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Earlier today, it was announced that Doris Burke will be joining ESPN’s NBA Countdown studio team. Hours later, Magic Johnson announces he is leaving ESPN. I’m sure the two events are completely unrelated, but it’s interesting that they’d both be announced on the same day. Magic has his hands in just about everything, so it’s a [...]

Much was made of Marcus Camby joining the Houston Rockets. His veteran leadership and size was supposed to help make the Houston front line mean. But that experiment didn’t even make it to the preseason. Camby is out indefinitely with a torn plantar fascia. He’s out for a minimum of 2 weeks and as unknown [...]

Kids say the darndest things. And they ask the most damning questions, too. While at a community event, Kyrie Irving was asked by one young Cleveland Cavaliers fan if he intended to abandon the team like LeBron James did in 2010 (h/t ProBasketballTalk). “Are you going to leave us like LeBron left us?” the kid [...]

I know it’s only the preseason, but the rest of the NBA should take notice that the new look New York Knicks may be even better than we originally thought. Last night during a preseason tilt against the rebuilding Boston Celtics, we saw a number of new additions and younger players other than Carmelo Anthony [...]

Rajon Rondo doesn’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Following the Boston Celtics’ trade of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets, and Doc Rivers’ departure to the Los Angeles Clippers, there were a lot of questions surrounding the point guard’s future in Beantown. Was the team tanking and therefore, he on the [...]

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Something can be said for getting a little help from your friends, even when it comes to scoring your first NBA bucket in preseason action. Just ask top overall 2013 NBA Draft pick Anthony Bennett who scored his first 2 points in the Association on a dunk, with the help of teammate Jarrett Jack. Jack, [...]

Last week, Kobe Bryant decided to head to Germany for one of those super-secret knee procedures. And all this time we thought his Achilles was the problem. An interesting wrinkle in the story is that Mike D’Antoni reportedly didn’t know Bryant was leaving. If true, that really speaks to the control coach has over his [...]

Nothing worse than injuries to key players right before the start of a season. Portland is finding that out now. And with the seriousness surrounding head injuries, it will be interesting to see what happens here. Nicolas Batum is out with a concussion he sustained during practice, and there’s no current timetable for his return. However, [...]

There has been so much movement going on with the Heat’s roster that Norris Cole’s spot was in jeopardy. With the addition of Greg Oden and Michael Beasley, would Cole be shown the door? At certain times during the playoffs, Cole proved to be more valuable than Mario Chalmers so he has definitely earned his [...]