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Russell Westbrook isn’t the “ideal” point guard many prefer seeing. I’m pretty sure he couldn’t care less as long as he can scrape the ceiling before barely planting his feet. [...]

In a “who in the hell left the gate open?” moment, funnyman Will Ferrell was granted the privilege of announcing the starting lineups for last night’s Hornets-Bulls game and he [...]

NBA fans pining for Ricky Rubio to toss an off-the-backboard alley-oop to Blake Griffin may get their wish granted well before the Spanish point guard ever becomes an All Star. [...]

Photo: Paul Pierce NBA legends are still being molded but the ones that gutted it out with one team — through the thick and thin times — has all but [...]

I didn’t want to believe in Jeremy Lin at first. Dude burst onto the scene with a miracle game – after being cut by the Warriors and Rockets earlier this [...]

Kobe Bryant’s rocky relationship with the City of Brotherly Love took another interesting turn last night. In front of a packed Wells Fargo Center, the Laker brought his career scoring [...]

“When I went to sleep the other day, they were losing to Miami. Woke up, and they were losing to Boston.” There’s been “sh*t (insert type of people) say” videos [...]

Minnesota’s Kevin Love scored 25 points and snagged 18 boards to lead the Timberwolves to a 100-91 win over Houston in Saturday night’s action. Nothing but an ordinary night for [...]

Three sets of teammates, two coasts and one batch of jerseys not worth their pixels in tie-dye, best describe the latest news for NBA All-Star Weekend 2012. The starters for [...]

While we don’t know exactly who’ll be wearing them yet, we get an early glimpse at the jerseys for the upcoming NBA All-Star game, which will take place on Sunday, [...]

It’s been a great week for dunks, to say the least. LeBron James jumped over John Lucas III on Sunday. Blake Griffin “Mozgov’d” Kendrick Perkins just a day later. But [...]

Photo: Jose3030 Just a day after LeBron cleared John Lucas in a single bound, Blake Griffin single handedly broke the Internet and made SportsCenter his own personal playhouse by baptizing [...]

We’re around the first quarter mark of the 2012 NBA season, and it’s been difficult to ignore the hype surrounding Kyrie Irving. His stellar play continued Sunday night, as he [...]

Just a random round-up of the weekend’s above the rim action starring John Wall with co-star Charlotte’s Tyrus Thomas, JaVale McGee on DeSagana Diop and Tyrus Thomas (again), Tyreke Evans [...]

In the first half of Sunday’s matchup between the Heat and Bulls, Dwyane Wade throws up the pass, LeBron catches the oop…and John Lucas becomes a very important footnote in [...]

“‘Dre is such an unselfish guy on offense,” Sixers coach Doug Collins said of his shooting guard Andre Iguodala after Saturday night’s 95-74 win against the Pistons. On the same [...]

Just another night in South Beach as the Heat pounced on the Knicks, winning by a final score of 99-89. LeBron James finished with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 [...]

The sun doesn’t shine much on the Nets these days. Deron Williams is practically working as a temporary employee and he’s put up some stinkers so far. However something clicked [...]

Ever since Bron donned his lumberjack shirt and declared on national television that he’d be heading to Miami, analysts wondered if he and D Wade would be able to share [...]

Apparently, rebound addict Kevin Love likes the direction that the Minnesota Timberwolves are headed. The 23-year-old power forward recently signed a contract extension with the only ball club he’s ever [...]

Rudy Gay only had 11 points in the Grizzlies Tuesday night loss to the Trailblazers, but four of those points were highlight reel worthy since he notched them up in [...]

A Friday night game featuring the Clips and the T’wolves would’ve got the gas face anytime before this season. News of an injured Chris Paul probably had cats heading for [...]

Basketball’s best young tandem can count on spending another half decade together, as Oklahoma City re-signed All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook to a five year contract, believed to be worth [...]

C.J. Miles is a role player, bouncing between the starting lineup and the bench for the Utah Jazz. Few casual fans know his name. He plays in Utah, so off [...]

Last night, in the waning moments of a long, hard-fought contest, the Toronto Raptors found themselves trailing the Indiana Pacers by just three, 93-90. Their leading scorer and go-to player, [...]

Second-year prospect John Wall had a shaky rookie season thanks to a lingering injury. Nevertheless, fans anticipated a breakout year for him and the Washington Wizards this season based on [...]

Oh, the free NBA League Pass is no more and the withdrawal symptoms have already begun to set in. To help cope, we share with you these two nasty Blake [...]

While formulating our predictions prior to the season, one that was thrown around – that ultimately didn’t make the cut – was Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and the Minnesota Timberwolves [...]

A few days ago, the city of Atlanta was excited about its beloved Hawks ending the Miami Heat’s undefeated season. And by “the city of Atlanta” I mean “the 33 [...]

Who do you part ways with – the big-money, young player or the head coach? Betting men will always say the coach and that’s just what the Kings did today [...]

Gravity Is Just A Word To Russell Westbrook

Will Ferrell Should Announce The Starting Lineups For Every NBA Game

This Year’s NBA Rookie-Sophomore Challenge To Feature An Innovative Twist

Forever Green: Paul Pierce Passes Larry Bird On Celtics’ All-Time Scoring List

Jeremy Lin Does It Again, Knicks Win

Kobe Bryant Passes Shaquille O’Neal To Become Fifth All-Time Leading Scorer

Eric Rosado Presents “Sh*t Knicks Fans Say”

Kevin Love, To Stomp Or Not To Stomp?

Orlando Bound: The 2012 NBA All-Star Starters Revealed

First Look: NBA All-Star 2012 Jerseys

Deron Williams & Paul George Liven Up Pacers-Nets Game

Blake Griffin Puts Kendrick Perkins On The Summerjam Screen

Kyrie Irving’s Game-Winning Drive Sinks Celtics

NBA Dunks: The Weekend Jams

LeBron James Jumps Over John Lucas For The Dunk

Andre Iguodala’s Birthday Gift To Himself

LeBron James Lobs, Alley-Oops & Dunks All Over The Knicks

Deron Williams, Nets Ice Sixers In OT 97-90

Should The Heat Trade Dwyane Wade For Dwight Howard?

Kevin Love Pulls Down $60 Million Deal With Timberwolves

Rudy Gay Cranks Two Dunks In 12 Seconds

Kevin Love’s Game Winning Three Breaks The Clippers 101-98

Russell Westbrook Signs $80M, 5-Year Extension With OKC Thunder

Utah’s C.J. Miles Dunks On Lamar Odom

Jamaal Magloire’s Definitely Not The Guy To Have At The Line In The Clutch

On John Wall, The Wizards & The Case of Young Talent on Bad Teams

Blake Griffin Bangs On The Bucks

Get Used To This: Ricky Rubio To Derrick Williams

Heat Defeat Hawks In Triple OT, 116-109

DeMarcus Cousins Won, Paul Westphal Fired By Kings