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Since retiring, we’ve seen Tracy McGrady play minor league baseball and serve a stint as an NBA TV analyst. He was also all over the place during TNT’s all-star weekend telecast. McGrady’s next stop will be ESPN as an analyst. He joins ESPN’s roster of Jalen Rosen, Chauncey Billups and other former players. Former All-Star [...]

The Denver Nuggets have a frontcourt logjam and they know it. Rookie Nikola Jokic’s breakout, along with Joffrey Lauvergne’s continued development and Danilo Gallinari’s need to see spot minutes at the 4, has put the team in a bit of a (pleasant) pickle. Throw in Jusuf Nurkic, Kenneth Faried and J.J. Hickson, and it becomes [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are apparently prepared to move on from Ricky Rubio. According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, the Timberwolves are not only willing to take calls on their point guard but have made him “readily available” for the taking (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Zach LaVine was nothing short of spectacular in winning [...]

The Hoop Doctors today asked Andrew Wiggins about whether or not he would be dropping dimes for Zach Lavine tonight in the NBA Dunk Contest, as Lavine looks to defend his title. Wiggins almost spilled the beans, but his smile says it all as Lavine (and possibly with the help of Wiggins) has something big [...]

On the night before the NBA’s 3 point shootout at All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Stephen Curry took an unexpected hit to his confidence. A 15-year old girl named ‘Rachel’ from Toronto, Ontario, was lucky enough to play against her idol in a mini three point shootout. To Curry’s surprise Rachel had a strong start to [...]

LeBron James is on record as being “emotional” when he really sits and realizes that this is Kobe Bryant’s final season. In fact, they embraced for a while after they played one another on Wednesday night, and Kobe gave LeBron a signed pair of his game-worn sneakers. LeBron’s admiration for Kobe goes beyond. It reportedly [...]

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist just cannot catch a break. Actually, that’s not true. He’s catching too many breaks. The wrong breaks. Seven games into his return for the Charlotte Hornets, the 6’8″ swingman suffered a torn labrum, and the team announced shortly thereafter he was out indefinitely: INJURY UPDATE: @hornets F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had MRI revealing torn [...]

It’s been just over two years since Sole Collector last issued a print magazine for sneaker and basketball enthusiasts alike. But the fellas over at Sole Collector have partnered with Champ Sports to make a limited, while supplies last, collectors edition of the magazine. The cover and focus of the edition will feature Kobe Bryant [...]

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The Heat’s Hassan Whiteside is proving to be one of the best rim protectors in the game. He’s threat for a triple-double, including blocks, each and every night. But he often times lets his emotions get the best of him and we saw that a few nights ago. Whiteside got tangled up with the Spurs’ [...]