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Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Jermaine O’Neal all played great in the close out of the Dallas Mavericks game tonight that was decided at the end of overtime by a tiebreaking step back jumper in the final seconds. Curry finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson paced the Warriors with 27 points, and [...]

There are no tomorrows for Jermaine O’Neal. Nearly two decades into his NBA career, the 35-year-old O’Neal, playing in his first season with the Golden State Warriors, creates no illusions: This could be it. “This could be it,” O’Neal told Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group. “So this is my last chance to [...]

The heart wants what the heart wants, and Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had his heart set on Harrison Barnes. Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski penned a scathing piece dedicated to the inbred dysfunction and disorder the Cavaliers franchise has come to represent, in which he held nothing back. And I mean nothing. When he [...]

It’s that time again. Time for the powers that be to select which guys will represent the U.S. in the upcoming events. This time around, 28 guys have been selected to eventually take part in the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. The invitees are made up of an interesting group as there’s a good [...]

This past June, the Portland Trailblazers were looking for another key piece of the puzzle to accelerate their rebuild and get back to being one of the premier teams in the Western Conference. To their amazement, star senior guard CJ McCollum, who has been favorably compared to an even better shooting Steph Curry, fell into [...]

Gary Payton better know best. It’s a turn of phrase I never thought I’d write. Well actually, that’s a lie. I’m not saying I never thought I’d agree with Payton. Smart money says we would agree on a lot of things, like his perimeter defense. That was astounding. Truthfully, it’s just a phrase I never [...]

It’s not unusual for an up-and-coming, former highly touted young baller to make some bold prediction about his future status on the highest level. We’ve seen it in the past as future greats like Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant once challenged and occasionally got the best of all time superstar Michael Jordan, like most memorably [...]

David Lee isn’t going anywhere, or at least that’s what he’s been told. Speaking with Marc Berman of the New York Post, Lee said that the Golden State Warriors have told him they’re not shopping him and the $44-plus million left on his contract: Caught up with David Lee at his kids camp in Chappaqua [...]

Long live the Dwightmare. Dwight Howard still hasn’t made a decision as to which team he will be joining next season. Yet. But he will. And it’s expected to come relatively soon, by Howard’s standards anyway. The Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks remain his top suitors. Houston [...]

There are a lot of changes happening with USA basketball. Coach K returns, but much of his staff will be brand new. And so will some of the players. This is a great time for the NBA, in that there are so many budding young superstars. Many of which have been invited to Team USA [...]