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Josh Smith is at it again. Much has been made of Smith’s previous assertion that he is a max contract player and while the general consensus borders on split, J-Smoove is standing by his sentiments (via Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe): That was supposed to clear the pathway to happiness for Smith, who felt [...]

Prior to the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Chicago Bulls, Kobe Bryant dropped a steaming pile of truth. In his never-ending quest to be completely honest, Bryant admitted that he and Dwight Howard are not “best friends” (via Dave McMenamin of ESPNLosAngeles.com): Kobe Bryant to Michael Wilbon on his relationship with Dwight: “It’s not [...]

When it comes to Kyrie Irving, the Cleveland Cavaliers can’t be too careful. All of 20 years old, Irving appears fated to be a top five player in the NBA at some point. Already, he’s one of just four players in the league averaging at least 20 points and fives assists per game while shooting [...]

Whoever said chivalry amongst billionaires was dead has clearly never crossed paths with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Apparently, the Chicago Bulls’ jet was forced to touch down because of engine problems over the weekend, and Cuban loaned the team Dallas’ so that they could get to their game against the San Antonio Spurs on [...]

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There’s a strict set of rules I like to keep when writing anything related to sports: 1)Stick to facts 2)Don’t assume you know everything about an athlete 3)Stick to the facts The second rule is perhaps the most important. Well, I am about to break that rule. Not just break it, i’m talking full on [...]

Josh Smith and Andrew Bynum were almost teammates. According to John Mitchell of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta Hawks nearly traded Smith to the Philadelphia 76ers before the NBA’s trade deadline: Sources from both teams confirmed that the Sixers and the Hawks were close to a deal that would have sent Sixers Evan Turner and [...]

The Toronto Raptors may be getting ahead of themselves. Less than 20 games into the Rudy Gay experiment the Raptors are already thinking long term, which is fine. Acting on such thoughts at this juncture, though, isn’t. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo intends to offer Gay a contract [...]

Records don’t say everything in this league. They distinguish the boys from the men; the contenders from the non-contenders. Come playoff time, there’s quite a large gap between the first seed and the eighth seed. The Miami Heat are a better team than the Milwaukee Bucks, if you can believe it. But, one thing that [...]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the coach? According to Dave Begel of OnMilwaukee.com, the NBA’s All-Time leading scorer is interested in coaching the Milwaukee Bucks: One name I didn’t hear, and one that I think should move to the very head of the line is a man I talked with last week who said he’d jump at the [...]