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Tracy McGrady today weighed in on the Miami Heat’s 22 game winning streak. Reached via text message, McGrady said the Rockets 22 game winning streak from a few years ago was a lot more impressive. He mainly cites the Rockets lack of multiple all-star personnel as the reason for the differentiation. “I’m enjoying watching because [...]

Dwight Howard doesn’t need Kobe Bryant. Strike that, Howard isn’t going to panic without Kobe in the lineup. Which he shouldn’t. When Bryant suffered a sprained ankle in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Atlanta Hawks, many were anxious over how the team would fare without their leading scorer and second-leading assist man, and [...]

Mark Cuban can be irritating and annoying to many, but that’s part of the reason he’s so successful. You don’t get to his position without pissing people off. Last year, Derek Fisher asked for his release from the Dallas Mavericks, then signed with the OKC Thunder this year. That rubbed Cuban the wrong way. Fisher [...]

In one of those good guy moments in the NBA, Jason Kidd’s former shooting coach Bob Thate (now the shooting coach for the LA Clippers) worked out for 30 minutes with Kidd before the Clippers vs. Knicks game yesterday. Kidd has been struggling lately with his outside shooting, and Bob Thate wanted to see his [...]

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No matter how many times we see Clippers Chris Paul toss the lob to teammate Blake Griffin, it never gets old. This lob from today’s win over the Knicks is no exception. So filthy… [...]

The Miami Heat tied the second-longest winning streak in NBA history at 22 games, defeating the Toronto Raptors 108-91 on Sunday at Air Canada Centre. Miami (51-14) started their streak on February 3 in Toronto, and have yet to lose since. They were led by Dwyane Wade’s 24 points and nine assists and LeBron James’ [...]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Larry Sanders has been fined $50,000 for using a derogatory and offensive term and publicly criticizing the officials, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. With 2:44 in the fourth quarter of the Bucks 107-94 home loss to the Miami Heat on Friday Sanders directed a derogatory [...]

For as poor as the Washington Wizards record is, they aren’t that bad of a team when John Wall is in the lineup and healthy. Once again put up a double-double with 17 points and 11 assists. That was his third double-double in the past four games. But most certainly the play of the game [...]

Always looking to celebrate the holidays with new sneaker colorways, Under Armour makes their St Patricks Day contribution with this pair of the Spine Bionic. This isn’t the first time Under Armour drew up a St Patricks Day sneaker; last year the Bloodline was the premiere sneaker of the Player Exclusive pack of sneakers with [...]