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Far from lost in the excitement of the New York Knicks’ victory over the Miami Heat was J.R. Smith, the ever-erratic shooting guard turned punchline. Quite literally, he was lost. For the entire game. Knicks coach Mike Woodson didn’t play Smith Thursday night following his latest gaffe, a $50,000 fine for “recurrent instances of unsportsmanlike [...]

On paper, the Timberwolves should be an exciting up and coming team but that hasn’t always translated the way the team would have liked. Last night, Minnesota hosted Phoenix in a nationally televised game and came up short. Following the game, Kevin Love was apparently frustrated with the behavior of some of his teammates and decided [...]

Don’t you just love a feel-good, we’re-miles-apart-but-still-stay-in-touch-story? Jeremy Lin and Mike D’Antoni are still friends, in case you had any doubts the coach who paved the way for Linsanity was out of touch with one of his former pupils. Speaking with reporters ahead of the Houston Rockets’ 113-99 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin [...]

Andrew Bynum may have bad knees and a bad attitude, but he’s still tall. And that is something you cannot teach. That’s why the recently released 7-footer without a job has drawn interest from many teams. Eight to be exact according to reports. Let’s just hope these suitors know what they’re doing because this can [...]

Coming out of high school, Gerald Green was supposed to be the 2nd coming of NBA superstar Tracy McGrady. He averaged an unbelievable 33 points, 12 boards, 7 assists, and 3 blocks per game as a senior at Gulf Shores Academy in Houston and was the high scorer at the 2005 McDonald’s All American Game, [...]

With all due apologies to last season’s NBA slam Dunk Champion Terrence Ross of the Toronto Raptors, LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin is hands down the Association’s most feared dunk artist. Ever since he won the 2011 Slam Dunk crown, helped in part by dunking clear over a Kia, Griffin has been posterizing opponents at [...]

Impossible might not be the perfect word, but it’s pretty damn close. The New York Knicks are reportedly shopping J.R. Smith, the mercurial shooting guard and reigning Sixth Man of the Year who was just fined $50,000 for a peculiar shoelace fetish, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein and Ian Begley. From ESPN New York: While [...]

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The surprise isn’t that JR Smith was fined by the league for untying the sneaker of an opponent. Rather, the surprise is that it was only $50K. Shawn Marion was the first victim two nights ago, and he tried the same on Greg Monroe (unsucessfully).  Ok, enough, JR. This falls in line with Jason Kidd telling one [...]

In the short term, the Cleveland Cavaliers appear to be the immediate winners of this week’s Andrew Bynum for Luol Deng trade. For at least the rest of this season, the Cavs get an All Star caliber small forward in Deng that quite possibly could help get Cleveland back into the Playoffs for the first [...]