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As the All-Star weekend, and notably the annual dunk contest, nears everyone will once again start talking about wanting Lebron James to compete. The only problem is, he’s not interested. However some footage has recently surfaced of Lebron James holding a mini dunk contest routine for teammates after practice in Phoenix. The Heat are set [...]

Steve Nash recently turned 40 and a myriad of injuries has made his Lakers tenure forgettable. It’s unlikely that he’ll ever be able to make it through another season completely healthy and maybe he realizes this. He is reportedly set to retire at the end of the season. It’s probably a good decision. He had [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a member of the New York Knicks and that’s not going to change—at least not until this summer. A source told Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears “there is ‘no chance’ the Knicks will deal Carmelo Anthony, who owns a contract opt-out this summer, before the trade deadline.” Although it’s been said before, [...]

With the city of New Orleans not having the same space ties as Orlando and Houston, Nike will go away from their infamous Galaxy theme in favor of playing off of a fictional NOLA Gumbo basketball league. Just as alligators kind of serve as protection in New Orleans culture, the LeBron XI ‘Gator King’ features [...]

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In case you missed it, 2 time NBA All Star Stephon Marbury has been hooping it up at an elite level in China these days, earning 4 more All Star nods and winning a Championship with the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball League. His career has taken new heights oversees and has arguably been [...]

Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart made the unusual decision to return to the Cowboys for his sophomore season in an attempt to not only win an NCAA Title but improve his draft stock. Up until two weeks ago, both scenarios seemed to be a distinct possibility as the OK State Cowboys had gotten out to [...]

Mo Cheeks is out for the Detroit Pistons, so could Lionel Hollins be in? In true NBA, we-don’t-care-what-day-it-is fashion, the Pistons fired their head coach on Sunday. Cheeks’ dismissal was first reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski and surprised, well, just about everyone. It’s not that Cheeks was doing a good job—he wasn’t. The Pistons [...]

Ladies and gentleman, meet Roy Hibbert, All-Star behemoth and resident party pooper. Indiana Pacers teammate Paul George accepted an invite to participate in the NBA All-Star Weekend’s dunk competition, going against Hibbert’s wishes. “I don’t think Paul should do it to tell you the truth,” Hibbert said, per the Indianapolis Star‘s Candace Buckner. “He’s doing [...]

Oh, joy. The Miami Heat are still trying to win their third consecutive title, yet the LeBron James free agency talk is already in full swing. It has been for quite some time, which was to be expected because 1) he left the Cleveland Cavaliers in extravagant fashion in 2010 and 2) he’s LeBron James. [...]