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Championships are won inside-out. Typically, anyway. If you have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade roaming the perimeter, I guess that rule doesn’t apply. But if you ask Wade, he still feels as if the Heat are vulnerable down low. “Yeah, we have weaknesses,” said Wade, whose Heat went 46-20 during the 2011-12 lockout-shortened campaign, an [...]

The NBA has decided to address the concerns raised over the years about having players like Tim Duncan, Chris Bosh, Kevin Garnett, etc. choose between being listed as a forward or center for all-star balloting purposes. This hurt lots of deserving power forwards who were not selected for the game because guys playing the majority [...]

We all know by now that Lakers guard Steve Nash has a pretty sarcastic sense of humor. Check out his latest tweet about being on a magazine cover with Dwight Howard, and their preseason record thus far. Hilarious… Proud to share the @sinow cover with @dwighthoward. In related news: We’re 0-6 this preseason. #covergirls — [...]

For a certain part of the playoffs last year, Ray Allen was off for a bit. Many contributed that too his bad ankle, making it tough for him to get proper lift. Well, that same ankle is still bothering him. We’ll have to wait and see if him impacts his game. With a week left [...]

The preseason is a necessary evil. You need it so that teams can work out the kinks, but of course there’s always the risk of injury. The latter was the case for New Orleans rookie Austin Rivers who left yesterday’s preseason game with a sprained ankle. The same ankle he has surgery on a few [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve said that most fans are expecting big things out of the Minnesota Timberwolves this season.  Yes, that’s right, I said BIG things from the Timberwolves. After signing the formerly amnestied Brandon Roy and multi-talented Andrei Kirilenko away from his homeland Russia for another run in the NBA to help [...]

Either Dwight’s back was still bothering him a tad, or he didn’t anticipate anyone skying over him, because Kings rookie Thomas Robinson climbed the ladder on him yesterday. Dwight has done this a number of times to people, so Robinson gave him a taste of his own medicine. [...]

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Once again, Lamar Odom is facing criticism concerning his conditioning. Odom came into Clippers camp looking like he’d gained a noticeable amount of weight, and not in muscle. In an exhibition game against the Utah Jazz, which the clippers won 96-94, Odom was given a rest along with fellow newcomer Grant Hill. “He’s got to work through [...]