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Now that all of the yearly awards have been announced it is time for the NBA to release the voting results for the All-NBA teams for the 2015-16 season including the three All-NBA team, All-Rookie team and All-Defensive team. The first of which was released Thursday as the NBA named the top five newcomers in [...]

During the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 thrashing of the Oklahoma City Thunder at Oracle Arena on Wednesday night, two-time MVP Stephen Curry dove into the stands after a loose ball and reemerged with a right elbow knot that was, frankly, utterly disgusting. Here’s a look at the aftermath of said dive: [tweet https://twitter.com/TasMelas/status/733134889365700608] Yeah, [...]

According to numerous reports from the major outlets and the Houston Chronicle, Mike D’Antoni appears to be the leading candidate to land the Houston Rockets head coaching position. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/732738051110113280] Other candidates who have interviewed recently include Frank Vogel and Jeff Van Gundy. Gundy is no longer being considered according to Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/733001172785762304] [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder’s big man Steven Adams is a beast. Something we are all starting to recognize in its full glory in the 2016 NBA Playoffs. You may be surprised to hear he’s only 22 years old and has only been in the NBA since the 2013 NBA Draft. You’ll be even more surprised to [...]

Well, that didn’t take long. Kelly Olynyk was weighing the option of whether to have shoulder surgery as soon as possible or rest up, play for the Canadian national team and then get surgery sometime after. Either way, he was going to have surgery. Update: The Boston Celtics officially announced that he had surgery: The [...]

Back in December, news broke that LeBron James had signed a lifetime contract with Nike. It was record breaking, as this was the first time Nike has officially done such a thing. Sure, Nike and Michael Jordan are tied to one another from here to eternity, but nothing official on paper until LeBron. Aside from [...]

The Houston Rockets’ head coaching search is starting to…pretty much run in place. According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, TNT analyst Kenny “The Jet” Smith is out of the running, as the team prefers to hire someone with sideline experience—a requirement that has led them to Ettore Messina, Jeff Van Gundy and Frank [...]

Channing Frye is busy draining threes and contending for a championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers. And that could have been Ryan Anderson. Speaking on the “Vertical Pod with J.J. Redick,” Anderson revealed to his former Orlando Magic teammate that the New Orleans Pelicans nearly traded his expiring contract to the Cavaliers at the trade deadline. [...]

What do you get when you guide a Portland Trail Blazers team that was supposed to finish in the bottom three of the Western Conference to the second round of the NBA playoffs? A fat three-year extension. Terry Stotts is, expectedly, sticking with Portland, per The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/732374381205291008] Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com [...]

And then there were four. The Conference Finals matchups are set. In the East, we have the Cavs and Raptors, and in the West, Golden State versus OKC. What has to happen in order for each team to be able to advance? Also, is Gregg Popovich’s treatment towards the media funny or has it now [...]