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The Philadelphia 76ers and Doug Collins parts ways shortly after the season ended. Because so much time has elapsed since then, most actually forgot all about their head coaching search. Recently, all has been quiet on the Sixers coaching carousel front, until today. It was rumored on Friday, but it became official today: the Sixers [...]

This shouldn’t come as a big shocker to anyone, but the latest viral video sweeping the basketball web, is a video of Michael Jordan this weekend dunking at age 50. The feat occurred at a Michael Jordan Flight School basketball camp in Santa Barbara, California. This is no small feat, given the wear and tear [...]

Did New Jersey Nets rookie Mason Plumlee just leak the team’s plans to retire Jason Kidd’s jersey this season? Via The Basketball Jones from a transcription of a Bleacher Report interview with incoming NBA Rookies on how they will select their jersey numbers: “Mason Plumlee – I wanted 5, 5 is what I wore in [...]

Jeanie Buss doesn’t want Kobe Bryant to leave the Los Angeles Lakers. Previously, Buss told ESPNLA 710 in a radio interview that it was important for Kobe to get healthy and not do anything that jeopardizes his future. Asked to expand on those comments by Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Los Angeles, Buss made it clear [...]

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It’s typical for guys to make adjustments part-way through their careers, but even this may be a bit extreme. Tristan Thompson from the Cavaliers is undergoing a change this offeason. He will change the hand in which he shoots with. That’s right, he will now shoot free throws and jumpshots with his right rather than [...]

Greg Oden will not be asked to score for the Heat. Coming in, his role is clearly defined. After three consecutive trips to the Finals, the Miami Heat roster works, even though it’s flawed. But Oden is supposed to rid the club of that flaw by adding size in the frontcourt. In his first comment [...]

When I first saw a headline that read Philadelphia 76ers big man Spencer Hawes scores 58 points in Jamal Crawford’s Seattle Pro-Am, I’ll admit my first thought that it must be a typo. But then came the following video evidence of the chronically underachieving former Lottery pick dominating the competition to notch the highest scoring [...]

Surprise, surprise. Paul Pierce recently admitted that neither he nor Doc Rivers nor Kevin Garnett was prepared to endure a rebuild for the Boston Celtics. Shocking right? Not exactly. Speaking with SLAM Magazine’s Adam Figman, The Truth was very candid about what went down in Beantown: Well, I know the insides with everything that’s going [...]

Greg Oden is a large individual, which means he’ll eat up alot of real estate on the defensive end, and will also alter shots and grab rebounds. But he’s never been that polished of an offensive player. Perhaps working with the likes of Alonzo Mourning will help that. Since retiring, Zo has remained affiliated with [...]