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Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the Nets in 2010 for $200 million. Form the onset, he has always seemed to be about business more so than basketball. After seeing the Clippers sold for $2 billion recently, Prokhorov may be thinking it’s time to cash out. If he’s truly a business man through and through, then there’s probably [...]

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Three cheers for backtracking! Or rather, context! Yay, context! Carmelo Anthony created quite a stir at Knicks media day when he apparently said the following to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/516643510192439296] For shame, Melo! For shame! How dare ye incite such bedlam weeks before the regular season, and mere weeks after the New York Knicks [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has been having a great run in the city, having been able to appear in the conference finals three times in four seasons. These achievements would not have been possible without his best players—and one of them is named Russell Westbrook. During the team’s media day, Brooks made [...]

Lebron James is not only a gym rat that has tremendous physical abilities, but its been widely accepted that he has one of the best mental capacities for the game of basketball. Some even think he’s got a photographic memory or is a savant for ‘systems’, that can even apply to memorizing video game manipulations. [...]

Quietly, David West is 34 years old. While that’s young enough to play a few more years, West have been thinking about retirement for quite some time now. In fact, a 33 year old West was ready to walk away if the Pacers won the 2012-13 championship. During media day, West sounded very down and [...]

Kobe Bryant doesn’t handle rejection well. That, or he handles it really well. It depends how you look at it. Someone asked Kobe about Kevin Love being traded to Cleveland Cavaliers, presumably mentioning the many ties to the Los Angeles Lakers he had via the ever-churning rumor mill last season. Kobe responded in kind. Per [...]

Paul George has been cleared to put weight on his injured leg and return to the weight room. That’s a remarkable feat considering what he went through not that long ago. He’s expected to make a full recovery and as gruesome as this injury was, it was probably better than an ACL tear which sometimes [...]

After just playing 6 games last season due to another injury setback—Kobe Bryant is determined to make the most out of his time left in his NBA career as he plans to not just play for the entire regular season but also all of the 8 preseason games for the Los Angeles Lakers—which will begin [...]

After winning a couple of titles in a row, the Miami Heat made the tough and unpopular decision of waiving Mike Miller via the amnesty provision. It saved the team $17 million in luxury taxes, but may have contributed to pushing LeBron James out the door. Or at the very least, James wasn’t thrilled with [...]