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It seems that someone forgot to tell the Houston Rockets that the NBA’s 2015-16 regular season is underway. The early part of 2015-16 has no doubt been weird. Some of the usual juggernauts are juggernauting, but this year’s landscape is rife with early-season underachievers, the fast-plummeting Rockets being among them. Can Houston regain its 2014-15 [...]

Here we go again, only less so. Derrick Rose left during the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bulls’ 96-95 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night with what his team called a left ankle sprain, per ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: Bulls PR says Derrick Rose is out for the game because of a left ankle [...]

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When Derrick Rose received an inadvertent elbow to the face during a preseason practice from teammate Taj Gibson, a consequence of that was double-vision. It doesn’t appear as if his double vision is that frequent, since he was able to start the season on time. But, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that it [...]

The Lakers are going nowhere in a hurry, but that hasn’t stopped Kobe Bryant’s desire to to get out there each and every night. This is his 20th NBA season, so he can only do so much. Both he and coach Byron Scott have decided to rest Kobe for Monday’s game in Phoenix. Kobe’s general [...]

The Golden State Warriors are an unstoppable basketball force an NBA-record 16-0 start is squarely in the sights of the defending champions. Through a little more than two weeks of the 2015-16 regular season, Golden State has ripped off a franchise-best 10 consecutive victories to open the year. It’s the 14th time in league history [...]

Brace yourselves: More Sacramento Kings chatter is en route. Rumors have flooded the Internet over the past few days, once again painting a portrait of chaos inside the Kings’ organization. General manager Vlade Divac, however, is here to tell you that everything is cool, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Brian Windhorst: Sacramento Kings general manager [...]

Life is, by all appearances, good for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They are winners of seven straight leading into Friday night’s bout with the New York Knicks and own the Eastern Conference’s best record. LeBron James is playing defense like it’s 2010 and balling out on offense when he feels like it. (Though, I must ask, [...]

LaMarcus Aldridge finally made his return trip to Portland earlier this week and he was admittedly nervous about it. He had spent nine years there, so it was all he knew from a professional basketball standpoint. He’s now seeking greener pastures in San Antonio, but why he left Portland hasn’t exactly been crystal clear, but [...]