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Not even 48 hours after falling to the San Antonio Spurs and being ousted from the NBA playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks are thinking big. Really big. The goal has been to keep Dirk Nowitzki’s championship window open for as long as possible. He’s a free agent this summer and is expected to accept a rather [...]

Those Heat – Celtics classic playoff series of the past aren’t quite dead yet. Tonight, Miami and Brooklyn begin their 2nd round series which means LeBron, Wade and company will see KG and Paul Pierce again. Given the fact that Brooklyn won all four meetings this year, this will be an interesting series. And if [...]

The Toronto Raptors continue their streak of good decisions. Trading Rudy Gay sparked a movement, a playoff berth, a shift in culture. General manager Masai Ujiri and friends have been making awesome decisions—not trading Kyle Lowry, for instance—ever since. According to The Toronto Star‘s Doug Smith, they don’t plan to buck that trend anytime soon, [...]

Hopefully Stephen Curry enjoys surprises. The Los Angeles Clippers outlasted the Golden State Warriors Saturday night, won Game 7 and sent Mark Jackson’s squad home early. It happens. The Warriors advanced through to the second round as a sixth seed last season. They lost to a more talented Clippers faction this year. It just happens. [...]

Jermaine O’Neal playing meaningful playoff minutes in 2014 was an actual thing. He filled in admirably in place of the injured Andrew Bogut and looked like his old self. Based on what he did in the playoffs, you can see that he still has a lot left in the tank, but O’Neal may be considering [...]

Not only was the Sixers’ Michael Carter-Williams the best rookie this past season, but he was probably the most surprising one as well. Entering a season, you can sometimes tell who will be named rookie of the year and I don’t know that many had MCW tabbed. He was one of the few bright spots [...]

Kevin Durant will reportedly be named this season’s NBA MVP. Durant is laser focused on winning a title, but this has to feel good since he’s tired of always finishing second. For a while there, it looked like maybe he wouldn’t be on the court to receive the award. Typically, the award is presented to [...]

The Brooklyn Nets dropped game 5 to the Raptors and if you ask Nets coach Jason Kidd, it had alot to do with flopping. Kidd was upset that the refs were rewarding the Raptors for flopping and sounded off afterwards: “If flopping is the way to go, then we have to maybe play that game,” [...]

Disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling is reportedly battling prostate cancer. The 80 year-old was thought to be near death a few years ago. The timing of this news is interesting, as it comes right after he was banned by commissioner Adam Silver. Disgraced racist Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is battling cancer — surprising [...]

Nothing readies NBA players for the grind of up-and-down basketball like a piping hot cup of cocoa. Said no one ever. Except Washington Wizards point guard John Wall. The 23-year-old All-Star has a weird tradition: He drinks two McDonald’s hot chocolates every day. Every day. Even in the summer? Well, duh. The Washington Post‘s Dan [...]