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Tanking is not an epidemic in the NBA, but it does exist. Under the current lottery system, how could it not? Rebuilding teams have an incentive to lose if they want a high draft pick. It’s that simple. Some people despise it, others are indifferent to it and a few even embrace it. I would [...]

Why do now what you can put off until later? That’s the mantra Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony are apparently parroting at this point. Though the two have held dialogues, they’ve yet to talk about the free-agent-to-be’s future with the New York Knicks. Here’s what Jackson had to say on their contact, per ESPN New [...]

There is no rest for the weary. This is, of course, assuming LeBron James is weary. Let’s just be safe, and stay blunt: There will be no rest for LeBron James. At this point of the NBA’s regular season, coaches of playoff teams are more inclined to rest their stars. Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra [...]

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The NBA MVP race isn’t fun. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun and it’s not fun. Watching LeBron James and Kevin Durant duke it out for MVP honors is most definitely fun. Knowing they’re the only two legitimate participants is not fun. Once in a while, it’s nice to not know who the MVP will [...]

In an effort to quell speculation about his future with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Iriving has gone all Stephen A. Smith on us. Correct, that does, in fact, mean the word “blasphemy” is involved. During a video interview with USA Today, Irving dished on what it’s like being at the mercy of the media and [...]

Kevin Love’s free agency is more than a year away, yet it feels like he’s hitting the open market tomorrow. Why? Probably because his future is being picked apart from every different angle imaginable. One day he’s headed for the Los Angeles Lakers. The next day he could stay with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The day [...]

This year’s NCAA Tournament has been chock full of all the exciting and emotionally charged moments we come to love and anticipate after a long regular season of college basketball. If you are like most of the nation, surely your bracket has already been busted by all of the upsets, so you should head over [...]

Careful now. Your eyes are going to start burning. Like, really burning. The light you’re seeing is too bright. Way too bright. And it’s coming from Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson, whose continued development has gone from gradual and progressive to absolutely blinding. Already a threat on both ends of the floor as a tough [...]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni has a backup plan if his NBA gig is taken away from him. Or rather, he could. And he most definitely should. Sources told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman and Marc Stein the Marshall Thundering Herd, D’Antoni’s Alma Mater, reached out to him about becoming their next head coach: Marshall [...]