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Kevin Garnett was in favor of leaving Minnesota for a better chance to win a title long before guys wanting to leave a bad situation for a better one was frowned upon. Even so, you always had the sense he still had love for Minnesota. That’s why him coming back to Minny to wrap up [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire has been known for his high flying, thunderous dunking act for some time. He was the ‘Human Highlight Reel’ somewhere after Dominique Wilkins, and before Blake Griffin. But over his last few years in New York, constantly trying to reignite his career following multiple knee injuries, Stoudemire has been somewhat of a forgotten [...]

Do you think Reggie Jackson is looking to make a good impression with his new team? The Pistons won Jackson’s debut against the Washington Wizards Sunday 106-89, but not without a small hiccup for Jackson. Call it nerves, call it ‘winded’, but Jackson was going so hard on the court for the Pistons on Sunday [...]

Do you think JR Smith was pumped up to play his old team today? You don’t need to be following the Cavaliers re-birth over the last month to know that the trade to acquire JR Smith and Iman Shumpert has not only increased their talent and depth, but more importantly has improved the teams chemistry [...]

Kyrie Irving has handles for days. He is most definitely the smoothest point guard in the game today. But Knicks’ Jason Smith doesn’t seem to think so. His actions today when Irving crosses him up, suggest he thinks one of his signature moves is a double dribble. Watch as Jason Smith completely stops playing defense [...]

Miami’s Chris Bosh was recently admitted to a hospital to undergo tests on his lungs. He was not feeling well on Wednesday which led to him being taken to the hospital. Initial tests were inconclusive and his return is uncertain. Naturally, his overall health is more important. Heat power forward Chris Bosh was admitted to [...]

As the second half of the season officially began on Thursday night, the Los Angeles Clippers pulled out a thrilling 119-115 victory over the reigning NBA champion—San Antonio Spurs. At certain parts of the game, the Spurs decided to do the Hack-a-D.J. strategy that forced the Clippers center to miss a total of 18 shots [...]

Isaiah Thomas is the right player at the right time for the Boston Celtics. Somewhat sneakily, the Celtics entered the trade-deadline field, helping the Phoenix Suns blow up their roster. They basically picked up Thomas for pennies on the dollar, per ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman: [tweet https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/568503093798838272] Marcus Thornton was not part of the Celtics’ future, [...]

The NBA’s trade deadline was a busy racket this year, and the Oklahoma City Thunder were among those making the biggest splashes. It took a while for the full details of their trade to emerge, but the Thunder wound up parting ways with disgruntled point guard Reggie Jackson and the expiring contract of Kendrick Perkins, [...]

Whenever the Sixers all get on the court healthy and as a full unit, they will have one of the longest frontcourts in the game. They already have Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid, who hasn’t played yet, and they just added JaVale McGee. It remains to be seen if they plan on unloading McGee for [...]