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Half of the 2015-16 NBA season is in the books. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done it. You’ve watched, you’ve cheered, you’ve moaned. You’ve wondered why it’s taken the Suns so damn long to sell off Markieff Morris. You’ve pondered the meaning of life whenever the Spurs or Warriors take the floor. You’ve lamented [...]

When the Orlando Magic hired head coach Scott Skiles over the summer, it was under the guise that he would try to win as many games as possible, as soon as possible. The Magic have responded by putting themselves on pace to nearly double last season’s win total and flirting with a playoff birth. They [...]

Sweet mother of all that’s ridiculous. Markieff Morris has seemed like a lock to be traded at some point this season for a while. The relationship between himself and the Phoenix Suns imploded once the team dealt his brother, Marcus, to the Detroit Pistons, and the Suns have re-entered NBA purgatory after losing Eric Bledsoe [...]

Carmelo Anthony was named to his ninth NBA All-Star team on Thursday, which is pretty cool. That he’s grabbed this many All-Star selections without ever making an NBA Finals appearance is not. At the same time, the company he joins is pretty damn esteemed, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Melo now tied with Gervin & Nique [...]

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 [...]

Mike Conley will have no shortage of suitors when he hits the free agency market in July. And I’m only talking about NBA teams located in New York, not even the Memphis Grizzlies or the rest of the league. Sources told the New York Post‘s Marc Berman and Fred Kerber that both the Brooklyn Nets [...]

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 [...]

Please enable Javascript to watch this video The past week was a great week for dunks in the NBA. It’s been quite some time since one of our top 10 dunks of the week videos has highlighted so many big fellas. Between Porzingis, Davis, Williams, Antetokounmpo, and Marjanovic the big men were flying high. [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks? Trade Greg Monroe? Less than a season into his two-plus-one-year deal? Keep dreaming, dreamers. That’s the Bucks’ reaction to the notion they should deal the big man, anyway. Zach Lowe of ESPN.com floated the idea in a column last Friday, noting that Milwaukee isn’t actually shopping him: Parker will find NBA identity [...]

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 [...]