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Dirk Nowitzki cares not for Father Time’s undefeated record. On Tuesday night, with the Dallas Mavericks hosting the Los Angeles Lakers, the 38-year-old found himself 20 points shy of joining the 30,000-point club. Not only did he score 25 points, but he came out of the gate on fire, hitting his first six shots while dropping [...]

Has an MVP talent ever flown under the radar quite like Kawhi Leonard? Yes, he’s the reigning two-time Defensive Player of the Year. And sure, it was him who finished as a runner-up in MVP voting last season, to Stephen Curry, who had just wrapped up one of the best individual campaigns the NBA has [...]

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are considered the two greatest rivals in NBA history, from their classic showdown in the final of the 1979 NCAA Tournament as members of Indiana State and Michigan State respectively, to their east coast, west coast rivalry that overtook the NBA in the 1980s and resurrected the league from a [...]

How close were the Indiana Pacers to moving Paul George at February’s trade deadline? Not very. At least not to the Los Angeles Lakers. From the Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli: Bird planned to call Johnson after the NBA trade deadline, just to congratulate his old friend on becoming the Lakers’ president of basketball operations. It’s [...]

It’s been one helluva year for Jared Sullinger, and not in a good way. First, while everyone and their second cousin were landing massive deals last summer, Sullinger resorted to signing a one-year pact with the Toronto Raptors, hoping to drive up his value enough to make a splash in 2017 free agency. But then [...]

There are 30 seconds remaining in a tight battle between two of the best teams in the western conference Monday night, one MVP candidate crosses over, pulls up, and nails a huge three-pointer in the grill of another MVP candidate to give his team a 110-108 lead with 25.4 seconds. That’s 37 points for the [...]

The hits just keep on coming for the Boston Celtics. They were at full strength for a hot minute, and then came Al Horford’s sprained elbow during a Friday night win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Boston still holds the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. And naturally, it’s tempting to think about where the [...]

Mark Cuban is back to belittling Russell Westbrook. Maybe. The Dallas Mavericks owner said the point guard wasn’t a superstar last May, and now, apparently, he doesn’t believe Westbrook is in the mix for league MVP, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/838544941915631617] If Cuban’s sentiment is that Westbrook isn’t as valuable as James Harden and [...]

Jamal Crawford is forever. The soon-to-be 37-year-old is in his 17th NBA season, and he has no plans of retiring anytime soon, per the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson: Crawford will turn 37 in two weeks. But get this: The ageless wonder said he wants to play three or four more seasons. “When you love the game, [...]

If you’re looking for a silver lining amid the New York Knicks’ crummy season, head coach Jeff Hornacek kind of has one. You know, maybe. Following practice on Saturday, Hornacek made it clear team president Phil Jackson has not asked him to run the triangle all the time, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: Jeff Hornacek says Phil [...]