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Fascinating. The Detroit Pistons have been fascinating since the end of last season. From hiring Stan Van Gundy as president and coach to the personnel they paid and overpaid to their inability to lock up Greg Monroe long term, everything about their summer has been, for better and worse, fascinating. Monroe’s situation is especially interesting. [...]

Lebron James is not only a gym rat that has tremendous physical abilities, but its been widely accepted that he has one of the best mental capacities for the game of basketball. Some even think he’s got a photographic memory or is a savant for ‘systems’, that can even apply to memorizing video game manipulations. [...]

Quietly, David West is 34 years old. While that’s young enough to play a few more years, West have been thinking about retirement for quite some time now. In fact, a 33 year old West was ready to walk away if the Pacers won the 2012-13 championship. During media day, West sounded very down and [...]

Kobe Bryant doesn’t handle rejection well. That, or he handles it really well. It depends how you look at it. Someone asked Kobe about Kevin Love being traded to Cleveland Cavaliers, presumably mentioning the many ties to the Los Angeles Lakers he had via the ever-churning rumor mill last season. Kobe responded in kind. Per [...]

Paul George has been cleared to put weight on his injured leg and return to the weight room. That’s a remarkable feat considering what he went through not that long ago. He’s expected to make a full recovery and as gruesome as this injury was, it was probably better than an ACL tear which sometimes [...]

After just playing 6 games last season due to another injury setback—Kobe Bryant is determined to make the most out of his time left in his NBA career as he plans to not just play for the entire regular season but also all of the 8 preseason games for the Los Angeles Lakers—which will begin [...]

Did you know Derrick Rose has a crystal ball? Me either. Confidence isn’t something the Chicago Bulls point guard lacks. Not out in the open at least. Through two major, ceiling-crippling, season-sacking injuries, he’s always spoke of returning to dominance. To call him upbeat would be a stretch, since he’s extremely stoic and often stone-faced. [...]

Achoo! Sorry, I’m allergic to complete and utter bullshit. Which is just what the Timberwolves’ Kevin Martin is slinging these days apparently. While many of his teammates lamented the loss of Love and talked about how to move forward without him, K-Mart was still coming to terms with the fact this blockbuster trade existed at [...]

After winning a couple of titles in a row, the Miami Heat made the tough and unpopular decision of waiving Mike Miller via the amnesty provision. It saved the team $17 million in luxury taxes, but may have contributed to pushing LeBron James out the door. Or at the very least, James wasn’t thrilled with [...]

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