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In recent interviews Lakers new coach Mike D’Antoni said the Lakers are a much slower team due to age than many of the teams they are coming up against. He still wants to play the run and gun game, but much of that success will be predicated on the return of Steve Nash from injury. [...]

Chris Paul last night came up big when it counted. He had a decent night of 14 and 9, but it was his mindset and know how in the important moments that counted. Chris Paul gave his defender a little shimmy at the top of the key with under a minute remaining and the game [...]

The LA Lakers today announced on their twitter feed that backup point guard Steve Blake will need to have laproscopic surgery to repair his abdomen. The rehab from the surgery is apparently going to take at least 6-8 weeks. This is terrible news for the Lakers who are struggling mightily given their talent level on [...]

Every once in a while you find a player floating around in the NBA that makes you say, “so that’s what happened to him after getting drafted”. I had a bit of that feeling tonight watching this incredible play by Byron Mullens. Many of you might remember him as B.J. Mullens, who was highly touted [...]

Sports Illustrated has named Lebron James as their 2012 sportsmen of the year. And for good reason. It was an epic year for Lebron in which he won League MVP, Finals MVP, NBA Championship, Olympic Gold Medal, NBA All-Star, First Team All-NBA, and First Team All-Defense awards. So yeah, I’d say he’s earned it… Here [...]

While Penny Hardaway campaigns for a roster position on the Miami Heat, he recently spent an entire day on Instagram reminding the world just how many exclusive sneakers he has.  The year 2012 saw the return of his Air Penny line with a new signature silhouette, as well as new colorways of the four models [...]

Their record doesn’t reflect, but the Los Angeles Lakers are still an NBA powerhouse to be feared. After Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard led the Lakers to a loss at the hands of the Howard-less Orlando Magic Sunday night, Los Angeles dropped below .500 for the fourth time this season. Obviously, for a franchise with [...]

The rather surprising trade earlier this season that helped the Houston Rockets acquire the multi-talented James Harden from the OKC Thunder has done wonders for the Rockets franchise. The pairing of Harden and Jeremy Lin in the backcourt gives Houston as dynamic a duo as any team in the Association and finally gives the Rockets [...]

Back in October, when 4 time All Star and NBA Champion Rasheed Wallace decided to come out of retirement and sign with the NY Knicks, the often outspoken and tempermental big man promised everyone that at age 38, he was much to old to be clashing with officials. After all, coming into Sunday afternoon’s tip-off [...]

If the Nuggets hadn’t last to the Warriors last night by one point in the closing minute, we would all be singing the praises of one Kenneth Faried today. So we will go ahead and do it anyway. The Nuggets sophomore big man they call “Manimal” was up to his usual tricks of out working [...]