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Last night against the New Orleans Pelicans, Kobe played pretty solid through three quarters before going down with an apparent shoulder injury. Kobe returned later in the game to the surprise of fans, but was still hampered by the pain as he resorted to shooting jumpers with his left hand. After a post-game MRI, the [...]

Things are beginning to take shape for all-star weekend in a few weeks. While we don’t yet know who will be participating in the game, we now know the coaches. The Warriors and Hawks and the best teams record-wise in the West and East. Therefore, Mike Dudenholzer and Steve Kerr will serve as head coaches. [...]

It was a thrilling Wednesday night at the capital, as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder faced off with the Washington Wizards for an epic showdown between two of the elite teams in the league right now. All throughout the game, both teams clearly played with a purpose and losing was not an option for them. [...]

On Wednesday night against the Pelicans, Kobe Bryant apparently hurt his right shoulder after driving for a slam dunk during the third quarter. Many thought he would not return to the game, but to our surprise—he did. With five minutes remaining in the final period and the Lakers down by 13 points, Kobe returned and [...]

There’s something truly zany about the 2014-15 NBA season. It’s been weird. It’s still weird. It’s truly, utterly, completely, wholly, wonderfully, purely, perfectly zany. Allow me to offer up Exhibit A: These here power rankings. Collective movement is neither enormous nor insubstantial. There is virtually no change at the top. But then we get into the [...]

From the moment we were introduced to Shawn Marion’s funky shot release, we knew he had to be talented to make it as far as he had with a shot like that. Shawn was drafted in 1999 and has enjoyed a very fruitful career. But this may be the end of the line for Marion, [...]

For the majority of the all-star game, guys aren’t particularly playing as hard as they could. It usually intensifies as we get into the fourth quarter. With the Rising Stars Challenge, intensity also gains as the game nears the end and is probably why the league is considering altering the format of the latter. It [...]

It was almost like a dunk competition between OKC’s dynamic duo—Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in their 94-86 victory over the Miami Heat last night. The win improved their record to 21-20, which also puts them a game over .500 for the first time this season. However, in a scary turn during the game Durant [...]

As is the case when player switches teams, Dion Waiters hasn’t been holding back on his feelings towards his Cleveland days. He had issues with guys on the team last year, and that seems to have only grown since LeBron returned. But now that he’s in OKC, he sounds a lot happier as you can [...]

Don’t look now, but the Bulls have lost six of their last eight games. Every team is allowed to hit a rough patch, but Chicago was thought to be the best team in the East. While there’s still plenty of season left, they will need to right the ship soon. And Derrick Rose, for one, [...]