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David West’s return to the Indiana Pacers isn’t etched in stone. The 32-year-old power forward had a phenomenal regular season, averaging 17.1 points and 7.7 rebounds on 49.8 percent shooting. He was a big part of what the Pacers did and remains as vital a cog as there is in their attempt to unseat the [...]

With only a few weeks remaining until the 2013 NBA Draft, every NBA team should be doing their homework and scouring tape to get the skinny on each and every prospect in this year’s crop of players. Especially in a year where most experts agree that there are no real All Star caliber superstars, it [...]

We are learning two things from the 2013 NBA Playoffs, specifically from the now epic Heat/Pacers ECF series that will now go to 7 games, and it’s that Miami is now vulnerable with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh reduced to being role players and Paul George and Roy Hibbert are really, really good. Midway through [...]

2012-13 NBA MVP, Lebron James, sat down with Ahmad Rashad to talk about his season, his MVP, his efforts to be DPOY, and what it means to him to be a father. If you’re like us, you love these little post-season sit downs with league MVPs that air during the playoffs, and give us a [...]

Tyler Hansborough has proven throughout these playoffs that he’s hard nosed, hard working, and gritty. That said, he hasn’t really been able to make a shot or keep from turning the ball over. But sometimes coaches like players who get under the skin of the opposing team. Hansborough has been doing that each and every [...]

Because he has played so well during the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, many are saying Roy Hibbert is one of the best Centers in the league. While that claim is premature, his play does make you wonder why he doesn’t dominate, given the height advantage he has most nights. Dwight Howard’s former [...]

The Houston Rockets are reportedly becoming more aggressive in their pursuit for Dwight Howard. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Rockets plan to trade Thomas Robinson—the fifth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft—in an attempt to free up the cap space needed to sign Howard: The Houston Rockets are determined to trade [...]

The NBA is regarded as the league that routinely gets coaches fired. In some cases it may be true, but in other cases it can just be speculation. According the Chris Paul, the latter is the truth regarding he and Vinny Del Negro. Clippers owner Donald Sterling all but acknowledged that Chris Paul was a [...]

The Miami Heat took a 3-2 lead over the Indiana Pacers last night, but resembled LeBron’s old Cavaliers teams. That’s largely because Dwyane Wade has slowly become a role player. And is Tony Parker really the best PG in the league, or are we just in love with him performance vs. Memphis? Kevin Burke discusses…. [...]

Unfortunately, flopping has been one of the main story lines of the Eastern Conference Finals. For whatever reason, that was barely talked about during the Western Conference Finals. In just about every game during the Miami – Indiana series, you’ll see guys on both teams trying to sell a flop to the ref. Sometimes they’re [...]