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With the advent of newer and more advanced training techniques, we’ve seen a lot of players do some pretty spectacular things with a basketball in both the collegiate and high school ranks. Of course, what is most impressive is the amount of athleticism being displayed by today’s youth as I’m simply amazed by what players [...]

Many basketball experts wondered out loud prior to last week’s NBA Draft just what the Philadelphia 76ers would do, considering they swung and missed on the Andrew Bynum signing, were still without a head coach, and had no hope of securing a difference making player with the #11 pick. But outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]

At long last, the Dwight Howard drama is over. Howard has decided to join the Houston Rockets. He will be painted as “not able to handle the spotlight” and a bunch of other not-so-flattering labels, but the fact of the matter is Houston is the best basketball situation for him. Howard won’t thrive in Mike [...]

Dwight Howard isn’t the Los Angeles Lakers’ only problem. The Dwightmare Part II has kept the Lakers busy, distracting them from plenty of other issues, one of which is the relationship between head coach Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Speaking with David Alarcón of the Spanish basketball website basket4us.com, Pau said that D’Antoni wasn’t the [...]

It’s tough to fathom Dwight Howard willingly leaving the Lakers for another team, because historically, stars don’t choose to leave the Lakers. They choose to stay. But with the unpredictability of Howard, anything is possible. The Lakers have met with Howard and reports indicate that they appear to be on the same page. But who [...]

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The power of playing in a major market cannot be understated. Often times, players are more valuable when they do. Look at Tyreke Evans for example. He’s plenty talented, but we don’t get a chance to see him play that often, so we don’t know how good he actually is. Evans is going from Sacramento [...]

Long live the Dwightmare. Dwight Howard still hasn’t made a decision as to which team he will be joining next season. Yet. But he will. And it’s expected to come relatively soon, by Howard’s standards anyway. The Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks remain his top suitors. Houston [...]

When the Brooklyn Nets made the boldest move this offseason so far by trading for longtime Celtics Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and NBA sharpshooter Jason Terry, many initially tabbed the Nets as instant Eastern Conference contenders. On paper, the Nets now have arguably the best starting 5 in basketball, but we’ll have to see how [...]

J.R. Smith now has more than 24 million reasons to smile. The New York Knicks re-signed two key cogs in their close-to-a-championship machine, in Smith and Pablo Prigioni. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, Smith’s deal is worth a reported $24.7 million over the next four years. The fourth year, per Howard [...]