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Byron Scott’s motto should totally be, “Why have three when you can have two?” The Los Angeles Lakers head coach has a well-documented and iffy relationship with the long ball. He’s on record as doubting the impact of three-pointers on championship teams. Ahem: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/523211292081790978] One season and 61 losses later, things haven’t changed much. [...]

This pretty much sums up the Knicks’ horrible season. On Wednesday night in their road victory against the Knicks, Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson soared towards the rim for the huge facial dunk over the contesting Lou Amundson, that sent the MSG crowd buzzing… Please enable Javascript to watch this video On the bright side [...]

With the 2014-2015 regular season officially wrapped up. It’s now time to get ready for the start of surely another memorable and exciting postseason. However, the Memphis Grizzlies may not be fully ready come playoff time, as they are still missing two key players in their starting lineup. Star point guard Mike Conley, and defensive [...]

Welp, here we are, at the end of another NBA regular season, preparing for a postseason gauntlet that, for the first time in five years, won’t include the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder did their part on Wednesday night, slaughtering the tanking Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Russell Westbrook did Russell Westbrook things, exploding for 37 points, [...]

LeBron James has a sense of humor. Hopefully Kevin Love does, too. Much has been made about the relationship between these two. Most recently, Love said Russell Westbrook was having a better season than LeBron. Shortly thereafter, a report alleged that LeBron was growing frustrated with his new teammate. Before that, there were tweets like [...]

There has been a great debate lately about who deserves the MVP award more, Steph Curry, or James Harden. While Harden has voiced his case for the award, Curry has been more low-key saying he just wants to focus on wins and the NBA title run. Harden is definitely more of a scorer, while Curry [...]

We all know Stephen Curry is the best shooter right now in the league. Arguably the best the game has ever seen in its history. Check out this recent report that states Curry nailed 77 straight three-pointers during a practice session, no joke… From ESPN.com: Curry told ESPN the 77 represents the most he’s ever [...]

James Harden needs all the help he can get to be named MVP this season. Steph Curry is probably the favorite, but it’s no slam dunk. Where the Rockets ultimately finish in the West (could be 2nd, 3rd or 5th) may play a role in that and perhaps whether or not Harden wins the scoring [...]

The Chris Copeland and Thabo Sefolosha incidents in a NY nightclub last week continue to get more interesting by the day. Both guys were injured rather seriously, but both are expected to make a full recovery. Regarding Sefolosha, he broke his leg that night and he’s saying it was caused by the police while they [...]

J.R. Smith would like to teach Kevin Love a lesson in teammate support. Asked about LeBron James’ triple-double performance in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Monday night win over the Detroit Pistons, Smith waxed MVP status, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “Who? The real MVP?” Smith said, his message echoing to the sellout crowd of 20,562 who were [...]