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Whenever there’s an NBA head coaching vacancy, it has become a given to hear Phil Jackson’s name rumored. Not necessarily because he’s interested in said job, but because that team undoubtedly is interested in him. But here’s a twist. How about the Zen Master as a general manager? Phil may be interested in returning to [...]

It’s not easy trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0, but James Harden and the Houston Rockets haven’t given up hope. Houston fell to Oklahoma City in tightly contested 105-102 battle. The Rockets were down by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter, but came storming back to take the lead. But both Kevin Durant [...]

Last night the Houston Rockets showed up. They didn’t shoot the ball well, but they hustled, rebounded and grinded out the game seeking to even the series with the OKC Thunder. In the closing minutes of the game it looks like they might even get it done. But then Thunder’s Thabo Sefolosha hit a huge [...]

Kobe Bryant can keep tweeting during Los Angeles Lakers games. Dwight Howard said so. Following a Twitter binge during the Lakers’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1, Bryant swore off in-game tweeting because it was becoming too much of a distraction. The media was making too big a deal about it during [...]

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Merely days after being called an overrated ball hog by the Boston Globe, Carmelo Anthony said he “relies” on his New York Knicks teammates more than most realize. Following New York’s Game 2 win over the Boston Celtics, in which he had just one assist, ‘Melo essentially rejected the notion of him being selfish. “I [...]

It’s amazing in the NBA playoffs how fast the winds can change direction. The last couple days everyone was talking about how Denver was going to walk away with this round one series against Golden State now that star forward David Lee was out for the remainder. Then the Warriors last night show up and [...]

Kevin Durant is the feature of the latest Sports Illustrated cover and he has a message for everyone: He’s tired of being second. KD has said this before, but now he’s going public. Durant is the second-best player in the NBA, was drafted second overall, and finished second in the Finals last year. But that’s [...]

It’s hard to believe that only a few short years ago, “The Answer” Allen Iverson, was breaking ankles, destroying opposing guards, and scoring buckets at an alarming rate.  After all, he did score more than 24,000 points in his NBA career and does hold the 6th highest scoring average (26.7 ppg) in league history. But [...]

Fresh off his acceptance of the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award before the game, Knicks’ JR Smith came out hot. Smith is one of those streaky shooters that when he gets hot, he’s off the charts hot. In the first quarter of the Knicks-Celtics Game 2, Smith was was knocking down shots from [...]