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Rajon Rondo and the Boston Celtics have some work to do. After an offseason that saw Boston lose Ray Allen, yet gain enough talent to supposedly remain title contenders, the team is off to a lukewarm 2-2 start. More troubling than the Celtics’ record, though, is their performances during both their wins and losses. Not [...]

With a young core of Anthony Davis, Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers, the New Orleans Hornets have a bright future. That’s if they can ever get them all on the court at the same time. Eric Gordon hasn’t played much since being dealt to N.O. Unhappiness and injuries are to blame. The Hornets and their [...]

In Wednesday’s match-up with the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers continued to show troubling signs. The Lakers once again had trouble holding on to the ball. Four Jazz starters collected a minimum of 2 steals, Al Jefferson leading the way with 4. For their part, LA didn’t communicate well enough to take advantage of [...]

The Pacers are everyone’s sleeper pick this year, and for good reason. They have a young, talented core and should make another playoff run. But starting out the season without Danny Granger, arguably their best player, isn’t good. The Indiana Pacers expect to be without Danny Granger for approximately the next three months after the [...]

We’ve seen it many times before. When a team with high expectations starts losing, the first one to face blame is the Coach. And although the Lakers won their last contest, staff in the Lakers organization have been none too happy with the attention the Lakers struggles are receiving. Couple that with the fact the [...]

Derrick Rose and his wife Mieka Reese have worked hard over the last few months to keep hush hush about the impending arrival of their newborn baby. Apparently once the baby arrived, Derrick Rose couldn’t contain his happiness with being a Dad and decided to share images of his newborn son with the world on [...]

Ready to see who the President of the United States will be for the next few years?  While you might not be, Jordan Brand definitely is with the release of the Air Jordan I – ‘Election Day’. Not just bearing American flag colors, the inspiration for this Jordan I is hammered home by the insole [...]

The basketball world watched in awe as 5’7″ Spud Webb won the NBA Dunk Contest in 1986 (video after the jump), as the shortest player to ever compete. So it is with shock and awe that we bring you this video from Ballislife.com of what may possibly be the shortest ‘dunk contest ready’ player in [...]

The NBA’s 2012-13 season got off to a blazing start with some amazing highlight reel plays. We packed as many as we could into this mixtape of highlights from Week 1. Buckle your seat belts folks, if the first week is any indication, this season is going to be a wild ride… [...]

It was only a matter of time that someone would be the ‘first’ to fall victim to the new NBA flopping rules. After reviewing the film, the league has issued two “official warnings” to Wolves J.J. Barea, and Cavaliers Donald Sloan for their respective flops last Friday. After receiving a flopping warning your next offense [...]