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Adding on to the list of roster uncertainties for the Hawks is Jeff  Teague. As the early season deadline passed by, the combo guard out of Wake Forest became set to be a restricted free agent in the upcoming off season. This development further illuminates a plan by the Hawks’ front office (particularly general manager [...]

Josh Smith is the heart and soul of the Atlanta Hawks. Without him, they’re doomed. Or are they. Smith is currently nursing a sprained right ankle, and according to Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, his return is uncertain: Josh Smith, who missed Sunday’s game with a sprained right ankle, did not practice Monday [...]

James Harden and Jeremy Lin have transformed the Houston Rockets into a playoff contender. A couple years from now. Despite an impressive three game stretch that has seen the Rockets go 2-1, Harden average 35.3 points and Lin dish out 7.3 helpers, Houston is not playoff-bound. Not this year. I love a lot of the [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have started the season at a stumbling pace. It should be mentioned that the Princeton offense didn’t look so bad at first. unfortunately, “at first” was limited to just over half of a quarter. On their home opener against the Mavericks, the Lakers started the game off by putting Dallas in [...]

After being easily discarded from the 2012 NBA Playoffs less than 6 months ago by the Heat, this year’s New York Knicks squad made sure to send a message on their opening night over the defending NBA Champions that they not only belong on the same floor, but could be one of Miami’s biggest challengers [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers opened their 2012-2013 season with some good news: their 2nd year point guard, and best player, was going to be able to start the game. Though Irving’s status wasn’t quite in question, it was nice to see him healthy after an off season where the 2nd year guard broke his hand and [...]

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The Miami Heat received their NBA championship rings tonight in their season opener at home against the Boston Celtics. The 14k white gold rings had the words “All In” on one side, and “Family” on the other. The classy ceremony (video after the jump) centered around this nice little piece of jewelry: Video of the [...]

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Spurs Nation reported yesterday that Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili will not be traveling with the team for the season opener. Evidently, Ginobili’s back is still bothering him. According to head coach Gregg Popovich, Ginobili tried to take the court for one practice before the season started and “couldn’t do it.” The Spurs saw Ginobili [...]