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This morning we stumbled across this video gem on the web. It’s rare footage of Michael Jordan in the late ’80’s at the ripe old age of 24. It appears to be his first acting gig on a show hosted by Dick Van Patten called ‘War of the Stars’ where he takes on Charlie and [...]

Nets ownership threw caution to the wind at the beginning of last season and signed anyone they wanted to, regardless of the price tag. While many teams balk at the idea of having to pay a luxury tax for going over the salary cap, not the Nets. In fact, they paid an estimated $144 million [...]

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for and pining after. Fiiiiiiine. No it isn’t. Not unless you’re Michael Beasley and/or a hugely irrational Michael Beasley fan. According to the all-knowing and omnipresent Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, The Beas is headed to the Memphis Grizzlies: [tweet https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/514561126731108352] Here’s some additional details from Woj: [...]

The Chicago Bulls have added experience into their roster by re-signing 16-year veteran center Nazr Mohammed for this coming season. Mohammed, 37, has played for 8 different teams in his entire career and the last two seasons were spent with Bulls—he averaged 2.0 points and 2.6 rebounds with a limited amount of playing time. But [...]

With just about a week before the start of training camp, the Los Angeles Lakers have officially signed another new face into the team—free agent guard Wayne Ellington. Ellington, 26, was the 28th overall pick back in 2009 who’s quite known for his long-range shooting. But, he was never able to fully exhibit his talent [...]

Welcome to the NBA’s “How Not to Increase the Trade Value of Your Best and Potentially Most Available Player.” Your host will be Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck. The subject matter will be Rajon Rondo. And, finally, prepare to start scratching your head. What Grousbeck did Sunday evening was weird. It wasn’t horrible or disrespectful; [...]

Paul Pierce made the Brooklyn Nets look confusing. It was barely a year ago that the Nets were selling fans on a mortgaged future because it meant the arrivals of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd. Two of those guys are now gone, the most noteworthy of whom is Pierce. He left for the [...]

Darko Milicic being selected second overall in 2003 seems like a lifetime ago. The frustrating part is that he never showed a glimmer of anything during his entire NBA career. Bounced around from team to team, he became nothing more than a punchline. Darko has decided to call it quits and is retiring: Darko Milicic, [...]

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For about three years now, Rajon Rondo has been the source of trade talks coming out of Boston. Partly because he’s tough to deal with and partly because the Celtics, who are rebuilding, could get a great deal in return for the point guard. But over the years, Celtics GM Danny Ainge hasn’t sounded quite [...]