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Kobe Bryant would have won championships without Shaquille O’Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers. Or at least, that’s what the Black Mamba believes. As the Lakers prepare to retire Shaq’s jersey, Kobe has revealed a personal respect for his former teammate and arch nemesis. The feud is essentially behind both players. That rift which culminated [...]

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It was a sweet sweet homecoming for Jose Calderon as the Pistons snapped their three game losing streak last night to beat Calderon’s former team, the Toronto Raptors. But en route to the victory, Jose Calderon accidentally started walking towards the Raptors locker room at half-time (on April Fool’s day none the less). He shares [...]

Give Brandon Roy credit. They guy simply will not give up. Forced to retired due to shaky knees several years ago, he decided to give it another go and found a suitor in the Minnesota Timberwolves. But it was deja vu again this year as his knees have forced him to miss the majority of [...]

Kobe Bryant has gone back and forth so many different times on when he will finally decide to retire.  He just passed Wilt Chamberlain the other night for 4th all-time in scoring and next on that list is Michael Jordan, of course. You absolutely know he wants to pass Michael but will that be as [...]

Given that Kyrie Irving made his early return yesterday from a shoulder injury in spectacular fashion with 31 points in the losing cause, we felt Irving deserved some love on THD Video. This week we focus on Irving’s Top 10 Plays of the 2012-13 season thus far. Yesterday’s madness excluded… [...]

Andrew Bynum doesn’t have a soft spot for the Philadelphia 76ers. After the Sixers took a chance on Bynum, believing him to be everything the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t, they got burned. He won’t play at all this season, essentially meaning Philly traded Andre Iguodala and Nikola Vucevic for nothing. Still, the Sixers—with the exception [...]

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In our initial Mock Draft, the Top 10 picks were dominated by big men like Cody Zeller, Nerlens Noel, and Mason Plumlee.  But since then several other position players have played their way to the top of most draftboards like freshmen Ben McLemore and Anthony Bennett as well as junior swingman Victor Oladipo from Indiana. [...]

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