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The Minnesota Timberwolves have been riding the early wave of some surprising defensive work. Averaging 8 steals and 8.5 blocks per game, the Wolves have so far held opponents to 89 points per game (good for 4th in the league). They’ve also hit the boards pretty hard, collecting 45 rebounds per contest (7th in the [...]

In Wednesday’s match-up with the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers continued to show troubling signs. The Lakers once again had trouble holding on to the ball. Four Jazz starters collected a minimum of 2 steals, Al Jefferson leading the way with 4. For their part, LA didn’t communicate well enough to take advantage of [...]

When the trade sending James Harden to Houston went down, the NBA world started some preemptive reeling. Analysts all over saw the Thunder as considerably weaker. Some even changed their prediction for who would represent the Western Conference in the NBA finals. Off the court, there were also some reactions. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and essentially [...]

Adding on to the list of roster uncertainties for the Hawks is Jeff  Teague. As the early season deadline passed by, the combo guard out of Wake Forest became set to be a restricted free agent in the upcoming off season. This development further illuminates a plan by the Hawks’ front office (particularly general manager [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have started the season at a stumbling pace. It should be mentioned that the Princeton offense didn’t look so bad at first. unfortunately, “at first” was limited to just over half of a quarter. On their home opener against the Mavericks, the Lakers started the game off by putting Dallas in [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers opened their 2012-2013 season with some good news: their 2nd year point guard, and best player, was going to be able to start the game. Though Irving’s status wasn’t quite in question, it was nice to see him healthy after an off season where the 2nd year guard broke his hand and [...]

Spurs Nation reported yesterday that Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili will not be traveling with the team for the season opener. Evidently, Ginobili’s back is still bothering him. According to head coach Gregg Popovich, Ginobili tried to take the court for one practice before the season started and “couldn’t do it.” The Spurs saw Ginobili [...]

Earlier today, I bumped into an interesting article by the Wall Street Journal’s Chris Herring. In it, Herring took a look at a specialized job that is now becoming more and more commonplace in the NBA: shooting coach. To Herring’s credit, he makes a mention of the several statistics that support this seemingly unnecessary job. [...]

It seems that basketball fans in China remember Tracy McGrady more for his legendary exploits as a member of the Orlando Magic and his first couple of years with the Rockets. McGrady just inked a new deal with the Qingdao Eagles of the CBA. Watch fans greet McGrady as he arrives at Qingdao airport. Evidently, [...]

When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Nicolas Batum to a four year deal worth nearly $50 million, the hope was that he would develop into a superstar this season. But is he ready? It’s a fair question, because while the 23-year-old continues to improve on a season-by-season basis, his averages of 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds [...]