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Anthony Davis will be back to playing basketball for the New Orleans Pelicans soon. So long as you consider three to four months “soon.” Davis is guaranteed to miss the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans’ dumpster fire of a season after undergoing surgery on his left knee. He is also dealing with a torn [...]

LeBron James is no longer inoculated against criticism within the Cleveland Cavaliers’ organization. Since when? Since right now. According to Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon, both general manager David Griffin and head coach Tyronn Lue talk to LeBron about his recent behavior, which includes fraternizing with Dwyane Wade during the Cavaliers’ blowout loss to the Miami Heat, [...]

Stephen Curry who? That’s what the (totally made-up) tattoo on San Antonio Spurs sophomore Kyle Anderson’s neck reads. Or something. See, while Curry is the overwhelming favorite to win his second consecutive MVP award, Anderson thinks the honor should actually go to Kawhi Leonard (h/t HoopsHype): Good win tonight. always fun to watch/be apart of! [...]

Tobias Harris doesn’t hold grudges. Especially when he doesn’t have much reason to hold a grudge. The Orlando Magic traded Harris to the Detroit Pistons ahead of the trade deadline, just months after signing him to a four-year, $64 million. Though that very financial commitment implied the Magic were investing in him for the long [...]

History is not destined to repeat itself in the NBA. Not this time. Or so it seems. Plenty of people have been worried about there being a potential NBA lockout in 2017, when both the owners and players have the right to opt out of their current. Commissioner Adam Silver, though, doesn’t think that’s going [...]

Kyle Lowry belongs in the NBA’s MVP conversation, according to Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey. Casey reasoning? He’s no fool. Per MassLive.com’s Jay King: [tweet https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/712764403381305345] Let’s not mince any words here: This is awesome. The Raptors are so goddamn fun, it’s contagious. You can’t help but root for them to get out of the [...]

While everybody else has focused on the Warriors historical pursuit, potential drama in “The Land” and the shortcomings of the Thunder, Clippers and Rockets, the Hornets have quietly been playing really good basketball. On January 30, the Hornets were 22-25 and sitting in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. Today they are 41-30 and a [...]

Three years ago the NBA world was a different landscape, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant ruled the basketball merchandise world and were far and away the NBA’s most popular players. Stephen Curry was seen as a second-tier marketable athlete in spite of leading the Golden State Warriors to the western conference semi-finals and [...]

The wounded bears as they should now be referred to (previously known as the Grizzlies) lost a tough game in Los Angeles last night to the Lakers 107-100. Other than some usual Kobe fadeaways, Lance Stephenson antics and Metta World Peace getting ejected there wasn’t too much to find interesting between one of the worst [...]

Say what you will about Derrick Rose, just don’t ever claim he isn’t confident in himself or his abilities, however much they’ve changed. The Chicago Bulls point guard has maintained a level of resistance to the notion that he’s declined since suffering an initial ACL tear in 2012. His comments have seemed inspiring at times, [...]