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NBA Power Rankings: Preparing for Another (Boring) Trade Deadline

NBA Power Rankings: Preparing for Another (Boring) Trade Deadline

It’s almost here. No, not real life pocket-sized lightsabers. Those are still a ways off. The NBA trade deadline. That’s what almost here. Thursday at 3 p.m. ET , the deadline will come to pass, at which point, the Association’s power structure could experience a seismic shift, inciting disorder into an already-crazed season. Or, more [...]

February 19, 2014 admin Power Rankings 0

NBA Power Rankings: Craziness Abounds Ahead of All-Star Break

NBA Power Rankings: Craziness Abounds Ahead of All-Star Break

Happy (almost) NBA All-Star Weekend everyone. Something is in the air, and it’s not love. Well, maybe a little bit of love. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, after all. Most of what you’re sensing, though, is more chaos. Although the top-most teams remain relatively consistent in their performance, the mediocre and bottom-feeding outfits [...]

February 12, 2014 admin Power Rankings 0

Top 10 Wealthiest Players in the NBA: Paper Chasers

Top 10 Wealthiest Players in the NBA: Paper Chasers

With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]

February 12, 2014 Rob Lists, Offbeat 0

Flip Saunders Dishes On Stiff NBA Trade Market

Flip Saunders Dishes On Stiff NBA Trade Market

Let’s call last year’s NBA trade deadline what it was: Awful and boring. Next, let’s guess what this year’s NBA trade deadline will be like: Potentially awful and boring. The current collective bargaining agreement has made it so NBA teams aren’t as frivolous with their spending and willingness to assume long-term contracts. Punitive luxury-tax penalties [...]

February 11, 2014 admin Blogs 0

NBA Power Rankings: Andrew Bynum Shakes Up Absolutely Nothing

NBA Power Rankings: Andrew Bynum Shakes Up Absolutely Nothing

This one’s all about you. No, not you, Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith. I know you’re reading, but this isn’t about just you. It’s about all of you, the fans. Imagine the worst version of yourself; the absolute most-insufferable supporter of your favorite NBA team. Then times it by 10. Or more. That’s what [...]

February 5, 2014 admin Power Rankings 0

NBA Power Rankings: Grading Every Team At Season’s Halfway Point

NBA Power Rankings: Grading Every Team At Season’s Halfway Point

Judgment day has arrived. Kind of. Halfway through the 2013-14 NBA season, most of us feel like geniuses. We know stuff now, you see. Real stuff. Important stuff. Which teams will make the playoffs for sure? We know that. Which teams are absolutely terrible? We know that, too. Why exactly is the Eastern Conference reaching [...]

January 22, 2014 admin Power Rankings 0

NBA Power Rankings: Return of the Spurs

NBA Power Rankings: Return of the Spurs

That stench wafting through your home and into your oversized nostrils is coming from the NBA. Although it’s difficult to pinpoint what it actually is, we’re above confusion: it’s clarity. We’ve reached that point of the year where the Association’s happenings finally make more sense than whatever outfit Robin Thicke is wearing these days. Injuries and [...]

January 15, 2014 admin Power Rankings 0

Kevin Love Reportedly Favoring Knicks, Lakers in 2015

Kevin Love Reportedly Favoring Knicks, Lakers in 2015

Kevin Love is reportedly looking ahead. Really, really far ahead. According to NBA.com’s Sam Smith, Love already has a list of preferred 2015 free-agency destinations that includes the Knicks and Lakers: Now the Timberwolves face the issue teams have with LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams and Dwight Howard: Trade him now or this summer [...]

January 13, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Blazers and Thunder: The Kids are Alright

Blazers and Thunder: The Kids are Alright

One of the biggest surprises of the season has been the top-seeded Portland Trailblazers. We even shone some light on them in our weekly THD Video series. 7-year veteran LaMarcus Aldridge has expanded his game, and, as a result, he’s enjoying his best professional season. His running mate and partner in crime is 2nd year [...]

January 13, 2014 admin R.S. De France 1

Rick Adelman Calls Kevin Love ‘Top 5’ Player

Rick Adelman Calls Kevin Love ‘Top 5’ Player

Remember when Kevin Love didn’t feel supported by the Minnesota Timberwolves? Yeah, those days are gone. Those feelings are gone. Or at least, they should be. Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman called Love a top-five NBA star following his team’s 100-98 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Weird, right? Praising a player after a loss? From the [...]

December 31, 2013 admin Blogs 0