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Often times in the NBA, players aren’t worth the contracts they are given, but based on the current situation of the team, it becomes necessary. That may be the case with John Wall of the Wizards. Washington officially inked their point man to a max deal of $80 million over 5-years. Wall hasn’t exactly lived [...]

Never count out the Los Angeles Lakers or rather, Kobe Bryant. It’s a lesson I myself learned long ago, and one that still applies today. Writing off any team the Black Mamba—injured or not—plays for is like roller skating through your local mall in nothing save for a pair of tidy whities, in that you [...]

For a couple of years now, the growing feeling has been that Brandon Jennings was unhappy in Milwaukee. Primarily because he wanted to play in a major market. In fact, he has said as much. He also  felt as if he should be a max player. While Jennings isn’t going to a major market, nor [...]

So why do the New York Knicks need Glen Grunwald again? Oh right, formalities. To hell with those shackles. They should just go ahead and give Carmelo Anthony the official title of star cornerstone and acting general manager. According to Hoopworld’s Steve Kyler, the Knicks have let ‘Melo know their financial books will be clear [...]

It’s easy to criticize TV analysts, but being comfortable in front of the camera on live television is much tougher than it looks. And when guys can make that transition from being an athlete, it’s pretty impressive. Throughout his career, Grant Hill has made various random stints as a guest broadcaster. In fact, he announced [...]

Last season, Kurt Rambis was an NBA analyst for ESPN. During his time there, Rambis spent a considerable amount of time criticizing how Mike D’Antoni went about coaching the Lakers. Now, to make things interesting, the Lakers hired Rambis as an assistant coach. Rambis obviously has ties to the Lakers and has coaching experience so [...]

This has been a relatively quiet offseason for the NBA in terms of players getting in trouble. Not that it’s usually bad this time of year, but all of the news pertaining to the NBA generally has been good. Other leagues can’t necessarily say that. That is until now. Daniel “Boobie” Gibson turned himself into [...]

Mitch Kupchak sure knows how to kill a party. While Jim Buss is predicting that Kobe Bryant will be ready to go in time for the preseason, Kupchak isn’t ready to make such a pledge. Really, he’s not prepared to make any sort of pledge. Speaking with reporters for the first time since Dwight Howard [...]

Mike Brown has no advice to offer Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on LeBron James. Surprise, surprise. Brown coached LeBron between 2005 and 2010, the latter of which was LeBron’s last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Like Spo inevitably will, Brown had to endure 82 games worth of speculative banter about where LeBron was [...]

The popularity of playing in the Olympics among NBA players comes in waves. Around 2004, isn’t wasn’t perceived as cool to do it. The result: a bronze medal for the USA. Then, in 2008, everybody bought in. The same went for 2012. However, you get the sense that this won’t necessarily be the case in [...]