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What if we’ve already seen the last of the 60-win Atlanta Hawks? It’s a crude thought. The East is still wide open after you account for LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Hawks aren’t the blow-shit-up type. They will also have ample spending power if all goes according to plan and could, in theory, add [...]

From start to finish, game five between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors did not disappoint. Both squads clearly played like it was their last game, as gaining that third win puts them just one final win away from becoming this years’ NBA Champions. As usual, leading the charge for their respective teams was [...]

You might drive a more expensive car than Matthew Dellavedova. Bask in that preeminent pittance for a second. Okay, the second is over. Dellavedova has taken the NBA Finals by storm. The Cleveland Cavaliers sophomore, who went undrafted in 2013, helped his team jump out to a 2-1 series lead by playing aggressive defense that [...]

This past season, Australian native Ben Simmons was the unanimous choice as the top high school prospect in the nation for 2015, and as a result will be taking his talents to LSU to be a star freshman for the Tigers. Now that Simmons, and fellow top tier 2015 recruits like Skal Labissiere(Kentucky), Brandon Ingram(Duke), [...]

The supposed payoff of the Philadelphia 76ers “tanking” the past few seasons, winning just 37 games since 2013, was going to begin to show some promise this upcoming season as former #3 overall Draft pick Joel Embiid was set to make his NBA debut following missing his entire rookie year rehabbing a stress fracture in [...]

Draymond Green is rare in that he’s an athlete who always tells reporters what’s on his mind. He’s very candid. Maybe even too much sometimes, but he’s a reporter’s dream. Following game 4, he opened up once again. Apparently, Green’s mother and grandmother have told him he’s complaining to the refs too much. That’s hilarious. [...]

The Dallas Mavericks don’t get along with guards. At least that’s how it seems these days. They sent Rajon Rondo packing midway through their first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets, and now they’re lower than low on Monta Ellis, who, relative to his time with the Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks, has played [...]

Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny Matthew Dellavedova’s impact fort he Cavs this series. Kyrie Irving is definitely the more talented player, but Delly adds a different element. Because of his rise in popularity over the past few weeks and months, there has been a steep rise in the sale of Dellavedoa [...]

NBA free agency is less than a month away, so, naturally, it’s time to see what Jalen Rose, former player-turned-ESPN-analyst, thinks is going to happen. While recording Grantland’s Jalen and Jacoby podcast (h/t Blazers Edge), Rose predicted that the New York Knicks will sign two of Tobias Harris, Paul Millsap and Greg Monroe. You can [...]

LeBron James’ crypticness is winning the NBA Finals. So too are the Cleveland Cavaliers themselves. They lead the Golden State Warriors 2-1 in their best-of-seven set, leaving them two wins away from the first championship in franchise history But, at the risk of being to ridiculous, who cares? LeBron stepped to the podium after Cleveland’s [...]