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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 [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to dream big. After winning the 2013 NBA draft lottery, why shouldn’t they? They’re obviously riding some kind of a hot streak. This gives them two first-overall picks in the last years. Ain’t nothing wrong with that, you know, except for the fact they had to lose in excess to get [...]

The Utah Jazz just barely missed the playoffs in the Western Conference, but they have a nice young core.  And frankly, if they were in the East, they would’ve made it. Their front court is especially young and talented. Between Al Jefferson, Enes Kanter, Derrick Favors and Paul Millsap they have a formidable presence around [...]

Last night, the officials stole the show in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Questionable calls went both ways so you can throw the conspiracy theory notion out the window. However, it doesn’t excuse sloppy officiating. This should be a time to praise good play, rather than focus of referees and the NBA is [...]

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Even though he’s arguably the most troublesome and volatile player in NBA history, Metta World Peace has somehow found a way to completely change his image. Over the years, he has become a likable, endearing figure. Only he could pull that off, I guess. For his latest trick, World Peace has released a children’s book [...]