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It’s looking more and more like there is truth to the rumor that the LA Lakers will use their amnesty clause provision to cut Metta World Peace from the team, and save approximately $30 Million against the cap. News first started to break last night when Kevin Ding of the OC Register tweeted this: Sweet [...]

Being tall is the best thing you can be as a basketball player. Often times skill is secondary, because as I always say, you can’t teach tall. When healthy, Andrew Bynum proved two years ago with the Lakers that he can be a difference maker on the floor. But after battling through knee injuries with [...]

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Chris Paul is excited to return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Don’t underestimate the power of excitement. It’s always better than hearing “Oh crap, I’m still playing here?” According to Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles, Paul harbors no such resentment or regret about remaining in Los Angeles: “I’m excited,” Paul told ESPNLosAngeles.com. “I’m excited [...]

Remember high scoring, highlight reel high school point guard Aquille Carr, who was once one of the most sought after players in the 2013 recruiting class? Although he is only 5’7, he regularly showed off some insane handles, took pride in posterizing much taller defenders, and even made a commitment to attend Seton Hall University [...]

Kevin Durant has been quite busy this offseason. First, he mad headlines when he dumped agent Rob Pelinka in favor of Jay-Z and Roc Nation Sports. Now, he has taken a major step in his personal life and has become engaged. KD and Monica Wright of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx are now engaged and are [...]

Dwight Howard’s free-agency nightmare lives on. After choosing the Houston Rockets over the Los Angeles Lakers, this should have all been over and done with. But like all things pertaining to the NBA’s superstars, it isn’t. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, free-agent suitors—who weren’t the Lakers or Rockets—tried to convince Howard that James [...]

With the advent of newer and more advanced training techniques, we’ve seen a lot of players do some pretty spectacular things with a basketball in both the collegiate and high school ranks. Of course, what is most impressive is the amount of athleticism being displayed by today’s youth as I’m simply amazed by what players [...]

Many basketball experts wondered out loud prior to last week’s NBA Draft just what the Philadelphia 76ers would do, considering they swung and missed on the Andrew Bynum signing, were still without a head coach, and had no hope of securing a difference making player with the #11 pick. But outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]

At long last, the Dwight Howard drama is over. Howard has decided to join the Houston Rockets. He will be painted as “not able to handle the spotlight” and a bunch of other not-so-flattering labels, but the fact of the matter is Houston is the best basketball situation for him. Howard won’t thrive in Mike [...]