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With Amar’e Stoudemire out for the rest of the season, and Tyson Chandler recently bruising his knee, the Knicks need all the frontcourt help they can get. They signed Kenyon Martin to two back-to-back 10 day contracts to fill that void. K-Mart has played very will for the Knicks in the few games he’s been [...]

Gilbert Arenas is now a punchline, and because of that, we forget just how good he actually was in his prime. He was arguably one of the 5 best offensive guys in the league. But that all seems like a distant memory. Because of his antics and injuries, his NBA shelf-life expired and is playing [...]

Kobe Bryant has only ever known the Los Angeles Lakers. We’ve only known him as a Laker. Could he conceivably wind up playing anywhere else? With one more year left on his current deal, it’s a fair question. The Black Mamba, despite what he says, appears to have plenty of gas left in the tank, [...]

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Call Steve Novak what you like, but there’s a correlation to be drawn between him and the New York Knicks winning. Doofy. Clumsy. Un-athletic. Slow. Whiter than snow. All of these are words or phrases often associated with Novak. What’s not often (enough) associated with the stretch forward, is his importance to the current Knicks [...]

I don’t think there is anyone arguing over what the dunk of the week was. DeAndre Jordan obliterating the Pistons was the obvious favorite. They even made a T-Shirt about his post dunk facial expression. But there were plenty of other dunks this week that deserve some love. So peep the weekly THD Video’s dedication [...]

The Knicks and knees don’t jive anymore it seems. Amar’e Stoudemire is out for practically the rest of the season, as he needs more surgery on his knees. Then of course, Carmelo is battling a mystery knee injury that can’t be explained. Then last night, Tyson Chandler made it a trio. The Knicks were in [...]

A little more Pau Gasol sounds good right about now. With the Los Angeles Lakers 9-2 heading into their matchup with the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday night, Gasol wasn’t exactly an afterthought, but there wasn’t any urgency behind his return. But then the Lakers lost to the Hawks, Kobe Bryant and all. Bryant has a severely [...]

Ankle and knee sprains are the most common injuries in basketball. Mainly because of the cutting, starting/stopping, and most of all jumping without certainty of your landing zone. There is much debate about what is considered a dirty play in the NBA. There has always been an understanding that if a defender sticks his foot [...]

Derrick Rose loves his city. When Chicago is mourning, as it turns out, Bulls star Derrick Rose is mourning right a long with them. Chicago has been publicly grieving the death of 6-month old Jonylah Watkins, who was shot five times in a drive-by shooting Tuesday night. Authorities believe her father was the target of [...]