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On Saturday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks ended the Golden State Warriors’ reign of perfection, they were predictably excited. Here was a young Bucks team that had struggled all season overthrowing the best squad in NBA history. That’s quite the accomplishment, even during a regular season in the middle of December. So yes, they were [...]

As the Oklahoma City Thunder continue their Western Conference climb, for the moment settled in the territory just behind the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs, their top priorities are split. Of course they want to win a championship now. That’s been the goal for years. The core of Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka [...]

What’s in a successful Los Angeles Lakers postgame recovery routine? Chocolate milk. No, seriously: Chocolate milk. Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com penned a wonderful piece on how many Lakers get a much-needed fix of organic chocolatey goodness following every game. The entire thing is worth a read, as it goes into more detail about the drink [...]

When the New York Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis with the fourth-overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, they were rolling the dice. Here was a talented 7-footer with, at the time, the ceiling of a generational talent and the floor of a bust. It was a risky move and a gutsy, dare-to-be-amazing call by team [...]

Listen hard enough and, through the Miami Heat’s fits of laughter, you’ll hear that they have no plans to trade Hassan Whiteside. Chris Sheridan and Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops separately reported on scenarios that could see the Heat unload Whiteside as part of a deal for Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets or DeMarcus [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns plans on rivaling New York Knicks newbie Kristaps Porzingis for years to come. Make that decades to come. Following the Knicks’ Tuesday night victory over the Timberwolves, a game the marked the first time these two Rookie of the Year candidates squared off, Towns waxed optimism at the thought of [...]

It has been obvious for quite some time now to the rest of the NBA that Derrick Rose neither is or will ever be the player he once was before numerous knee injuries. The incredibly explosive guard who could get up and down the floor at breakneck pace and explode to the rim and finish [...]

With six points in the Clippers 103-90 win over the Bucks in Los Angeles Wednesday night, Paul Pierce became the 16th player in NBA history to reach 26,000 points for their career. Earlier this season his former teammate Kevin Garnett became the 15th player in NBA history to reach the milestone. Congratulations to The Truth! [...]

Greivis Vasquez may have already played his last game for the Milwaukee Bucks. The 28-year-old point guard, whom the Bucks acquired in an offseason trade with the Toronto Raptors, hasn’t played in a game since late November while nursing an ankle injury that, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, officially required surgery: #Bucks announce [...]

Brandan Wright has made seven appearances for the Memphis Grizzlies, and he won’t be making his eighth anytime soon. The 28-year-old forward-center, whom the Grizzlies signed over the offseason, has been on the sidelines tending to a knee injury. Rest and rehabilitation was the prescribed recovery method for a while, but the diagnosis has since [...]