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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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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 [...]