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Even though the Bulls fell short, 110-91 against the Nets, who were fighting for their playoff lives, Nate Robinson once again was the bright spot for the Chicago Bulls. Check out this nasty crossover shake he threw down on Deron Williams, who has been known to give some crossovers himself from time to time. NATE-ROB! [...]

Whenever a star player goes out with an injury and the team is on a roll, it’s always tough for a coach to figure out how to ease him back into the rotation. Knicks Coach Mike Woodson had to deal with that earlier in the season when the Knicks got off to a hot start [...]

The Chicago Bulls are the walking wounded. Well actually, they’re not special. It seems as if the entire NBA is these days. Derrick Rose is still on the fence and Joakim Noah has battled through a bad foot. And it looks like the Bulls will be without Kirk Hinrich tonight as they try to close [...]

Now that the playoffs are officially over for the LA Lakers, Kobe Bryant has once again taken to twitter, after it was brought to his attention he might be a distraction to the team. Today he broke his twitter silence, to comment and show support for NBA big man Jason Collins, who became the first [...]

First openly gay player who is actively playing professional sports in North America? Could this be true? Sometimes you forget after a few former players have come out of the closet, starting with John Amaechi, that no ‘active’ players have yet to do so. Sadly for our society, Wikipedia actually has a list. Well 12 [...]

Brian Shaw had been the Lakers assistant coach for many year and was suspected to be next in line whenever Phil Jackson stepped away. But when Phil actually stepped away a few years ago, Lakers brass passed over Shaw and hired Mike Brown who had no connection to the Lakers at all. Shaw left and [...]

Somebody pinch Dwight Howard, because he must be dreaming. Following the San Antonio Spurs’ sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Superman called his first, and potentially only, season in Hollywood a “nightmare” (via Brett Pollakoff of NBC Sports’ ProBasketballTalk): “It was like a nightmare,” Howard said. “It [...]

Kobe is clearly one of the greatest of all-time. Regardless of how his return from injury pans out, he’s done enough to earn that distinction. Gregg Popovich has also done enough as a coach to earn that distinction in the coaching category. If you’re not sure just take a look at his winning percentage over [...]

If you don’t know, you better get to know. Stephen Curry is taking the 2013 NBA Playoffs by storm. After Golden State Warriors big man David Lee went down with injury for the remainder of the 2013 playoffs, everyone was saying the Warriors were done. That the Nuggets would sweep the remainder of the series. [...]

It is unclear at this point whether Phil Jackson wants to come back as a General Manager or as a Coach. But one thing is clear, he does want back in the league. There were rumors last week that the Raptors and Cavs were interested in his services, and now there is speculation that if [...]