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LA Lakers Kobe Bryant tonight passed Michael Jordan with a couple of free throws for third all-time on the NBA’s scoring list. With a whopping 32,293 points, Kobe is only trailing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928). While it doesn’t seem likely Kobe will catch Kareem or Karl Malone, it is an amazing feat [...]

Back in the 2009 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors drafted sharp-shooting guard Stephen Curry as the seventh overall pick. The next to draft after them were the New York Knicks, who were actually planning to draft Curry as well, but ended up with Jordan Hill as the eight overall pick. During that night, little [...]

So this is why Byron Scott doesn’t have Kobe Bryant practice regularly. Here we all were thinking it was to offset the minutes that the 36-year-old Bryant is playing, yet totally shouldn’t be playing. Kobe leads the league in minutes played. At 36. Nineteen years into his career. For a six-win Los Angeles Lakers team. [...]

Ever imagine Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter in NBA history, playing alongside Ray Allen, who used be the greatest shooter in NBA history? Me too. I may or may not have tried such a pairing in NBA 2k for an entire dynasty. There was just something about the triumvirate of Curry, Allen and Klay Thompson that [...]

If the New York Knicks couldn’t get any worse…… Not only are the Knickerbockers the NBA’s third-worst team (4-20) at the moment; They’re also off to the worst start in franchise history, riding a 10-game losing streak, only have three players averaging double figures, and are surrendering close to 100 points per game. The Knicks [...]

Rajon Rondo will not go gently into the good night. Whatever that means. Really, the All-Star point guard just won’t allow himself to be removed from the top-three NBA player conversation—which is weird, because, ya know, he’s never, ever been part of that discussion. “The top three NBA players in the league right now,” he said [...]

Shaquille O’Neal has some words of wisdom for the stumbling, bumbling, fumbling, potentially feuding New York Knicks. Trust Phil Jackson and the famed triangle offense. I’m paraphrasing, of course. That’s not Shaq’s message verbatim, but it’s close. The Big Aristotle went on  SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio channel on Tuesday and talked with Stephen A. Smith [...]

Pssst. Hey! You! Guess what? The Philadelphia 76ers are not the worst team in the NBA right now. True freaking story. Also, pssst! The Chicago Bulls amnestied Carlos Boozer and somehow regressed on the defensive end. Ignoring every other piece of context—Pau Gasol’s arrival, Derrick Rose’s return, Nikola Mirotic’s and Doug McDermott’s inexperience—that’s pretty funny. [...]

Now that we are about a quarter of the way through the season and less than three weeks from Christmas Day, which many consider to be the unofficial start of the season for most NBA fans and the time when the action and intensity begins to pick up in the long 82-game season, it seems [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers are likely headed towards another atrocious season, and the only person keeping them relevant to watch is their future Hall of Famer—Kobe Bryant. At his age of 36, he’s been playing above expectations by leading the league in scoring with 25.2 points per game, but is shooting just under 40 percent [...]