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Derrick Rose sat out of the Chicago Bulls’ preseason bout against the Washington Wizards on Saturday night due to soreness in his left knee. Crap. Don’t panic, though. The Bulls and Rose don’t want you to panic. But you may be panicking, waging a war between yourself, the optimist, and yourself, the Rose realist. Personally, [...]

This is a normal occurrence in the NFL, but in the NBA? Teammates fighting during practice? What’s this all about? The Nets’ Andray Blatche and Mirza Teletovic got into during a recent Nets practice and had to be separated. With Kevin Garnett now in town and the new vocal leader, I wonder what his message [...]

So, yeah. This happened. The Los Angeles Lakers are in China as part of the NBA’s Global games schedule, a trip that’s proved dangerous to their roster’s well-being. Practices haven’t been particularly grueling, and outside of some jet lag and presumed trouble adjusting to the time difference, no reports of basketball-related injuries have been sent [...]

Analyst have projected the Lakers finish towards the bottom half of the Western Conference, and out of the playoff picture. Needless to say, that didn’t sit well with fans and the players. But when you take a look at their roster, age and injuries, is it really far off? Aside from Kobe, another big question [...]

In case Dwight Howard didn’t know, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers have fans all around the globe. Think of it as an extended entourage. You mess with the Lakers or Kobe in the states, and you’ll inevitably feel the worldwide wrath. Superman officially knows what I’m talking about. His Houston Rockets journeyed to [...]

The Detroit Pistons will without a doubt be one of the more interesting teams this year. With the moves they made, they’ll be fun to watch and should return to the playoffs in the East. But they’ll have to get going without Rodney Stuckey. Stuckey is out indefinitely after breaking his thumb in a car [...]

Now that Rajon Rondo has officially left Nike for Anta, a fair question would be what is going to happen to all those Player Exclusive sneakers he has? Give them away of course, and that is exactly what Rondo did with those kicks. It appears that Rajon Rondo has given away his Nike PE sneakers [...]

Jason Kidd is a funny man. Even when he’s serious. Asked by reporters who Andrei Kirilenko’s skill set reminded him of, Kidd said LeBron James, according to ESPN New York’s Mike Mazzeo: I mean, LeBron James. And I’m not putting AK in [LeBron’s class in terms of talent], but when you talk about guys who [...]

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the whole basketball universe is abuzz when it comes to Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, the 6’8 Canadian born man-child of a forward that has nearly a dozen of NBA teams already in “tank mode” for the services of the freakishly athletic game-changer. His unlimited future potential has [...]

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