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This is the time of year where teams allegedly not try as hard as they normally would in attempt improve their playoff situation. It’s to gain a more favorable playoff matchup. But according to Joakim Noah, the Bulls have no intentions of doing such things. If the playoffs began today, the Bulls and Nets would [...]

It has been well documented that opponents are not safe when Blake Griffin attacks the rim. There’s a ton of visual evidence as proof. But last night in Phoenix, we found out that maybe teammates aren’t either. On a slow-developing fast-break, Chris Paul took a mid-range jumper and under the rim were two Phoenix defenders [...]

There is no rest for the weary. This is, of course, assuming LeBron James is weary. Let’s just be safe, and stay blunt: There will be no rest for LeBron James. At this point of the NBA’s regular season, coaches of playoff teams are more inclined to rest their stars. Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra [...]

Kobe isn’t always an open book, but if one thing’s for certain, it seems as if he’s done with wanting to play for Mike D’Antoni. And don’t get Magic Johnson started on D’Antoni. Perhaps there are two competing styles or personalities at play here. It has been widely speculated that the Lakers will let D’Antoni [...]

En route to their 96-77 drubbing of the Milwaukee Bucks, Lebron James’ Miami Heat had more than their fair share of highlight reel plays. But his one probably stuck with viewers the mos and deserves a second look in the blogosphere. Lebron turns on the burners and rises up for a vicious one-hander on Bucks’ [...]

In 2014, not many fault a kid for leaving school early for guaranteed NBA millions. That wasnt the case 10-15 years ago, but we are in a different time now. Andrew Wiggins knows how it works, as he declared for the draft earlier this week, but does Jabari Parker. There is growing concern among NBA [...]

Blazers star guard Damian Lillard threw down a vicious one-hander on Lakers big man Chris Kaman last night. Here is the video replay in case you want to survey the damage: Please enable Javascript to watch this video [...]

Things are getting tense in the NBA. Months of playing and winning and losing and tanking and contending and injuries and comebacks and other stuff have come down to this: two-plus weeks of season-defining basketball. Some teams are battling for postseason seeding. Others are fighting for playoff survival, looking to snag a last-minute berth. A [...]

Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Jermaine O’Neal all played great in the close out of the Dallas Mavericks game tonight that was decided at the end of overtime by a tiebreaking step back jumper in the final seconds. Curry finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Klay Thompson paced the Warriors with 27 points, and [...]

This is exactly the type of news that gets agents upset. This is arguably the best NBA draft class since 2003 and guy who many think will be selected first overall may sign with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports, according to CSNNW. From the onset, this endeavor by Jay Z was destined for success because [...]