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The hits just keep on coming for Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers. As Los Angeles continues to teeter between mediocrity and oblivion, plenty of others are taking exception to just about everything that has to do with these Lakers. Set to explore free agency at season’s end, Howard has been the primary target [...]

The Brooklyn Nets seem to have become the Los Angeles Lakers of the Eastern Conference. Like the Lakers, the Nets seem to be linked to every big name that appears on the market. Last season it was Dwight Howard and this year, it’s Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, Brooklyn [...]

Anything in the vicinity of funny comes as a surprise if it involves George Karl. Karl, he of little patience for rookies, is among the NBA’s most respected leaders. He’s been known to let his “passion” show both on the court and off. His approach, particularly his expression of disappointment, has been criticized by many. [...]

With Andrew Bynum still watching from the sidelines, the Philadelphia 76ers are open to trying almost anything, which apparently includes shopping Evan Turner. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, Philly is gauging league-wide interest in the third-year swingman: The Sixers, sources say, are open to a shakeup as they continue to wait for the return of [...]

During a difficult season for the L.A. Lakers, the chanting Staples Center crowd has pleaded with Lakers management to, “Bring back Phil!” While I admire Jackson as a coach, probably as much as anyone, you don’t have to fly to Montana to figure out why he won’t come back to the Lakers, not this season. [...]

Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves do not have your typical superstar to franchise relationship. Partly because general manager David Kahn and the organization actually believe Love isn’t a superstar because he hasn’t led his team to the playoffs, but mostly because there seems to be a mutual animosity that exists between either party. Love [...]

Former head coach Stan Van Gundy has gotten a little ribbing from folks about his recent opinion on John Wall. Van Gundy didn’t say all that much wrong. The problem was that he was sort of implying that Wall wasn’t fit to be an NBA team’s cornerstone player. Reasonably, that suggestion was met with some [...]

Oh, Pau. Somewhere in the back of most of our minds, we thought the Los Angeles Lakers were going to make a trade. Even after general manager Mitch Kupchak said otherwise, there was a part of us that believed Hollywood’s finest were going to do something. Anything. Now, however, it’s become abundantly clear the Lakers [...]

It’s a common belief that the Utah Jazz are going to deal one or both of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, and the latest has the San Antonio Spurs making a push for the former. According to Chris Sheridan of SherdianHoops.com, San Antonio has emerged as the frontrunner to pry Jefferson away from Utah: The [...]

Dwight Howard has often been proclaimed as the best center in the NBA, and his combinations of nightly double-doubles and third row swats make that title difficult to refute. Nonetheless, Howard’s most talented and dominating teammate has recently put the league’s premier big man to a challenge. In an away game against the Suns, LA [...]