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‘Tis the season for NBA power rankings. Fine, ’tis the day for NBA power rankings. It’s the same day every week, almost irregardless of the season. This day, of this week, is no different—except unlike the previous day, of last week, we’re here to acknowledge, to lament, the utter implosion of the Bulls. Yes, they [...]

The Dallas Mavericks need to start playing better…or else. Those are words the 2015-16 Mavericks must start living by, because they’re the words—albeit not the exact words—of head coach Rick Carlisle. Dallas’ head honcho was understandably upset following his team’s 103-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The Mavericks fell behind by as [...]

Steve Kerr isn’t yet back to being the unreserved head coach of the Golden State Warriors, but he’s close. Closer than ever, in fact. It was announced prior to the start of the 2015-16 season that Kerr would be taking an indefinite leave of absence to recover from complications that followed offseason back surgery. Though [...]

Losers of their last three games, the Chicago Bulls are entering prime rumor-mill-fixture territory. Players are voicing concerns about how the team is playing and being run, and the Bulls have a glut of tweener assets—players who are either intriguing as prospects for a rebuilding squad or valuable to a squad looking to compete now. [...]

Does Kevin Durant care what you think about how the Oklahoma City Thunder run their offense? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, no. The Thunder are the NBA’s second-best offensive team, pumping in 110.6 points per 100 possessions. But they’re not always aesthetically pleasing. They’re among the most isolation-prone teams in the league, per NBA.com, and they often seem to [...]

Joakim Noah injured his shoulder and looked to be in a lot of pain during Monday’s 105-102 loss to Brooklyn. The injury took place in the third quarter of the game while Noah was guarding Andrea Bargnani. Joakim Noah just injured his shoulder, and left the court. Hope his reaction is not a sign as [...]

In the fourth quarter of the Jazz 110-89 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Utah, those in attendance got to see a bonafide dunk of the year candidate as Alec Burks gathered speed on the launch pad that is the left side of the court, catapulted himself into the atmosphere, and not only dunked on [...]

On December 20, 2005, Kobe Bryant made history by becoming the first player in NBA history to single-handedly outscore an opponent through three quarters. Kobe outscored the Dallas Mavericks 62-61 through three quarters and sat out the entire fourth quarter in a 112-90 win over the Mavs at the Staples Center. He finished the game [...]

Kyrie Irving made his much anticipated return Sunday night after suffering a knee injury during overtime of game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals and missing the first 24 games of the 2015-16 season for the Cavaliers. Irving looked good but definitely like a player trying to get his legs, stamina and cardio back after [...]

Charles Barkley has never been one to bite his tongue or hold back an unpopular opinion, not to mention wax poetic about how much tougher the league was in his heyday and atayed in that vein when he was recently asked if this year’s Warriors team could compete with the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and Michael [...]