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Stephen Jackson had a 14 year NBA career and was best known as a Golden State Warrior and a valued role player for a San Antonio Spurs that won the NBA title in 2003. He now has a role at ESPN and is succeeding in his post playing days as well. Besides being suspended 30 [...]

As you may (or may not) know, the rules and stipulations around the creation of the NBA All-Star teams changed this off-season. Instead of the teams being separated by conference affiliation, they will be chosen by the leading vote getter from each conference who will serve as a team captain. Each captain will have a [...]

After the major blockbuster trade went down between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics this summer, in which the Celtics dealt their fan favorite and All-NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas before having to sign him to a huge contract next summer, there was understandably a rift between Thomas, Danny Ainge and the Celtics front office. [...]

With the departure of Carmelo Anthony this off-season, the New York Knicks officially became Kristaps Porzingis’s team. Porzingis has handled that pressure well, posting a career-high in points per game at 23.8 and keeping the Knicks on the edge of the playoff picture at 18-20. Dealing with being “the guy” and recurring elbow and ankle [...]

More and more keeps trickling out about the most controversial off-season in quite some time in which a team that was coming off an NBA Finals appearance and a year removed from an NBA title, traded their 25-year-old star point guard and dealt with rumors all summer that the best player in the league would [...]

ESPN’s veteran reporter Jackie MacMullen unveiled a long form piece on Wednesday about Kyrie Irving’s journey as a player thus far in his NBA career, his controversial exit in Cleveland and his motivations and goals in Boston. As you can guess the most interesting and topical portion of the piece (especially with the Cavaliers and [...]

The struggling Lakers will be receiving some reinforcements quickly. In what will be a pleasant surprise for Lakers fans, the greatest player in NBA history, Lonzo Ball (sorry LaVar typed that for me) and starting center Brook Lopez have been cleared to return to practice. [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/948312934979010566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] You can say what you want about Ball, [...]

As we have become accustomed to for more than a decade now, the Sacramento Kings are not very good. Despite having three 1st round picks in 2017 and signing numerous veterans, George Hill, Zach Randolph and Vince Carter, the Kings are still sitting at 12-25 and are last in the NBA in offensive and defensive [...]

Isaiah Thomas looked like he didn’t miss a beat in his return to the court on Tuesday night and his debut as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He looked like he had his quickness and touch and was definitely not lacking any confidence or agressiveness as Thomas scored 17 points points on 6-for-12 shooting [...]

Gregg Popovich’s run as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs has been as great as any run a coach has had with any professional sports team ever. He has been with the team in a front office capacity since 1994 and took over as head coach 18 games into the 1996-97 season. He has [...]