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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 [...]

Already sporting one of the best names in professional sports, Mavericks point guard Yogi Ferrell has burst onto the NBA scene the past few months, quickly asserting himself as a fixture for the team moving forward and currently implanting himself as a starter for the remainder of the season. Pretty incredible for a guy who [...]

Well for all of you that were mentally and emotionally preparing yourself for the final month and a half of getting to watch the greatest European basketball player in NBA history lumber around a court with his beautiful golden locks and hit off-balance, one-legged jumpers at will, you can exhale, it appears as though Dirk [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are loaded with elite marksman who can catch fire and rain a bevy of trey bombs down on helpless opponents on a given night. Kyle Korver, Channing Frye and Kyrie Irving are some of the best three-point shooters in the NBA and guys like James Jones, LeBron James and new edition Deron [...]

Joel Embiid has already wrapped his “third” season in the NBA, with all of 31 appearances to his name. The Philadelphia 76ers shut him down for the rest of this year due to swelling in his knee, bringing a gut-wrenching end to one of the most promising “rookie” campaigns in league history. Now’s not a [...]

Even though the Portland Trail Blazers are 10 games under .500, the notion of tanking remains a foreign one. That record is good enough for ninth place in the Western Conference, a mere 2.5 games behind the eighth-place Denver Nuggets. Sure, the Blazers win a first-round date and exit against the Golden State Warriors or [...]

Remember how so many complained about LeBron James’ open distaste for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ “top-heavy” roster? And how many more assume the team, specifically general manager David Griffin, would be unhappy with his demeanor? About that: The Cavaliers are actually happy LeBron said what he said, even if they weren’t thrilled in the moment, according [...]