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Avery Johnson is out for the Brooklyn Nets, that much we know. But is general manager Billy King destined to be the next to go? Per Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Nets elected fire Johnson after the team got off to a 14-14 start. The Brooklyn Nets have fired coach Avery Johnson, league source [...]

The Dallas Mavericks are struggling. Like really struggling. Like they need Dirk Nowitzki to drop 25 a night bad struggling. But that’s no reason to rush the rehabilitation on his surgically repaired knee. Dallas was given a gift when Nowitzki made a surprise return against the San Antonio Spurs. Since then, he has continued to [...]

When the Toronto Raptors dealt for Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon was deemed expendable. Now, however, it’s Lowry who may prove to be the odd man out. According to Dough Smith of the Toronto Star, upon his return from yet another injury, Lowry will be coming off the bench in favor of Calderon: Injured Raptors point [...]

Before the Rockets snagged their franchise 2-guard, they were seen as something of a stumbling experiment in off-season missteps. Jeremy Lin was signed to an extravagant deal, one that Houston deemed fit after Lin’s 35 games as a Knickerbocker (25 started). They went and signed Carlos Delfino in the dead of night. Houston also traded [...]

The New York Knicks need Amar’e Stoudemire bad. Like really bad. I’m not going to sit here and attempt to explain the intricacies of re-integrating him into the lineup and how it will only help the Knicks—I’ve already done that. What I will sit here and gladly admit to you is that New York is [...]

Let’s be honest—last year’s NBA Slam Dunk Competition was the embodiment of awful. Far be it from me to belittle players’ displays of athleticism, but not only did the dunk contest lack the big names were used to seeing, but the creativity and explosiveness of the dunks were clearly inferior to what we have become [...]

Andrei Kirilenko has had a pretty darn good return to the NBA thus far. Rejoining via the Timberwolves, “AK47” has been up to his old statistical tricks. Kirilenko is now averaging 13.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.9 apg, while also contributing 2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. On two consecutive games, Kirilenko has had to [...]

Can the Sacramento Kings do anything right? Apparently not. At the risk of sounding brutal but in the spirit of being honest, the Kings are a horrible basketball team. They’re 8-17 on the season—giving them the second-worst record in the Western Conference—are still trying to figure out the self-destructive enigma that is Demarcus Cousins, have [...]

It’s not easy being the Boston Celtics. Rajon Rondo and company were supposedly talented and deep enough to contend for a title this season. Instead, they’ve fought to stay above .500 and can currently be classified as a fringe playoff team. The problem? Defense. Last season, the Celtics were allowing a league-best 98.2 points per [...]

Perhaps even more surprising than the Golden State Warriors’ 17-8 record is their newly wrinkled defense. Mark Jackson was always going to put a particular stress on the defensive end of his basketball team. The question then became: how in the world are you supposed to do that with virtually no size or physical presence? [...]