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Shortly after signing LeBron James during the offseason, the Cleveland Cavaliers shipped No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love. The acquisition was supposed to make the new-look Cavs a dominant club in the Eastern Conference, though that expectation for immediate success was certainly unfair. Nevertheless, Love’s 2014-15 [...]

On Thursday night, Kyrie Irving was unstoppable against the defending champions—San Antonio Spurs. No matter how heavily Irving was guarded, who was matched up with him, and whatever defensive tricks and tactics the Spurs tried on him—he was still able to put up a dazzling performance dropping a career-high of 57 points, on 20-of-32 shooting, [...]

Looking to identity and subsequently acquire what’s missing in your life? You’ve come to the right place. NBA power rankings are here. Before we begin, there is one housekeeping note: What follows is not the direct result of records alone. There will be lottery teams ranked higher than playoff teams and everything in between. Power [...]

It’s March, so you’d think just about everyone is over the fact that LeBron left Miami to return home to Cleveland. Everyone except Pat Riley apparently. Riles did all he could to persuade LeBron to stay, but ultimately, he followed his heart. Well, LeBron’s heart isn’t good enough for Riley because he’s still in disbelief [...]

Suns forward Markieff Morris had a very productive Wednesday night against the visiting Wolves in leading them to a 106-97 win, where he finished with a game-high of 24 points while only missing 5 of his 15 attempts from the field. And to show that things were really going his way—his twin brother Marcus Morris [...]

It was a thrilling Wednesday night, between two of the best teams in the western conference, as the Rockets visited the Blazers. Both teams played with a sense of purpose all throughout, however, the Blazers managed to hold the Rockets off at the very end to come out with a 105-100 victory. LaMarcus Aldridge led [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire has barely been in Dallas a month, but he’s not playing any games. The man went there to win a championship and he’s not happy with the results so far. After an embarrassing loss at home to the Cavs, Stoudemire called out his teammates. You love to see this from a veteran, but [...]

It’s no secret: Throughout the current campaign, the San Antonio Spurs haven’t displayed the same dominance that keyed a convincing run to the 2013-14 NBA championship. Nevertheless, we’ve been waiting for the Spurs to and regain their title-winning form. After all, every player on the roster who logged meaningful playing time last year is still [...]

Needless to say, Anthony Davis knows how to get up high and throw it down like a beast. And we got a reminder of this very athletic side of Davis, and his ridiculously long reach, in their road victory last night against the Nets when he reached for the sky to grab the alley-pass from [...]

Despite the loss on Monday night against the Pelicans, the Bucks have something to be excited about. Their rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo keeps getting better, finishing the game with a career high of 29 points. A handful of his points came from big dunks, such as the following, where he did a crossover and then spun [...]