but the Heat [...]

Dion Waiters is having a career revival in South Beach this season as a guy who went from being the No. 4 pick of the 2012 NBA Draft to being a journeyman who was unable to find a home or consistent role. Waiters is putting up career-highs across the board, including averaging 16.1 point per [...]

Whatever you do, don’t suggest to Patrick Beverley that James Harden doesn’t have the NBA’s MVP award on lock. Per The Vertical’s Michael Lee: The MVP debate has been diluted down to Russell Westbrook and Harden. LeBron James needs to be there, and Kawhi Leonard’s argument has picked up steam in recent weeks, but Harden and [...]

Even those who poke fun at Andre Roberson’s complete lack of shooting cannot deny he’s a terrific perimeter defender. He assumes the toughest assignments on a regular basis, and yet he seldom gets torched. Oklahoma City Thunder coach Billy Donovan doesn’t think we talk about this impact enough. In fact, he thinks Roberson belongs in [...]

Kristaps Porzingis is (finally) calling it like we’re seeing it: The New York Knicks are a bad basketball team. These weren’t his exact words following the Knicks’ despicable Sunday night loss to the Brooklyn Nets, but he was hinting at as much if you read between the lines, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Porzingis, the No. [...]