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Kyrie Irving has a great relationship with Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, but that’s all he’s going to say. Retaining the star point guard has become an obsession for Cleveland. That, and the media has helped bolster its important, even though it’s already incredibly important. Irving won’t become a free agent anytime soon, but he [...]

Zach Randolph would like to stay with the Memphis Grizzlies for a long, long time. Next summer, Z-Bo has a player option worth nearly $17 million he can pick up. If he decides not to, he will become an unrestricted free agent. Essentially, the choice to stay in Memphis is his, though not really. The [...]

It’s been a long and arduous rehab for future NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant from a torn Achilles tendon suffered late last season. In addition to the almost never done before comeback from such a serious injury at the advanced age of 35, Bryant doesn’t have much talent left on the Lakers roster when [...]

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The season is finally upon us and there are many story-line heading in. Kevin Burke discusses, as well as giving his season’s predictions…. If you have any questions you’d like answered by Kevin on a future THD podcast episode, feel free to email them to [email protected] [...]

Scottie Pippen believes in Derrick Rose. The point guard’s decision to sit out all of 2012-13 wasn’t popular. Or even close to accepted. Most understood why Rose didn’t suit up for the Chicago Bulls, but many of them didn’t respect it. A majority of Rose’s biggest critics have been silenced after the floor general exploded [...]

His first official bucket came on a steal and coast-to-coast thunderous slam against the World Champion Miami Heat. Sounds like an awesome introductory first few minutes in the NBA….but it was only the beginning, as the 6’6 lanky point guard out of Syracuse set an NBA record for steals with 9, including 2 picks of [...]

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Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]

If the Wizards had John Wall all of last season, who knows where they would’ve ended. Their record since  getting Wall back was good enough to make the playoffs, but of course it doesn’t work that way. The Wiz added some good pieces this offseason, but Nene was hurt last night to a calf injury. [...]