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Former NBA megastar Shaquille O’Neal has seldom pulled any punches when it comes to riffing about Dwight Howard. That may be about to change. Howard has signed with Shaq’s agent, Perry Rogers, and The Big Aristotle apparently had something to do with it, as D12 told USA Today‘s Sam Amick: “(O’Neal) reached out to me [...]

Are the Sacramento Kings the most dysfunctional team in NBA history? I’m not prepared to say no. DeMarcus Cousins and head coach George Karl haven’t been besties since the latter’s arrival. Tensions reached a new high after Cousins received a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, a punishment that, according to Cousins, was [...]

Tim Duncan or Kobe Bryant, who ya got? It’s a common question, one that has gained meaning as both Bryant and Duncan approach the tail end of their careers. It’s also a question that was taken to Robert Horry, who won multiple championships with both the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, alongside Bryant [...]

Unsurprisingly, the Golden State Warriors absolutely trounced the New York Knicks in Oakland Wednesday night to the tune of 121-85. They are now an incredible 61-6 on the season and are a 12-3 finish away from having the greatest regular season in NBA history. [tweet https://twitter.com/warriors/status/710327382024925184] They also reached another milestone last night that has [...]

Dirk Nowitzki, even after nearly two decades of being set in his basketball ways, is not afraid of change. Not even the kind of change that demands he jump to center full-time for the Dallas Mavericks. He’s always been a shooter in the body of a center, but now he may actually start playing center. [...]

Carmelo Anthony received a firsthand look at a real NBA title contender on Wednesday night. That glimpse was not provided by his New York Knicks, who remain as futile as ever. It came courtesy of the Golden State Warriors, who handed the Knicks a 121-85 loss, barely even breaking a sweat. Afterward, ‘Melo was predictably [...]

Kevin Durant has been relatively mum on the free-agent front this season. He, like many before him, isn’t entertaining the same “are you leaving or staying?” questions every freaking night. Reports have instead needed to get creative in asking Durant free-agency questions. The latest came in Boston, ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Wednesday night [...]

Statisticians have been working overtime in the 2015-16 season as the stat sheet has been stuffed to a level the NBA hasn’t seen in quite some time. With about a month left in the NBA season and most NBA teams having 15 or so games remaining, there have already been more triple-doubles in the league [...]

Even though the Detroit Pistons are still sitting on the outskirts of the Eastern Conference’s playoff picture, head coach and president Stan Van Gundy is happy with the makeup of his team. Especially now that they have Tobias Harris. From Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois: “He’s a really smart guy. He’s got a great temperament,” Van Gundy [...]

Tiago Splitter has already played his last game for the Atlanta Hawks this season, and he may be absent to start the beginning of next year. But the big man is making ample progress in the rehabilitation of a right hip injury. Here’s Chris Vivlamore with an update for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Less than a [...]