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The Memphis Grizzlies are good. Like really good. Like torch the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder good. After losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on opening night, the Grizzles have won six straight games, establishing themselves as one of the NBA’s most formidable powerhouses in the process. Four of those games were won by [...]

I’ve never been much of an advocate for Kenyon Martin, but with the Miami Heat playing the way they are, I’m all for him taking his aging talents to South Beach. And according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinal, Martin himself is more than amenable to such a marriage: For what it’s worth, [...]

Is it too early to consider Kyrie Irving a top 5 PG? Regardless of where you want to slot him, his game is as smooth as they come. By himself, he’s must-watch basketball. Last night, his Cleveland Cavaliers were in Brooklyn taking on the Nets and Kyrie pulled something out of his bag of tricks. [...]

On November 12th in NYC, Footlocker held a party for members of the media celebrating next week’s Week of Greatness event; the most packed release week of the year for kicks. A wide variety of sneakers hit store shelves and anticipated releases are literally dropping every day.  Besides the open bar, there were screens set [...]

Keyon Dooling retired before the start of the 2012-2013 season, after signing a fresh contract with the Boston Celtics. The Celtics’ veteran guard was brought to the decision after some serious thought, discussions with loved ones, and reaching a breaking point. “”It just all came to a head. To be honest with you, I blocked [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are winning. Like really winning. Without Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio, and despite injuries to Brandon Roy, Nikola Pekovic, J.J. Barea and Chase Budinger, they find themselves nearly atop the Northwest Division, just behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. And just to clarify, no, you’re not dreaming. Somehow, in the face of not [...]

What a week in the NBA! I swear we could do a whole ‘end of season’ highlight reel from the dunks, blocks, assists, and buzzer beaters just from the last week alone. We had to settle in though on some of these highlight reel dunks from the past week in the NBA, ending Sunday November [...]

While he’s celebrated as an offensive genius, Mike D’Antoni’s perception is that he’s equally as bad as implementing defense. Proof of that is when the Knicks hired Mike Woodson last year to be a defensive assistant. That was pretty telling. Will there be more of that? New Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni is expected to reach [...]

The first word that comes to mind when you think of OKC point guard Russell Westbrook is usually “Athletic” and not that Rondo isn’t athletic but the first word that comes to mind with Rondo is usually “Crafty”. But last night Westbrook was crafty and thinking quickly on his feet, or off them rather, on [...]

Let’s cave to peer pressure and talk about the Los Angeles Lakers. And Mike D’Antoni. And Kobe Bryant. And what this team has the ability to do. In nothing short of a staggering twist of events, Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reported that the Lakers had spurned Phil Jackson in favor of D’Antoni. [...]