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Just when you think that, maybe, just maybe, you might understand the extent of Kobe Bryant’s obsession with Michael Jordan, you find out you’re wrong. Here’s to being wrong. Kobe’s unhappiness with the Los Angeles Lakers shortly after they traded Shaquille O’Neal is well documented. He wanted out, because, well, the Lakers weren’t good enough. [...]

Kevin Garnett was in favor of leaving Minnesota for a better chance to win a title long before guys wanting to leave a bad situation for a better one was frowned upon. Even so, you always had the sense he still had love for Minnesota. That’s why him coming back to Minny to wrap up [...]

This has by far been the most injury-plagued season of Kevin Durant’s career. First it was a broken foot, then a bad ankle. Following the all-star break, he sat out OKC’s first game with a sore right foot. As it turns out, he had another procedure performed on the same foot to alleviate some discomfort. [...]

Isaiah Thomas is the right player at the right time for the Boston Celtics. Somewhat sneakily, the Celtics entered the trade-deadline field, helping the Phoenix Suns blow up their roster. They basically picked up Thomas for pennies on the dollar, per ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman: [tweet https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/568503093798838272] Marcus Thornton was not part of the Celtics’ future, [...]

The NBA’s trade deadline was a busy racket this year, and the Oklahoma City Thunder were among those making the biggest splashes. It took a while for the full details of their trade to emerge, but the Thunder wound up parting ways with disgruntled point guard Reggie Jackson and the expiring contract of Kendrick Perkins, [...]

Whenever the Sixers all get on the court healthy and as a full unit, they will have one of the longest frontcourts in the game. They already have Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid, who hasn’t played yet, and they just added JaVale McGee. It remains to be seen if they plan on unloading McGee for [...]

Floyd Mayweather was taking a break from his training to get in some cardio at Michael Jordan’s private gym ‘Terminal 23’ in NYC. Apparently the gym is a state of the art facility that was built by Jordan Brand for the GOAT. Legend has it you need to be wearing all and only Jordan Brand [...]

In the standings the Timberwolves are the second-worst team in the league at a record of 11-42 for the first half of the season. There’s honestly not much to look forward to anymore except the upcoming draft lottery and of course the development of their young guns like Andrew Wiggins and Zach Lavine, the keys [...]

The NBA has lost a member of the fraternity as former Blazer Jerome Kersey has passed away at the age of 52. Kersey, of course, was a key member of those great Blazers teams of the early 90s, including the squad led by Clyde Drexler that ultimately lost to the Pistons in the 1990 Finals [...]

As sneaker consumers, we have become acustom to players with signature sneakers being injured as new pairs are coming out. Kobe Bryant pioneered that lane. This ‘Blackout’ edition is the latest colorway in the newly-launched Nike Kobe X series. In the podcast that Kobe did with designer Eric Avar for the Kobe X, he was [...]