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  • Best NBA Players With No All-Star Appearance

    Best NBA Players With No All-Star Appearance

    Is the NBA All-Star an absolute indicator of a players’ ability? To an extent, but it’s half a popularity contest among NBA fans and somewhat of the same among NBA head coaches. For John Wall, Brandon Jennings and Ty Lawson it’s about a loaded position; for Al Jefferson it’s about playing for unpopular teams. For Monta Ellis and Josh Smith? Actually, that’s a bit harder to explain.

  • Early Look at Unrestricted NBA Free Agents in 2013

    The summer of 2013 is going to be about the big men; the centers heading into free agency, with some of the league’s best entering the final year of their contracts. Along with them, with Dwight Howard being the obvious headline grabber, there’s Chris Paul to steal a bit of spotlight in the same city as the best players on the 2013 free agency.

  • Minnesota Timberwolves – Brandon Roy Back at All-Star Form

    It’s been 18 months since Brandon Roy played in an NBA game, later retiring because of a degenerative condition in his knees, but now that he’s back, the 3 time NBA All-Star claims he’s back at that level of play, having no such problems or fears regarding his past injuries that should hold him back from returning to be one of the best guards in the NBA.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Missing Training Camp & Preseason

    When Dwight Howard first went down back in April to back injury which later required surgery, it was a tad overlooked. All the drama in Orlando while they were flunking out of the playoffs, the move to the Los Angeles Lakers pretty much put the fact that he’s a rehabilitating player in the back of most people’s minds.

  • Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Crying at New Adidas Shoe Unveiling

    It’s been nearly five months since Derrick Rose injured his left knee, tearing his ACL, effectively ending any chance and hopes the Chicago Bulls had of making it deep in the postseason. His recovery process, documented by Adidas in ‘The Return of D Rose’ and everything revolving his life at the moment caused the former NBA MVP to break down in tears at the launch of his new sneaker.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Leandro Barbosa Means Even Faster Offense

    If signing Steve Nash was the first signal of the changes that might occur in the Los Angeles Lakers offense next season, the speculation about the addition of Leandro Barbosa, who was Nash’s backup point guard during the Phoenix Suns best seasons in the previous decade, throws even further in the evolution and reconstruction of the Lakers offense.

  • UConn Basketball – Life After Jim Calhoun

    We know who’s going to replace Jim Calhoun as the UConn Huskies head coach – Kevin Ollie, who played under Calhoun for four seasons (1991-1995) before going on to play in the NBA for over a decade as a backup point guard. But after 26 years of mostly successful times, it’s hard seeing anyone making the quick transition, continuing a legacy of excellence.

  • Ultimate 90’s Picture – Reggie Miller, Will Smith & Jaleel White

    Sometimes, and era can be captured with one single photo. Reggie Miller wasn’t the biggest NBA star of his playing days; There were bigger musical stars and sitcoms than Will Smith and the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) is a great character, but the 1990’s had better.

  • Kevin Durant & LeBron James – Playoff Rivals, Preseason Friends

    In a few years time, the LeBron James – Kevin Durant duo might be one of the greatest individual rivalries in the history of the NBA, if we’ll get to see a few more Heat – Thunder Finals series. But there’s hatred or grudge off the court between these two, choosing to train together during the off season once again.

  • New York Knicks – Another Isiah Thomas Warning

    What does James Dolan see in Isiah Thomas? The man who did a terrible job as the President of basketball operations with the New York Knicks and just as bad of a job as the team’s head coach might be returning to some managerial positions once again, if the owner gets his way.