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New York basketball fans just cannot catch a break. The Knicks stink something awful, sort of on purpose, but kind of an accident. They have the league’s second-worst record, have stripped the roster of most impact players, remain thin on young talent, will probably shut Carmelo Anthony down after the All-Star break and are, frankly, [...]

Kobe Bryant is done for the season. Probably. Initial assumptions were confirmed Monday, when the Lakers announced that Kobe would undergo shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff: [tweet https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/559807630370025472] At 36, with only one-year left on his deal, having faced roadblock after roadblock after roadblock, it stands to reason that Kobe would consider [...]

6/9months. Thanks for all the hit ups. I appreciate it!!!! A photo posted by @thedealer7 on Jan 25, 2015 at 11:33am PST During the 3rd quarter of the Pistons/Bucks game on Saturday, January 24th, Brandon Jennings left the game in a wheelchair. Always entertaining on social media (and changing/deleting his accounts on the regular), Jennings [...]

Portland Trailblazers star LaMarcus Aldridge was initially expected to be sidelined for the next six to eight weeks due to an injured left thumb that requires him to undergo surgery. But to everyone’s surprise he made a bold decision to delay his surgery until the end of this season. This decision from Aldridge is certainly [...]

This is one of those “Welp” moments. After injuring his left thumb against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night, LaMarcus Aldridge is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks, per an announcement made by the Portland Trail Blazers: [tweet https://twitter.com/TrailBlazersPR/status/558445067447173121] Surgery hadn’t been scheduled as of this writing, but you have to imagine [...]

The Denver Nuggets are reportedly interested in trading for the Brooklyn Nets’ Brook Lopez. To this, I say: !@#$%^&UI Also: !@#$%TYUI And finally: !@#$%^&*I( Here’s The Denver Post‘s Christopher Dempsey with the deets: The Brooklyn Nets recently tried, unsuccessfully, to deal center Brook Lopez, which led to the franchise putting the brakes on the whole [...]

Nothing out of the ordinary happened during the fan vote for the 2015 NBA All-Star Game starters. The injured Kobe Bryant won a starting slot that he won’t get to exploit, Anthony Davis was recognized for his dominance, Carmelo Anthony snuck into the starting five by reputation alone and Marcin Gortat nabbed more votes than [...]

The Memphis Grizzlies have been quite remarkable this season at 29-12, placing them at the third spot of the wild Western Conference. But despite this, the team is still looking to add improvements to the current roster and have been closely looking at a number of free agents who could contribute to the team. That [...]

If what we’re all about to read is true, the Miami Heat are being weird. In a bad way. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald says that free-agent point guard Nate Robinson, who began this season with the Denver Nuggets and was then traded to the Boston Celtics and released, reached out to the Heat. [...]

Random NBA free-agency update incoming. Goran Dragic, one of the top prizes of this upcoming summer’s free agency, is still projected to be a hot commodity—specifically for the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. From USA Today‘s Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt: Goran Dragic, the 28-year-old Phoenix Suns point guard, is no youngster, as he’s [...]