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Gregg Popovich doesn’t care that he was named NBA’s Coach of the Month for the Western Conference. And if the league wants him to care, it better break open its piggy bank. Because coach Pop won’t give a crap about monthly awards of any kind until they come accompanied with a car or yacht or [...]

Oh, hello there, 2016. We almost didn’t see you come in, not with the 2015-16 NBA season unfolding exactly how it wasn’t supposed to. Sure, we knew the Spurs would be really good, even if we didn’t know they’d be historically awesome. We knew the Warriors would be great. We knew the Cavaliers would be, too. [...]

If Markieff Morris’ implosion with the Phoenix Suns won’t prevent the Houston Rockets from trading Terrence Jones for him, Donatas Motiejunas’ latest injury should. Motiejunas is once again sidelined with back issues, and according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen, while there is technically no new injury to report, Houston’s stretch forward-center is expected to [...]

Mike D’Antoni is already back on an NBA sideline, this time with the Philadelphia 76ers. This time next year, he could be back with the Phoenix Suns. Relations between current Suns coach Jeff Hornacek and team ownership isn’t great. The peeps upstairs canned half of his coaching staff, and the roster has imploded amid injuries, [...]

Sound the Derrick Rose alarm. The oft-injured Chicago Bulls point guard, who has missed each of the team’s last three games, all of which were victories, is slated to undergo an MRI on his sore right knee, according to ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will undergo an MRI on Monday on [...]

With the Spurs 112-79 trouncing of the quickly fading Phoenix Suns last night, the Spurs with a December net rating of 20.4, which is the greatest for one month by far since the NBA first tracked the stat in the 1995-96 season. Net rating is the estimated point differential per 100 possessions with opponent strength [...]

Al Jefferson recently had to serve a 5-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy and his nightmare season is continuing. The underrated big man will now be out 6 weeks following knee surgery. The Hornets are 17-14 and will probably battle for that 8th seed in the east all year long. Given the fact [...]

If I told you Steph Curry has made more 3-pointers in the last 2 and a half seasons than Larry Bird made in his entire career, would you believe me? You should, because that’s actually the case. Bird is apparently partial to shooter and is fond of Curry’s game. In fact, if you ask the [...]

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In search of a point guard not named Jose Calderon to direct their offense, the New York Knicks are turning attentions toward…Brandon Jennings. Yes, him. The one-time Knicks killer while with the Milwaukee Bucks only recently returned from an Achilles injury. He made his season debut for the Detroit Pistons against New York on Tuesday [...]