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So, um, this is a little depressing. Worrisome, too. Kyrie Irving left the Boston Celtics’ Sunday loss to the Indiana Pacers with soreness in his left knee and is expected to miss some time as he rests up for the playoffs. That’s fine in a nutshell. The Celtics won’t catch the Toronto Raptors for first [...]

Just give the Toronto Raptors first place in the Eastern Conference now. The Cleveland Cavaliers won’t even come close to catching them. Heck, they’ll be lucky to stave off the Indiana Pacers for the East’s No. 3 seed. The Boston Celtics are their lone threat entering the final month of the season, and they still [...]

Less than one month after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, Kristaps Porzingis is up and walking on his own accord. Celebrate your hearts out, New York Knicks fans. You know, provided you’re into celebrating such things. Porzingis himself confirmed his status on Monday, in a way that seemed neither [...]

It’s official, potentially the next great NBA center will be entering the 2018 NBA Draft: DeAndre Ayton. Ayton is starring for the University of Arizona in his freshman season, averaging 19.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists and was just named Pac-12 Freshman and Player of the Year. [tweet https://twitter.com/DeandreAyton/status/970837228036308992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] He is a [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a roll. They have gone 17-9 in their past 26 games and have a top 10 offense and defense in that time. They are quietly giving a glimpse into what the future can be with their core of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma with a little [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers lost more than the game when they fell to the Denver Nuggets over the weekend. They lost Tristan Thompson for a while, too. From ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson suffered a sprained right ankle in the Cavs’ 126-117 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday and will miss “multiple games,” the team announced Sunday. [...]

Kobe Bryant can add another groundbreaking accomplishment in a life full of them. Not only did he have a hall of fame basketball career, he also won an Oscar on Sunday night. Bryant’s film, “Dear Basketball” was given the award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards beating out Negative Space, Lou, [...]

More injury woes for a Clippers team fighting to make the postseason. Starting forward and oft-injured Danilo Gallinari is back on the shelf again for the next few weeks. [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/status/969755657061609472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Gallinari has only appeared in 19 of a possible 61 games this season, averaging 15.9 points per game after signing a three-year, $64 million [...]

LeBron James is 33 years, in his 15th season in the NBA and he still is playing at an elite level. He is averaging the most assists of any year of his NBA career with 9.0 and the second most rebounds per game at 8.4. He also just became the 1st member of the 30k-8k-8k [...]

Though David Fizdale didn’t even last a season-and-a-half in his first head-coaching gig, it doesn’t sound like he’ll remain unemployed for the long. Most recognize his fit with the Memphis Grizzlies just wasn’t right. He apparently never got along with franchise cornerstone Marc Gasol, and whereas it seemed like he may be more open to [...]