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This is one of those “Welp” moments. After injuring his left thumb against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night, LaMarcus Aldridge is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks, per an announcement made by the Portland Trail Blazers: [tweet https://twitter.com/TrailBlazersPR/status/558445067447173121] Surgery hadn’t been scheduled as of this writing, but you have to imagine [...]

Nuggets PG Ty Lawson was arrested for suspicion of DUI in the wee hours of the morning on Friday. Lawson apparently was leaving a team-organized community event at a bowling alley. Lawson was also cited for a similar charge back in 2008. Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson was taken into custody for suspicion of [...]

The Denver Nuggets are reportedly interested in trading for the Brooklyn Nets’ Brook Lopez. To this, I say: !@#$%^&UI Also: !@#$%TYUI And finally: !@#$%^&*I( Here’s The Denver Post‘s Christopher Dempsey with the deets: The Brooklyn Nets recently tried, unsuccessfully, to deal center Brook Lopez, which led to the franchise putting the brakes on the whole [...]

Last night, the NBA announced the starters for the 2015 all-star game and it was a mix of names you’d expect with names you typically wouldn’t. The league seems to be undergoing a shift in this regard. Kevin Burke discusses….. Please enable Javascript to watch this video If you have a question that you would [...]

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, [...]