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Back injuries are supposed to have ended Michael Porter Jr.’s lone season at the University of Missouri before it really started. The 19-year-old, who was in heavy contention to be selected first overall in next June’s NBA draft, isn’t supposed to play again before his professional career tips off. He underwent a microdisectomy of the L3-L4 spinal discs, which [...]

More bad news for Blake Griffin and the struggling and short-handed Los Angeles Clippers: Griffin will miss the next two months while he recovers from a sprained MCL. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/935601533021913088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Griffin suffered the injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 120-115 win over the Lakers on Monday night when a tumbling Austin Rivers landed [...]

John Wall is a member of the top five point guards in the NBA (in my opinion) that gets talked about the least. He is a lightning quick guard with elite athleticism who pushes the paces and does almost everything at a high level at the position, averaging about 20 points, 10 assists and four [...]

There are three things that are absolute certainties in life: death, taxes and the San Antonio Spurs making the playoffs. That is of course a play off of the quote by current Washington Wizards Head Coach Scott Brooks, who said a version of that a few years back, which is a play on the quote [...]

The Nuggets chances to return to the playoffs in 2018 just took a big hit. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nuggets veteran power forward and big-time free agency acquisition is expected to miss 3 months of actions after undergoing surgery on his injured wrist. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/933124886742134784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Paul Millsap suffered the injury in the 2nd [...]

And now for some really crappy news. The Missouri Tigers announced on Tuesday that freshman Michael Porter Jr., one of the candidates to be selected first overall in the 2018 NBA draft, will miss the rest of this season due to a back injury that will require surgery. SI.com’s Chris Chavez relayed some of the [...]

It is a very sad day for those who enjoyed the quaintness and unique experience of watching NBA players play televised games in a small practice gyms with no fans or seating the first few days of July each year with the Orlando Summer League. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel on Monday, [...]

Sunday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers ended up being a disaster of epic proportions for the Denver Nuggets. Not only were Nikola Jokic and head coach Mike Malone ejected for having words with the referees, but Paul Millsap, one of this past summer’s primary free-agent prizes, left early with a wrist injury. He [...]

The bizarre Markelle Fultz saga in Philadelphia continues. The No. 1 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft has averaged 6.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in four appearances this season, and has been out for the past month because of soreness in his right shoulder. By now you know the story, he apparently changed [...]

It doesn’t feel that long ago that David Lee was putting up double-doubles on a near nightly basis for a young Warriors team with his knack for cleaning up the glass and his soft touch around the rim. Lee, who hasn’t been on an NBA roster this season, announced his retirement from the NBA Sunday [...]