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No one can replace Kevin Love, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to have to try. At least for now. Which means David Kahn, owner Glen Taylor and company will have to take to the free agent ranks to find a versatile forward who can at least provide a capable body until Love returns from [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks is at it again. And not in a good way. According to Al Iannazzone of Newsday the power forward has a cyst on his left knee: Amare Stoudemire went home this morning to get his left knee re-evaluated. MRI revealed a ruptured popliteal cyst. Also per Iannazzone, the [...]

Ray Allen was a third wheel on an old sports car. With fellow aging stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, Allen and the Celtics some times seemed faster than their age, seemingly overwhelming opponents. That of course is the description fitting a Celtics team that fought its way to a 2007-2008 NBA championship. The Celtics of more [...]

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Remember Omer Asik? The Chicago Bulls do. They showed restraint and decided not to overpay him like the Houston Rockets did. Now they must show that same restraint with Taj Gibson. I won’t go as far as to say Gibson is overrated, because his abilities are not exaggerated. He’s an athletically inclined forward who can [...]

Once again, Lamar Odom is facing criticism concerning his conditioning. Odom came into Clippers camp looking like he’d gained a noticeable amount of weight, and not in muscle. In an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz, which the clippers won 96-94, Odom was given a rest along with fellow newcomer Grant Hill. “He’s got to work through [...]

As the several conferences in NCAA basketball have their respective media days, the prospective picture of the upcoming season is falling into place. The Duke Blue Devils, as most prevalent teams in college basketball, lost some fire power to this year’s NBA draft. Austin Rivers was the team’s leading scorer with 15.5 ppg before being [...]

Kevin Love is arguably more important to his team’s offensive success than any other player in the league. Which is why the Minnesota Timberwolves are screwed. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Love suffered a broken right hand and will be out 4-6 weeks: Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love has suffered a broken right [...]

The Boston Celtics are officially Rajon Rondo’s team, a reality that has been a long time coming. But the organization must be careful not to lean on him too hard, too soon. There’s no questioning Rondo’s abilities. He’s one of the league’s best ball-handlers and passers, he thrives in transition, breaks down defenses in his [...]

The Sacramento Kings’ Keith Smart is taking a serious approach to the defensive work of his players. Statistically speaking, the story of the Kings 2011-2012 season was one of two extremes. Putting up 99 points per game, Sacramento was the 6th best offense in the league last year. They also averaged about 95 possessions per 40 minutes [...]