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Thanks to the draft, Summer League, international competitions, and foreign tours, basketball has become a year-round sport at it’s highest level. Thanks to internet streaming and networks like ESPN devoting major airtime to events such as the FIBA World Cup, fans are also able to follow along with the game throughout the calendar. But is [...]

As time wears on Kobe Bryant has become more skilled at telling it like it is. Years ago he would have been brash and brazen. Now he’s pensive and calculated in a way that makes you place more stock in what he says. So listen up. Commenting on the next collective bargaining agreement—the current one [...]

Phil Jackson is ready to spend New York Knicks owner James Dolan’s money. The NBA recently reached a $24 billion TV deal with Turner Sports and ESPN, and the salary cap is expected to explode by 2016-17 as a result. Projections vary at the moment, since the NBA could decide to implement a smoothing-out process [...]

And now for a glimmer hope during an otherwise dark time. Kevin Durant is expected to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a Jones fracture in his right foot. The news came as a shock Sunday, what with Durant being 26 and the poster boy for durability. It got many people wondering whether this [...]

Kobe Bryant is the Black Mamba. He is a truculent monster. A bullheaded beast. He eats nails for breakfast and the hopes of opposing players for lunch, dinner and dessert. He is ruthless and cold, fearless and pensive, defiant and stubborn. And nurturing. Apparently. Age has softened Kobe. He rejects conventional wisdom—specifically sentiments that suggest [...]

Reigning MVP Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been diagnosed with a Jones fracture in his right foot, according to league sources. This injury will require surgery and will take about 6-8 weeks of recovery time. Thunder GM Sam Presti released the following statement regarding Durant’s injury: “After practice yesterday, Kevin made us [...]

Don’t you just hate it when two NBA teams are both willing to pay you a crap ton of money and you’re eventually forced to deal with the awkwardness of the party you spurned in the aftermath of your decision? Oh, you don’t know what I’m talking about? LeBron James does. Brian Windhorst posted an [...]

Step aside Bill Duffy, agent of Klay Thompson. Kobe Bryant is going to handle your client’s contract extension. He’s got this. Shortly after the Golden State Warriors got done raising hell at the Los Angeles Lakers’ expense Thursday night, Kobe went into high-praise mode. “He has the whole package,” Kobe said of Thompson, per the [...]

The New York Knicks have signed former Lakers center Didier “DJ” Mbenga, who played for Phil Jackson and with Derek Fisher for a couple of seasons, according to Marc J Spears of Yahoo! Sports. Mbenga, 33, won two titles (2009 and 2010) with the Lakers, but barely received playing time as their reserve center. In [...]

Honesty is rare commodity in the NBA, which is why Mark Cuban can often be the best. Sometimes he’s the worst, but that’s neither here nor there. This time, he’s the best. The absolute best. The Dallas Mavericks owner apparently rooted for the division rival San Antonio Spurs when they faced off against the Miami [...]