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Enes Kanter has missed the New York Knicks’ past three games with back spasms, and while the team hopes to welcome him back to the fold against the Miami Heat on Wednesday, he return re-accentuates a problem they’ve had all season: The roster is stocked with too many damn bigs Kanter’s absence didn’t really serve [...]

Kevin Love isn’t unconditionally enjoying his move to the center spot. But he’s not not enjoying it either. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Chris Fedor, he’s still in the figuring-shit-out stages of the switch: “It’s been a little bit of a change for me,” Love admitted. “I still find myself spacing a little bit wanting [...]

The Knicks just dealt with the face of their franchise being unwilling to play the position that would help them win most with the style of play in the current NBA, I am talking about Carmelo Anthony’s unwillingness to play the four for the Knicks the past few years despite the fact that he could [...]

Tristan Thompson may want to get himself used to the idea of coming off the bench. In the aftermath of a wonky offseason, which ended, basically, with the arrival of Dwyane Wade, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue is considering using Kevin Love as the starting center, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Kevin Love could be named [...]

This is fine. Nerlens Noel, who turned down a four-year, $70 million offer from the Dallas Mavericks in restricted free agency only to sign his one-year qualifying offer worth $4.2 million, will not get to spend his contract season as the starting center. That job, according to head coach Rick Carlisle, belongs to Dirk Nowitzki. [...]

Everyone wants the New York Knicks to play Kristaps Porzingis at center as opposed to power forward—except, of course, Porzingis himself, who seems indifferent to the entire thing. Per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Kristaps Porzingis on potentially playing more center: “I am a 4. I’ve been playing 4 my whole NBA career. Moving to the 5, [...]

Tyronn Lue seems to still be finding his way as head coach of the Cavs. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since the Cavs pretty much led the East wire to wire this year and have clinched the top spot. He’s still tinkering with his lineup and is about to make a somewhat bold move [...]

Dirk Nowitzki, even after nearly two decades of being set in his basketball ways, is not afraid of change. Not even the kind of change that demands he jump to center full-time for the Dallas Mavericks. He’s always been a shooter in the body of a center, but now he may actually start playing center. [...]

August 13, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Oh, how much the NBA has changed in a relatively short time. Let’s think about one of the most prevalent hoop philosophies from about a year ago: You can’t win a title without a high caliber big man. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I [...]

April 26, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Thanks to a Barclays Center employee snapping pictures and tweeting, and thanks to Deadspin for uncovering the image, we no longer have to wait until April 30th for the official unveiling. Here is a leaked picture of the new Brooklyn Nets logo (minus the blue tape of course). [...]