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Despite all of the hype surrounding this season’s fabulous freshmen like Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Julius Randle, a relative under the radar frosh named Joel Embiid has emerged as the frontrunner for the #1 selection in the 2014 NBA Draft. After playing organized basketball for all of 2 seasons prior to arriving on the [...]

The speculation is over. Phil Jackson has agreed to “oversee” the New York Knicks according to the NY Post. He will likely serve as team president, a role currently held by Steve Mills (however, Mills will remain with the team in a modified role). Details are still being ironed out, but you can safely assume [...]

Three cheers, eight fist-pumps and infinite twerks for movement. The NBA is rife with movement this week. Goliaths fell, Davids ascended and the enfeebled experienced success. Translation: It’s been weird in the NBA lately. (Spoiler alert.) (Seriously.) (Don’t read what comes next if you don’t want to ruin the below contents.) (I’m not joking.) (Okay, [...]

When Kobe Bryant hurt his knee after playing his sixth game this season, we were all led to believe that he’d be back right around the all-star break. Well, that has come and gone and still no sign of Kobe. With the season ending next month and the Lakers going no where fast, you have to [...]

If Phil Jackson takes this front office gig with the Knicks, as is being reported, his first order of business may be to hire his former Bulls player Steve Kerr, according to the New York Post. I’m not exactly sure what qualifies Kerr to be a candidate for such a high-profile job as a rookie head coach. [...]

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Shaquille O’Neal has more iPhones than you, and maybe even some Apple retail carriers. During an interview with USA Today‘s Jefferson Graham that is bound to change your life, Shaq revealed that he purchases 50 iPhones whenever a new one comes out…or something like that. That only seems excessive because you’re ignorant. Shaq has plenty [...]

Phil Jackson apparently wants the world if he’s to sync up with the ever-dysfunctional New York Knicks. Rumors have flooded the airwaves, papers and Internet, most of them pointing toward the same thing: a union between the Zen Master and championship-starved, James Dolan-owned Knicks. But with all that’s going around, you’d have expected it to [...]

Over the past few months of the season, no player in college basketball has had a better close to the season than Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott. The nation’s most glamorous walk-on player surpassed names like Larry Bird, Elvin Hayes, Danny Manning, and Tyler Hansbrough to move into the Top 10 in all time scoring [...]

As the NCAA’s regular season comes to a close and Conference Tourneys get amped up heading towards March Madness, it’s time to hand out some hardware. Creighton’s Doug McDermott is the clear frontrunner for National POY, Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall is probably the favorite for Coach of the Year, and Duke’s Jabari Parker and Kansas’ [...]