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Paul George has enough friends. He doesn’t need to invite LeBron James to his next birthday party. People tend to fuss over these two. LeBron being who he is, and all—face of the two-time reigning NBA champions. And George being who he is and all—face of the Miami Heat’s greatest Eastern Conference challenger. George’s rise [...]

Anything for a buck it seems. Or five million of them. A man who recently attended a Clippers game is suing the team because he claims he participated in an anonymous text message contest at Staples Center during a game and he is now being spammed with countless text messages from companies. He contends that [...]

Coming off the bench is the fate of many star-players-turned-veterans at some point, but not everyone takes that realization the same way. The Nets’ Paul Pierce seems to be just fine with it though. Pierce is battlign his way back from a hand injury and said he is fine with coming off the bench. Paul’s [...]

He’s back. Kobe Bryant has officially returned for the Los Angeles Lakers, blowing our weekly NBA power rankings straight to hell…is what I would’ve written if that actually happened. The Black Mamba is indeed back, but hasn’t done anything to shift our standings. If anything, he hurt the Lakers by not rising up out of [...]

When Jason Kidd demoted assistant coach Lawrence Frank a week ago or so, it caught many by surprise as there wasn’t much of an explanation provided. But as is the case with most things, we now know why. Apparently, Kidd and Frank got into it and the head coach laid into the assistant with an [...]

During the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2012-2013 NBA Playoffs, Lance Stephenson rose to the occasion stepping up into a pivotal role with the Pacers while wearing his first Player Exclusive pairs of the AND1 Tai Chi. Being the only And1 Basketball player in the NBA at the time (now there are three), Stephenson didn’t [...]

Because of the mediocrity of the East, teams who are sitting pretty so far from a standings perspective shouldn’t be as high as they are. The Washington Wizards are benefiting from this. They have one of the five best records in the Conference and are right around .500. They’ll have to keep up their good [...]

We’re barely into December and we’re already hearing talks that Jason Kidd’s job is safe. The fact that that is even a topic already should give Nets fans pause. But what should ease their minds a bit is the fact that Paul Pierce and Deron Williams may be returning to action soon. They were each [...]

Rajon Rondo doesn’t know how to fix the New York Knicks. Then again, who does? Speaking with reporters, Rondo was asked about the recent rumor that Carmelo Anthony was recruiting him to join the Knicks in 2015, when he’ll become an unrestricted free agent. Rondo’s former high school coach at Oak Hill Academy, Steve Smith, [...]

It’s all about the future for the Toronto Raptors, and Rudy Gay won’t be a part of it. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears, the Raptors agreed to trade Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings: The Toronto Raptors have reached an agreement in principle to send Rudy Gay to the Sacramento [...]