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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: [tweet https://twitter.com/MrMichaelLee/status/841158496343191552] 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 [...]

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. [...]

If Joel Embiid isn’t going to win Rookie of the Year, he prefers it go to Philadelphia 76ers teammate Dario Saric. Actually, strike that. He believes the hardware should go to Saric no matter what, per Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press (via NBA.com): “He’s the rookie of the year,” Embiid emphatically said on CSN [...]

If the injury bugs have their way, we may never know how good this Utah Jazz team can be. Sure, they have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference, but they could be even better. They rank in the top five of the league in value lost to injuries this season, according to NBA Man [...]

Imagine being so oblivious that even when you’re so obviously wrong, you believe you’re right. This is where New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is at. According to the New York Daily News‘ Frank Isola, he doesn’t believe he’s failed as an executive; he simply believes the Knicks have underachieved: Can Jackson, a Hall of Fame coach, honestly [...]