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To put the Dallas Mavericks back on top, there needs to be a plan. And don’t worry, because Mark Cuban has one. Much to the surprise of, well, no one, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has vowed that the team will be better next season. How does he intend to do that, you ask? Well, by [...]

If you thought the Miami Heat were the only team “resting” players in preparation for the playoffs, guess again. Whereas something like this was unheard of in the 90s, it has become commonplace for certain teams. The Boston Celtics are no stranger to this phenomenon either. The Heat and Celtics will face off on Friday [...]

Kobe Bryant was on fire offensively last night against the Blazers. Yes, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol put in solid performances, but in essence, Kobe Bryant single-handedly willed the Lakers into sole possession of the 8th and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. It’s not over yet, but the Lakers destiny is now in [...]

Wilson Chandler and Corey Brewer had big scoring nights. Andre Iguodala had a triple double. The Nuggets were firing on all cylinders last night as they jockey for home court positioning in the Western Conference playoff race. But it was JaVale McGee’s defense that provided the necessary spark to hold the Spurs to 86 points [...]

The New York Knicks needed bodies to supplement their depleted front line with, and their not-so-extensive search brought them to James Singleton. Frank Isola of the New York Daily News first reported that the Knicks were interested in the 31-year-old Singleton, who has spent five seasons in the league with three different teams. Knicks close [...]

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By now, seemingly everyone and their mother has weighed in on the Mike Rice firing at Rutgers.  Just in case, you’ve been living under a rock or something, Rice is the now deposed coach of the men’s basketball team at Rutgers, who was caught on tape heaving basketballs and shouting homosexual slurs at his team [...]

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Pau Gasol has a friend in Kobe Bryant. A good one. A mere few days removed from essentially calling himself and Pau an unstoppable offensive duo, Kobe took his support of the seven footer up a notch. Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the New Orleans Hornets, Bryant called Gasol his “dude” and asserted [...]

I’m not absolutely certain the ball on Rockets’ James Harden’s buzzer beating three point attempt last night had any chance of going in. After hitting the rim hard and bouncing straight up in the air, the Suns Jermaine O’Neal deflected the ball on the descent back out to the perimeter. The rules state that if [...]