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Chris Paul announced to Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins (the guy who broke the LeBron returning to Cleveland story) that he will withdraw from competing to make the 12 man roster that will represent the U.S. in the Rio Olympics this summer. Paul told Jenkins that he feels like his body could use the extra [...]

Russell Westbrook is an untamed beast on a basketball court, combining his gazelle like speed and grace with the explosiveness of a kangaroo and the agression of a lion to annihilate his foes on the NBA hardwood. He has been stuffing stat sheets to Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson levels this season with an incredible [...]

The Dallas Mavericks are screwed. More so than they already were, at least. After losing Chandler Parsons for the rest of the season and watching their playoff hopes ebb onto life support, the Mavericks will now be forced to push forward without Deron Williams, according to ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: An MRI revealed that Mavs point [...]

The Cavaliers are always going to be the subject of much scrutiny whether legitimate or manufactured as long as LeBron James is in town. With a dominating win over an upper echelon team like Oklahoma City, chatter is that the big three in Cleveland is finally gelling and could be a serious championship contender. But [...]

The Golden State Warriors are still waiting on Andre Iguodala. As head coach Steve Kerr said, the reigning NBA Finals MVP isn’t yet ready to return from an ankle sprain that has kept him on the sidelines since March 12, per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/714216150628835328] Although the Warriors can survive without [...]

Kristaps Porzingis still doesn’t want Carmelo Anthony to leave the New York Knicks. Even with the knowledge that Melo bolting would allow him to become the unequivocal face of the franchise, Porzingis doesn’t want him going anywhere. Not this summer. Not anytime soon. From the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy: As Carmelo Anthony declared [...]

As another wild and entertaining college basketball season starts to wind down, NBA Draft chatter will continue to pickup and a new crop “one and done” college players will start declaring their intentions to enter the NBA Draft. (If you want to see where the analysts think players will wind up, check out the NBA [...]

Anthony Davis will be back to playing basketball for the New Orleans Pelicans soon. So long as you consider three to four months “soon.” Davis is guaranteed to miss the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans’ dumpster fire of a season after undergoing surgery on his left knee. He is also dealing with a torn [...]

After watching LeBron James incredibly powerful and swift double pump reverse dunk in the lane Wednesday night it got me thinking about the top 10 dunks of his illustrious career, is last night’s dunk in the top 10? Being a 6’8″ 260 pound freight train of speed, power and athleticism has lent itself to some [...]

History is not destined to repeat itself in the NBA. Not this time. Or so it seems. Plenty of people have been worried about there being a potential NBA lockout in 2017, when both the owners and players have the right to opt out of their current. Commissioner Adam Silver, though, doesn’t think that’s going [...]