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Feb 6, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots the ball in front of Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes (40) in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

Oklahoma City changes the conversation in the West, especially Oakland

0 comments by on 2/7/2016

The Oklahoma City Thunder deserve the thanks and appreciation of the NBA community. They’ve just made this season infinitely more interesting. * The ability to witness greatness is truly a special thing. Seeing the Golden State Warriors march through the NBA with such beauty, skill and versatility is — verily — a privilege. We don’t […]

Route 56: It all began to go wrong for the Kings when Boogie danced

0 comments by on 2/4/2016

The race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference is hardly a done deal. The competition will almost certainly linger into April with no clear resolution. This year’s 8 seed in the West will not be a 45- or 48-win team, as we’ve seen in past seasons. It will be a team near […]

A Blake-for-Durant swap? It makes sense for only one team, not both

0 comments by on 2/3/2016

The column which reverberated through the NBA had a lot to say about Kevin Durant: Adrian Wojnarowski’s latest “WojBomb” was not a tweet so much as a whole column full of reportage and insight into Durant’s impending summer of free agency, and the decision which will emerge within it. The column is so layered with […]

While the Suns burn into ashes, the Bucks remain stuck in the muck

0 comments by on 2/2/2016

It’s one thing when a trade works handsomely for one party but leaves the other party in shambles. It’s quite another matter when a trade really doesn’t work for anyone. As we enter the month of February, the 2016 trade deadline isn’t that far away — barely more than two weeks. As teams prepare to shake […]

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The Suns’ chemistry experiment blows up, and Phoenix fans pay the price

0 comments by on 2/1/2016

Barring an unlikely turn of events in the next 10 years, the Phoenix Suns will never again be coached by Jeff Hornacek. To understand how much this reality hurts Phoenicians — who know that the troubles of their NBA franchise are rooted in ownership far more than the head coach — you have to understand […]

That’s Amar’e: The Heat light the fire in an unexpected way

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The Miami Heat’s season was about to fall off a cliff. Everyone knew the pronounced sense of peril which had engulfed the Heat’s 2015-2016 campaign. The team squandered a number of home games against opponents with inferior records. Miami had a schedule which was frontloaded with home dates, so when the team failed to gain […]

LMA, MIA: The Spurs need LaMarcus Aldridge to be there in May

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The NBA All-Star break can’t come soon enough for LaMarcus Aldridge. It’s true that the San Antonio Spurs would be the talk of the NBA if the Golden State Warriors had not become a remarkably transcendent team this season. That said, San Antonio’s decisive loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night would have made […]

January back-to-back splits: Western Conference

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The month of January is over, which means its time to post another month of back-to-back splits in the Western Conference. * Reference Guide: B2B = back-to-back 45 = a “4 in 5” game sequence, referring to four games in five nights W = win L = loss Labels applied to each date in the […]

January back-to-back splits: Eastern Conference

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We have tracked back-to-backs each month of the NBA season. Here are the facts and figures for the Eastern Conference in the month of January: * Reference Guide: B2B = back-to-back 45 = a “4 in 5” game sequence, referring to four games in five nights W = win L = loss Labels applied to […]

Breaking: Blake Griffin’s hand… and the Clippers’ trust in each other

0 comments by on 1/26/2016

The Los Angeles Clippers entered this season as a team with multiple knuckleheads on the roster. You know what a knucklehead generally is, but let’s be clear and up front about it: A knucklehead is someone who persistently makes egregiously bad decisions, on or off the court, to the extent that his team is repeatedly […]

The All-Star Game coaching solution? Player-coaches

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There are dozens of different ways in which to solve the upcoming NBA All-Star Game’s fascinating first-world problem: Which coaches should coach this game in Toronto? After Monday night’s resounding win by the Golden State Warriors over the San Antonio Spurs, it’s clear that the Dubs will be ahead of the Spurs on January 31, […]

The biggest question surrounding Tyronn Lue: Where has he been?

0 comments by on 1/25/2016

First things first: Tyronn Lue — no matter what else is going to be said in the next several paragraphs — already made a significant contribution to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Nothing about the historical record will ever change that fact, either. Remember this incident? Lue pulled David Blatt to the bench in an attempt to […]

May 26, 2015; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) talks with head coach David Blatt during the fourth quarter against the Atlanta Hawks in game four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports

LeBron, David Blatt, and the shadows behind the scenes with the Cavs

0 comments by on 1/24/2016

One fundamental part of the art of sports analysis — it is often a science, but it more centrally remains an art — is the recognition of what coaching actually requires. As younger sports fans, we all gravitated to the obvious elements of the coaching job description, the ones that are easy to see on […]

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