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My how the center position has changed in the NBA in the last few years. What was once like seeing a solar eclipse, an NBA center shooting a three-pointer, is now encouraged, expected and in some cases demanded by many teams of their centers across the NBA. I am not exactly sure when the trend [...]

The much-anticipated NBA playoffs are all set to kick off on Saturday, April 15th. Even though the regular season is about to conclude on April 12, there is still a significant amount of movement. For example, the Cleveland Cavaliers may not come into the playoffs as the top seed from the East. Even then, they [...]

Thus far the title defense of the Cavaliers during the 2016-17 season has been a rocky road with a lot of highs and seemingly just as many lows. There were times when Kevin Love was playing his best basketball since becoming a Cavalier and LeBron was playing at another level for him, and there were [...]

The 2016-17 season has truly been Russell Westbrook’s masterpiece. He is still only 28 and this is only his first season as the alpha dog for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He has plenty more success in front of him, one would assume, but he will never recapture the magic or the wonder and bewilderment of [...]

As you may have noticed, the increased occurrences of NBA teams resting players has become a very buzz-worthy topic of conversation in recent weeks. It has been discussed by every sports talk show and seemingly every former player wants to chime in with their two cents. Because of this and the fact that the NBA’s [...]

For those who don’t remember the circumstances surrounding and leading into the trade that landed the San Antonio Spurs the No. 15 pick of the 2011 NBA Draft where they selected current MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard, the headline of this story may be perplexing. Why would Coach Pop have said the decision to trade up [...]

Jimmy Butler is pumped for Dwyane Wade to make his return to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. But should he be? Butler, for his part, doesn’t appear to be equivocating. As he said after the Bulls’ Thursday night win over the Philadelphia 76ers, per CSN Chicago’s Vince Goodwill: [tweet [...]

The New York Knicks are scheduled for an early offseason vacation, and Kristaps Porzingis’ getaway might begin earlier than that. The 7’3″ skyscraper is dealing with back spasms that have kept him out of the Knicks’ last two games. And following the team’s Thursday night loss to the Washington Wizards, head coach Jeff Hornacek intimated that [...]

The legend of Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons is growing. Literally. Listed at 6’10”, the point forward is apparently even taller now. Best of all, this news comes via World B. Free. Yes, him. Here’s SB Nation’s Kyle Neubeck with the deets: World B. Free was recently honored by the Cleveland Cavaliers during a game against [...]

So much for the NBA’s second epic salary-cap spike. When projections for the 2017-18 cap first came out, people were shocked at how low they were. All season, they’ve hovered around $102 to $103 million, less than $10 million above this year’s ceiling. Make no mistake, it’s still a sizable increase. But many were expecting [...]