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Byron Scott’s motto should totally be, “Why have three when you can have two?” The Los Angeles Lakers head coach has a well-documented and iffy relationship with the long ball. He’s on record as doubting the impact of three-pointers on championship teams. Ahem: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/523211292081790978] One season and 61 losses later, things haven’t changed much. [...]

With the 2014-2015 regular season officially wrapped up. It’s now time to get ready for the start of surely another memorable and exciting postseason. However, the Memphis Grizzlies may not be fully ready come playoff time, as they are still missing two key players in their starting lineup. Star point guard Mike Conley, and defensive [...]

Welp, here we are, at the end of another NBA regular season, preparing for a postseason gauntlet that, for the first time in five years, won’t include the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder did their part on Wednesday night, slaughtering the tanking Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Russell Westbrook did Russell Westbrook things, exploding for 37 points, [...]

LeBron James has a sense of humor. Hopefully Kevin Love does, too. Much has been made about the relationship between these two. Most recently, Love said Russell Westbrook was having a better season than LeBron. Shortly thereafter, a report alleged that LeBron was growing frustrated with his new teammate. Before that, there were tweets like [...]

There has been a great debate lately about who deserves the MVP award more, Steph Curry, or James Harden. While Harden has voiced his case for the award, Curry has been more low-key saying he just wants to focus on wins and the NBA title run. Harden is definitely more of a scorer, while Curry [...]

James Harden needs all the help he can get to be named MVP this season. Steph Curry is probably the favorite, but it’s no slam dunk. Where the Rockets ultimately finish in the West (could be 2nd, 3rd or 5th) may play a role in that and perhaps whether or not Harden wins the scoring [...]

Ordinarily, veterans have earned the right to speak their mind. A 10-time All-Star and 2008 Finals MVP, it’s fair to say Paul Pierce has reached that point. But the 37-year-old said some things about some former teammates to ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan, and the timing couldn’t have been worse. Pierce, who played for the Brooklyn Nets [...]

J.R. Smith would like to teach Kevin Love a lesson in teammate support. Asked about LeBron James’ triple-double performance in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Monday night win over the Detroit Pistons, Smith waxed MVP status, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “Who? The real MVP?” Smith said, his message echoing to the sellout crowd of 20,562 who were [...]

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Russell Westbrook is a longshot for winning the MVP, but that doesn’t stop former players from siding with him. Gary Payton said he’d vote for Westbrook as this year’s MVP over Harden, Curry and James. Like Westbrook, Payton was a shoot-first PG (not quite to the degree of Westbrook, though) so it makes sense that [...]