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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 [...]

Serge Ibaka received an early (late?) Christmas gift from the NBA. Following an incident where Ibaka maliciously (yes, maliciously) struck Blake Griffin in the groin, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s power forward was fined $25,000 for his actions and his Flagrant 1 was upgraded to a Flagrant 2. Serge Ibaka has been fined $25,000 for his [...]

Carmelo Anthony’s latest injury is both serious and not-so-serious. The New York Knicks’ star forward left Monday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers with a bruised right knee and did not return. Though he himself asserted that it wasn’t serious at all, any bump or bruise New York’s leading scorer suffers is cause for major [...]

Kyle Korver is the next target on the Denver Nuggets’ wish-list. According Christopher Dempsey of The Denver Post, the Nuggets plan to make a push for the services of Korver, an unrestricted free agent, this summer: Korver, an unrestricted free agent in his 10th year in the NBA, is expected to be one of the [...]

On Sunday’s 97-92 win over the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel collected his 100th coaching victory. In the same instance, Indiana was served a quick reminder of just how lucky they are. Frank Vogel is not just the NBA’s youngest head coach, he’s a shot from left field. He was a Division III [...]

The Andrew Bynum saga may be coming to an end. Sort of. While the Philadelphia 76ers’ plans for the big man beyond this season are still up in the air, said plans could potentially become even more difficult to map out. According to Jason Wolf of USA Today, Bynum is contemplating whether or not to [...]

The NBA has a big issue on their hands. A huge one. Gigantic even. They have a sportsmanship problem. Almost a year ago, I penned a piece about sportsmanship, one that involved Serge Ibaka and Dwyane Wade. In that particular situation Ibaka and Wade became entangled. Okay, Ibaka essentially fell on Wade’s neck. The way [...]

Steve Nash knows the Los Angeles Lakers still have a lot of work to do. Los Angeles has won 12 of the last 17 games and is now just two games back of the final Western Conference playoff spot, but all still isn’t well. Why? Because, according to Nash, the Lakers still don’t have an [...]

Monta Ellis is an enigma, but is he one that can make a worthwhile contribution on a contending NBA team? The volume shooting guard has peaked my curiosity since his days with the Golden State Warriors. He can score in bunches and sometimes seemingly at will. Other times, his shots are so off he seems [...]

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