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Dwight Howard was never going to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers if you ask Steve Nash. Speaking with the Los Angeles-based “Mason & Ireland Show” on ESPN Radio (via Eric Pincus of the Los Angeles Times), the Lakers point man didn’t believe the team had a chance at retaining Howard leading into that meeting. [...]

Carmelo Anthony is right. And he’s wrong. All at once. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, ‘Melo wanted the Knicks to trade for Rajon Rondo after the Boston Celtics dealt future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce: Anthony told friends after the Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade to the [...]

The reason the Indiana Pacers knocked off the Knicks and gave the Miami Heat all they could handle in last year’s playoffs was because of their depth and size. Roy Hibbert and David West seem to get all of the credit for the work they do down low, but they have help. Tyler Hansbrough played [...]

He’s not exactly Dwight Howard, but he’s still plenty serviceable. The Lakers lost Dwight and picked up Chris Kaman. Not only does Kaman come cheaper than Dwight, but he’s not that far removed from his best days, when he was on the Clippers. Quietly, this is a great move. The Lakers found themselves a center, a familiar [...]

The Boston Celtics don’t need to send Rajon Rondo anywhere. Apparently. Much has been made of Boston’s decision to hire analytic-guru and rookie head coach Brad Stevens, no conjecture more powerful than that which questions Rondo’s future in Bean town. After watching the Celtics trade away Kevin Garnett, Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry, [...]

The New York Knicks should be afraid. Very afraid. Carmelo Anthony, the lone superstar on the Knicks’ roster can become an unrestricted free agent next summer, an opportunity he will likely seize. Then 30, this will be ‘Melo’s first chance to explore free agency, and he’s not going to pass it up. He’ll join a [...]

It’s looking more and more like there is truth to the rumor that the LA Lakers will use their amnesty clause provision to cut Metta World Peace from the team, and save approximately $30 Million against the cap. News first started to break last night when Kevin Ding of the OC Register tweeted this: Sweet [...]

Being tall is the best thing you can be as a basketball player. Often times skill is secondary, because as I always say, you can’t teach tall. When healthy, Andrew Bynum proved two years ago with the Lakers that he can be a difference maker on the floor. But after battling through knee injuries with [...]

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Chris Paul is excited to return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Don’t underestimate the power of excitement. It’s always better than hearing “Oh crap, I’m still playing here?” According to Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles, Paul harbors no such resentment or regret about remaining in Los Angeles: “I’m excited,” Paul told ESPNLosAngeles.com. “I’m excited [...]