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Kobe Bryant thinks Stephen Curry is hard to guard. Kobe therefore is, apparently, a master at stating the obvious. Presumably asked about who was the toughest player to guard in the NBA, Kobe came back with a totally predictable, wholly accurate answer, per Baxter Holmes of ESPN.com: Toughest player to guard in the NBA? @kobebryant [...]

Injury bugs just won’t leave the Miami Heat alone. Tyler Johnson is probably done for the year, Dwyane Wade is, as per usual, banged up, and Chris Bosh is coping with another blood cot issue that has him on the sidelines. And now Beno Udrih is gone. Per a team press release: The HEAT announced [...]

Aaron Gordon shared his incredible athleticism and world-class dunking prowess in the dunk contest a few weeks back and the basketball world still hasn’t quite recovered from the performance he and Zach LaVine put on that night. Gordon has been getting a lot more opportunity to flash his high energy and freakish athletic ability on [...]

Smell that? It’s the scent of the NBA’s stretch run. Urgency is officially overtaking the Association. Teams still have more than one-quarter of their schedule left to play, but the ramifications of early-season happenings are becoming real. The Portland Trail Blazers are rising; the Houston Rockets are falling; the Chicago Bulls are standing steady after [...]

Like many backup PGs, Atlanta’s Dennis Schroder is on record as wanting to be a starting in this league. Unfortunately for him, he’s stuck behind Jeff Teague. But in Dennis’ defense, he’s probably talented enough to start for some NBA team. Might that team be the Sixers? Philly is reportedly prepared to offer Schroder the [...]

Less than two years into his 5-year pact to serve as Knicks boss, you get the sense that Phil Jackson is growing antsy. His ousting of Derek Fisher would lead you to believe so. Will he eventually want to step down if things don’t turn around soon? Not much happened with the team at the [...]

News came down Tuesday that Marc Gasol will undergo season-ending surgery for his fractured foot. Although the Grizzlies are currently sitting at 32-23 and in fifth place in the Western Conference, not having their anchor in the middle means the Grizzlies have zero chance to win a postseason series. That’s if they are even able [...]

The Golden State Warriors made history once again last night in what is quickly becoming the most memorable season in NBA history. With their 102-92 win over the Hawks in Atlanta, they became the fastest team to reach 50 Wins in a season. The Warriors are now 50-5 on the season (a 91% winning percentage) [...]

It’s almost a shame that Kyrie Irving played against the Oklahoma City Thunder at all. Let me explain. Irving logged just nine minutes in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 115-92 victory over the Thunder on Sunday night. He was supposedly out with flu-like symptoms. I say “supposedly” because he wasn’t actually out with flu-like symptoms. From Dave [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ collateral damage is the Golden State Warriors’ savvy midseason pickup. Golden State announced on Monday that it officially signed Anderson Varejao: The 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have signed free agent center Anderson Varejao to a contract, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. [...]