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Four Western Conference frontcourt players received more votes than Draymond Green and Blake Griffin. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and, naturally, Zaza Pachulia. WUT. It’s true. A late voting push thrust Pachulia ahead of Green and Griffin and almost into the All-Star festivities. He finished a mere 14,227 votes behind Leonard. Yes, this is [...]

It took an 11th hour voting surge, but Kyle Lowry finally did it. He edged out Kyrie Irving for a starter’s spot on the Eastern Conference’s All-Star roster. And Irving is totally cool with that. From Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com: He deserves it, man,” Irving said of Kyle Lowry. “It was going to be either [...]

Do you want to spend a day hanging with Boris Diaw and Manu Ginobili? Of course you do. Especially now. Ginobili tweeted the following photo ahead of the Thursday night drubbing the San Antonio Spurs handed out to the Phoenix Suns: Foto con nuestros clones en Phoenix esta mañana. With our clones this AM in [...]

The reigning NBA champion, historically good Golden State Warriors are back. Because, apparently, they left. Which is effing absurd. Draymond Green offered some pointed words following the Warriors’ shellacking of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night that should terrify the rest of the NBA. From the Washington Post‘s Tim Bontemps: “We kind of have that [...]

Most NBA players don’t sweat it if they’re not named as an All-Star starter. Anthony Davis may be among the select few who strongly lament their fan-vote slight. Here’s Eddie Scarito of Hoops Rumors: Davis needed a starting nod to trigger the Derrick Rose rule, which would have given him a salary of a projected [...]

Courtney Lee seems like a good guy—insofar as supplying much of the Memphis Grizzlies organization with Chipotle makes you a good guy. From Ronald Tillery of the Commercial Appeal: There’s at least one thing Courtney Lee loves more than making a 3-point shot. Chipotle. So it should come as no surprise that the shooting guard [...]

Utah Jazz sophomore Dante Exum is progressing toward next season’s return. The operative words being “next” and “season’s.” Though the rangy guard, whom the Jazz selected fifth overall in 2014, still isn’t expected to play at all during the 2015-16 campaign after tearing his left ACL, he’s resuming some surface-level basketball activities. Here’s Aaron Falk [...]

Boris Diaw is a role model…for Manu Ginobili. Ever the energetic contributor, Diaw needs to get regular caffeine fixes. Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News recently relayed the story of how Biaw was rescued from drinking pre-game sludge the AT&T Center, the San Antonio Spurs’ home court, passed off as coffee. He now has [...]

The only thing moving faster than decreasing gas prices has to be the increase in NBA franchise values. Each time Forbes ranks NBA teams, it’s amazing at how far #1 has grown when compared to the previous ranking. When the Clippers were sold to Steve Ballmer, everyone fell out of their collective chairs at the [...]

Kobe Bryant may be 37 years old, and he may be on his way out of the NBA, and he may be at least three seasons removed from playing at All-Star form, but he nevertheless has a message for his superstar peers, specifically in the Eastern Conference, who will join him in Toronto for the [...]