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Former head coach Stan Van Gundy has gotten a little ribbing from folks about his recent opinion on John Wall. Van Gundy didn’t say all that much wrong. The problem was that he was sort of implying that Wall wasn’t fit to be an NBA team’s cornerstone player. Reasonably, that suggestion was met with some [...]

I don’t know about you, but the Slam Dunk Contest for me has always been one of the two best things about the NBA All-star Weekend. Sure it has had its ups and downs with rule changes, weak talent pool years, and controversy, but you can’t tell me that if you love basketball you don’t [...]

Superstitions in sports is nothing new. One common trend happens to be when everyone on a team grows a beard for a common cause. Typically, that’s at the beginning of the playoffs as comradery for winning. But how about as a way to help a losing situation? This may be a first. The Dallas Mavericks [...]

Performance enhancing drugs in sports is something that has been around for a while and doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon. From cycling to football to baseball, we hear of new stories all the time. But for the most part, basketball has avoided the conversation. That’s primarily because you can make the argument [...]

For the last few years now, the lunar Chinese calendar has served as the inspiration for some of the best sneaker colorways ever so its no wonder that the upcoming Jordan Brand ‘Year Of The Snake’ pack has been getting so much love. On the ‘Year of the Snake’ Jordan I, multi-colored patent leather is [...]

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It’s a common belief that the Utah Jazz are going to deal one or both of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, and the latest has the San Antonio Spurs making a push for the former. According to Chris Sheridan of SherdianHoops.com, San Antonio has emerged as the frontrunner to pry Jefferson away from Utah: The [...]

According to a tweet from CBS Sports Pau Gasol is out at least six weeks with a partial tear of his plantar fascia in his foot. If the Lakers were planning to trade the big fella before the trade deadline, this can’t be good for negotiations. Unless of course being on the injured list is [...]

Who else loves the phantom camera videos the NBA puts out in super flow motion high definition? If you’re a videophile you love them, if you’re a basketball fan you ADORE them. Peep the Black Mamba Brooklyn Nets facial from this week, in phantom mode… [...]