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For most guys in the league, it’s tough imagining them doing anything other than playing basketball and for others, it’s easy to picture them making that transition. As time goes on, you see more an more active players doing stints as analysts or becoming heavily involved in business endeavors. In the case of Kobe Bryant, [...]

Phil Jackson and the New York Knicks have been busy this offseason and they might not be done just yet. A league source told ESPN New York’s Ian Begley that the Knicks are exploring trades for J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Shane Larkin: Working to clear the logjam in the backcourt, the Knicks are discussing [...]

Imagine winning a playoff series for the first time since 2005, that to against the higher seeded Chicago, as well as winning a second-round playoff game for the first time since 1982 in the space of a month. You would think that all signs would be pointing upwards, but instead the Washington Wizards were continuously [...]

Each year, Gatorade recognizes high school student-athletes, for excelling both academically and athletically, in the form of a Player of the Year award for their respective sport. Last week in Los Angeles, Gatorade held their annual Athlete of the Year award where Karl Towns, Jr. and Brianna Turner walked away with the award for the [...]

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Despite being unable to land big free agents, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, the Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is actually quite satisfied with Mitch Kuptchak’s efforts for the organization this summer, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne. So far, the Lakers have lost key players this off-season, specifically their former center Pau Gasol, who [...]

For the first time in his 11-year NBA career, LeBron James has been deemed the most popular male athlete in the U.S. For years, he has been behind Michael Jordan but that is no longer according to a new Harris Poll. We live in a society where we know an athlete’s every move. During free [...]

No, you’re not experiencing deja vu. This is just a firsthand run-in with the Sacramento Kings. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Detroit Pistons have resumed talks—that started prior to the NBA draft—with the Kings on a trade that would land Josh Smith in Sacramento: The Detroit Pistons and the Sacramento Kings have resumed trade [...]

Eric Bledsoe wants to get in-your-face, bathing-in-hundy-sticks, set-greenbacks-on-fire, look-mom-I’ve-made-it, just-like-James-Harden paid from the Phoenix Suns. But that’s not going to happen. Per ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, is seeking a five-year, $80 million contract from the Suns: The future of one of the most talented free agents left on the market remains [...]

Thank you, Phil Jackson. Thank you. The Zen Master has cleared up one of the most not-so-mysterious mysteries in the NBA: Dwight Howard did, in fact, leave the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets because of Kobe Bryant. Mind-melting stuff, I know. We already knew, for the most part. But there’s something about Jackson [...]