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The Toronto Raptors may be getting ahead of themselves. Less than 20 games into the Rudy Gay experiment the Raptors are already thinking long term, which is fine. Acting on such thoughts at this juncture, though, isn’t. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo intends to offer Gay a contract [...]

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Records don’t say everything in this league. They distinguish the boys from the men; the contenders from the non-contenders. Come playoff time, there’s quite a large gap between the first seed and the eighth seed. The Miami Heat are a better team than the Milwaukee Bucks, if you can believe it. But, one thing that [...]

After deciding that the current roster had reached a plateau after last season, the Philadelphia 76ers were the surprising 4th team in the blockbuster trade that sent Dwight Howard to LA, Andre Iguodala to Denver, and Andrew Bynum back to Philly. While Bynum was supposed to be the next great franchise player in Philly, the [...]

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Even though it would probably be in his best interest to stop talking to the media about his Orlando days, Dwight Howard apparently can’t help himself. A few days ago, Dwight gave an interview to KCAL-TV in LA about his past. Dwight had some less than flattering things to say about his former teammates. At [...]

A few nights ago, Carmelo Anthony went down with an apparent knee injury and did not return to the game. It was strange in that he tripped over nothing at all. He landed awkwardly on that knee back in December and has been experiencing discomfort ever since. ‘Melo will likely sit tonight, but could this [...]

With the thirst for the re-release of sneakers from the 90s at an all-time high, once luxury brand FILA Sports makes a move of their own by bringing back a favorite from Grant Hill’s signature line in the FILA Ninety6. Originally called the FILA GH2, this silhouette is scheduled to return in five different colors [...]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the coach? According to Dave Begel of OnMilwaukee.com, the NBA’s All-Time leading scorer is interested in coaching the Milwaukee Bucks: One name I didn’t hear, and one that I think should move to the very head of the line is a man I talked with last week who said he’d jump at the [...]

Serge Ibaka received an early (late?) Christmas gift from the NBA. Following an incident where Ibaka maliciously (yes, maliciously) struck Blake Griffin in the groin, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s power forward was fined $25,000 for his actions and his Flagrant 1 was upgraded to a Flagrant 2. Serge Ibaka has been fined $25,000 for his [...]