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Spain’s basketball team is on a roll in Rio. But their luck may have just run out. After dropping their first two Olympic matchups, ostensibly torpedoing their medal hopes, Spain has won their last four games, earning a date with Team USA in the semifinals. Deemed the biggest threat to the United States through the [...]

What, you didn’t think Derrick Rose was kidding about the New York Knicks being a superteam, did you? Rose ruffled a lot of feathers and shattered the boundaries of conventional wisdom when he identified the Knicks and the Golden State Warriors as the most talked-about superteams. We all got a good laugh out of it. [...]

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Nick Young has, apparently, found a way to forgive Los Angeles Lakers teammate D’Angelo Russell. The two made headlines last season when Russell secretly recorded Young talking about cheating on then-fiancee Iggy Azalea. The couple, amid rumors and anecdotes of further infidelity from Young, are no longer together. Young appeared unreceptive at best when Russell [...]

When you look at the Timberwolves, you see greatness on the rise. The team has so much promise and talent on paper. But we’ve certainly seen talent and promise on paper. You have to put it together on the court. And being in the West, that’s a tall order. But Andrew Wiggins in confident. The [...]

LeBron James has possibly had the best first 13 seasons to a career in NBA history. He has won four NBA MVP Awards, 3 NBA titles, 3 NBA Finals MVP awards, 10 All-NBA 1st Teams and has scored more points in the NBA than anyone since he entered in 2003. Despite all of this success, [...]

Stephen Jackson is serious about his NBA return, but he needs a team to take him seriously. He’s been out of the game for a few years, but he swears he has a couple years left in him. You hate to see this because if he doesn’t get a shot, he will not have left [...]

Carmelo Anthony has been as synonymous with Team USA and the Olympics as any other NBA player over the past decade plus. Whenever the Olympics roll around, you can be ‘Melo will be interested. He was a part of the 2004 bronze team following his rookie season (along with Wade and LeBron), and hasn’t missed [...]

Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]

Ray Allen hasn’t played in the NBA for two seasons and now wants back in. And why? Apparently, because of Stephen Curry. Here’s what Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe, via CSNNE.com (thanks to ProBasketballTalk for the transcript): Ray wants to play again. I’m sure about that. I don’t think he particularly enjoys watching Stephen [...]