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Al Horford has always been among the best passing bigs in the NBA. But he’s taken it to a whole new level this season, his first with the Boston Celtics. While Horford’s scoring and usage are down from last year, his assist percentage has skyrocketed to 24. 2, more than seven point’s higher than his [...]

Fourteen games remain on the Chicago Bulls’ schedule, and it’s fair to wonder whether Dwyane Wade will be available for any of them. The 35-year-old suffered a right shoulder injury during the second half of the Chicago Bulls’ Wednesday night loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. He exited the game midway through the fourth and didn’t [...]

Gentlemen start your engines, the race to the bottom of the NBA standings is in full gear. Reports coming out of Phoenix Wednesday night indicate that Eric Bledsoe could be shut down for the remainder of the season. [tweet https://twitter.com/azcsports/status/842263519810723840] It wasn’t announced until five minutes before game time Wednesday night that Bledsoe would not [...]

What originally was thought to potentially be a huge blow to the San Antonio Spurs title aspirations and shot at a No. 1 seed in the western conference, thankfully has only proven to be a brief concern. Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge has been cleared by team doctors for his heart arrhythmia, which caused the star [...]

We know Deron Williams wants to finish his NBA career with the Utah Jazz. Why not, right? They’re good again. Utah is where he was good. Getting back to your roots can be a fulfilling experience, particularly when, at 32 going on 33, you’re nearing the end of your professional shelf life. It helps, too, that Williams [...]

On Tuesday night, the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers, while the Detroit Pistons lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Naturally, the ‘Bockers are back to talking about their playoff push, right? Actually, no. Head coach Jeff Hornacek conceded afterward that making the postseason is, at this stage, an unrealistic goal, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: Hornacek [...]

Any team that has soon-to-be free agents with undefined market values better beware the Brooklyn Nets. They have mountains of cap space, plus the incentive to overpay fringe stars both in the short and long term as they schlepp their way through an extensive rebuild. The assumption has always been they would throw max offers at [...]

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 [...]