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Kobe Bryant returned to action, but wasn’t quite himself. Is it rust or a new Kobe? Doc Rivers returned to Boston and received cheers rather than boos. And Jason Kidd vs. Lawrence Frank. Kevin Burke discusses…. If you have questions that you’d like answered during a THD podcast by Kevin, send an email to [email protected]. [...]

Doc Rivers isn’t Ray Allen. Believe me, that’s an important distinction these days. Allen was the rat bastard traitor who left the Boston Celtics high and dry in 2012, spurning them for the Miami Heat and the opportunity to win a title. Rivers, who orchestrated his departure from Boston, is almost perfect. Or so says [...]

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About this time every year when the 1st results come in for the upcoming 2014 NBA All Star Game, taking place February 16th in New Orleans. Now is when we as bloggers begin to nit-pick the results and question why a player that hasn’t played a game would be a conference starter of why a [...]

The injuries continue to mount for the Lakers. There were withouth Kobe until a few days ago and and without Jordan Farmar for the next few weeks. They can add Steve Blake to that list too now. Blake is out 6 weeks with an elbow injury. It’s also ironic and unfortunate that this is all [...]

Following the annual tradition of holiday-themed sneakers for premiere Nike Basketball players, take a look at the ‘Christmas’ colorways for Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. On the Nike LeBron XI (11) ‘Christmas’ edition,a minty theme is used with standard Christmas-red highlights seen on the laces, Swoosh branding, and inner lining. A snowflake pattern [...]

When does your obsession for collecting sports memorabilia go too far. Maybe when you spend more than $100k on sneakers that a famous basketball player previously wore. Even it that famous basketball player was Michael Jordan and we’re talking about the ‘flu game’, that’s still a pretty penny. All told, the shoes sold for $104, [...]

The New York Knicks are notorious for lusting after other people’s players (OPP). Now it seems they’re also interested in OPC—other people’s coaches. Head coach Mike Woodson has been on the hot seat ever since the Knicks began their current free fall. At 6-15 and sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic Division, he’s nowhere [...]

Bomb. Dropped. Pau Gasol, who will become an unrestricted free agent after this season, is in an awkward situation with the Los Angeles Lakers. He has been for quite some time. The Lakers have already tried trading him once, in a deal that would have landed them Chris Paul in 2011. There’s also the chance [...]

The 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers came out on fire to begin the season, starting with a surprising opening night win over Lebron James and the 2 time defending NBA Champion Miami Heat. Despite losing prized rookie Nerlens Noel probably for the entire season, Michael Carter-Williams, the #11 overall pick in last year’s draft has arguably been [...]