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In the third quarter of the Pistons 93-92 win over the Heat in Miami last night Justise Winslow displayed some of his impressive athleticism in cocking it back on the fast break and dunking on Pistons forward Ersan Illyasova in the third quarter. He also took five steps, yes five steps, to get there… Matazo [...]

The Dallas Mavericks need to start playing better…or else. Those are words the 2015-16 Mavericks must start living by, because they’re the words—albeit not the exact words—of head coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas’ head honcho was understandably upset following his team’s 103-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The Mavericks fell behind by as [...]

Hear that? It’s the sound of Brooklyn Nets majority owner-turned-sole owner Mikhail Prokhorov giving the go-ahead to general manager Billy King to unload more of the team’s first-round picks. Sorry, that was in poor taste. But the Prokhorov news is for real. The rumor mill has churned out a lot of fluff over the months, [...]

This thing between Ty Lawson and the Houston Rocket isn’t working out. Lawson has basically fallen out of interim head coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s rotation, and the Rockets are desperate for change following a god-awful start to the 2015-16 season. Any change general manager Daryl Morey makes is almost sure to include Lawson—assuming, of course, the [...]

Steve Kerr isn’t yet back to being the unreserved head coach of the Golden State Warriors, but he’s close. Closer than ever, in fact. It was announced prior to the start of the 2015-16 season that Kerr would be taking an indefinite leave of absence to recover from complications that followed offseason back surgery. Though [...]

Losers of their last three games, the Chicago Bulls are entering prime rumor-mill-fixture territory. Players are voicing concerns about how the team is playing and being run, and the Bulls have a glut of tweener assets—players who are either intriguing as prospects for a rebuilding squad or valuable to a squad looking to compete now. [...]

Does Kevin Durant care what you think about how the Oklahoma City Thunder run their offense? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, no. The Thunder are the NBA’s second-best offensive team, pumping in 110.6 points per 100 possessions. But they’re not always aesthetically pleasing. They’re among the most isolation-prone teams in the league, per NBA.com, and they often seem to [...]

Joakim Noah injured his shoulder and looked to be in a lot of pain during Monday’s 105-102 loss to Brooklyn. The injury took place in the third quarter of the game while Noah was guarding Andrea Bargnani. Joakim Noah just injured his shoulder, and left the court. Hope his reaction is not a sign as [...]

In the fourth quarter of the Hawks 106-97 win over the Blazers in Atlanta Monday night, Dennis Schroeder took a nasty hit slipping and falling head first into Meyers Leonard’s knee, knocking out one of his teeth in the process. Schroeder understandably sat there in pain for a little while before deciding to check himself [...]

In the fourth quarter of the Jazz 110-89 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Utah, those in attendance got to see a bonafide dunk of the year candidate as Alec Burks gathered speed on the launch pad that is the left side of the court, catapulted himself into the atmosphere, and not only dunked on [...]