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JR Smith has surprisingly been playing well lately. This past Sunday, late in a nationally televised game vs. the Thunder, Smith fell to the ground awkwardly and hit his face on Kevin Durant’s knee on the way to the ground. Smith stayed down on the ground for several minutes and it was announced by the [...]

The media is necessary, but can also be a hindrance. Basically, you get out of it what yo put into it. It you give the media too much, then they can do what they would like with what you’re saying. But then there’s Mark Jackson, who was asked about Andrew Bogut’s injury, and offered a [...]

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To say this Knicks season hasn’t turned out as planned would be the understatement of the year. After winning their first division title in nearly 20 years last season, the same was expected to happen. But so far, the Knicks have already lost more games this season than they have all of last year and [...]

Let’s call last year’s NBA trade deadline what it was: Awful and boring. Next, let’s guess what this year’s NBA trade deadline will be like: Potentially awful and boring. The current collective bargaining agreement has made it so NBA teams aren’t as frivolous with their spending and willingness to assume long-term contracts. Punitive luxury-tax penalties [...]

As the All-Star weekend, and notably the annual dunk contest, nears everyone will once again start talking about wanting Lebron James to compete. The only problem is, he’s not interested. However some footage has recently surfaced of Lebron James holding a mini dunk contest routine for teammates after practice in Phoenix. The Heat are set [...]

Steve Nash recently turned 40 and a myriad of injuries has made his Lakers tenure forgettable. It’s unlikely that he’ll ever be able to make it through another season completely healthy and maybe he realizes this. He is reportedly set to retire at the end of the season. It’s probably a good decision. He had [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a member of the New York Knicks and that’s not going to change—at least not until this summer. A source told Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears “there is ‘no chance’ the Knicks will deal Carmelo Anthony, who owns a contract opt-out this summer, before the trade deadline.” Although it’s been said before, [...]

With the city of New Orleans not having the same space ties as Orlando and Houston, Nike will go away from their infamous Galaxy theme in favor of playing off of a fictional NOLA Gumbo basketball league. Just as alligators kind of serve as protection in New Orleans culture, the LeBron XI ‘Gator King’ features [...]

Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart set the internet and sports world on fire a few nights ago when he shoved a Texas Tech fan. For his actions, he has been suspended for 3 games. You could argue that the suspension was warranted and perhaps his actions were too. It’s easy to see both sides of [...]