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Andrew Bynum’s lost year

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that Andrew Bynum will undergo arthroscopic surgery on both of his knees to clean out remaining debris in his knees. It will cause Bynum to miss the remainder of the season, meaning Bynum will not play at all during the 2012-13 season and enter free agency with the […]

Gilbert Arenas, Chinese rock star

Gilbert Arenas is one of the many stars forced into exile before his career was truly over. Both he and Tracy McGrady (and to some extent Allen Iverson) all were forced out of the league despite a willingness and, perhaps an ability, to still contribute to a team. Perception and reputation has ruled and ruined […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: The Fourth Quarter Monta If fourth quarters would be as simple as Monta Ellis seemed to make it Sunday afternoon, then the Bucks would not have to worry about much and the Heat would be […]

Sunday Standings Watch: Gone fishin’

The Playoff picture is really beginning to take shape as we get closer and closer to April beginning. The Playoffs are very much in sight. and a clear way to see that will be the changes in your local paper's — or NBA.com's — standings pages. You will very soon start seeing those little x's […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. b 1: Beautiful and ugly It takes a lot to please Gregg Popovich. That is what has made him one of the best coaches in the NBA for the better part of two decades now. So […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Blackjack If the Bucks end up making the Playoffs as the eighth seed, the Heat will be their opponent. By the time they actually face each other who knows if the Heat will have actually […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Throwback Making some kind of age reference when it comes to the San Antonio Spurs is cliche. The Spurs just are excellence. They win and win and win. Even that line is cliche. It is […]

Who are the dirtiest players in the NBA?

One injury has set off a whole new discussion of what is "dirty" in today's NBA. With three seconds left and his team down by two points, Kobe Bryant drove toward the baseline and pulled up for that fadeaway, contested jumper that he has made so famous. Hawks guard Dahntay Jones had the unenviable task […]

Wolves future in total state of flux

The Minnesota Timberwolves are close to tasting success. Ricky Rubio is an electric performer who is a wizard witht he ball in his hands and one of the more lethal passers in the game already. Kevin Love is a great rebounder and a developing scorer who seems to add something new to his game every […]

Confidence the key for Damian Lillard

The 2012 Draft class is not getting such great reviews so far. There have not been many rookies worth mentioning. Or maybe it has not gotten much talk because the Rookie of the Year race has been so easy to pick. Damian Lillard has been the clear guy from seemingly the beginning of the season. […]

Shootaround: You can’t go home

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR L.A. Lakers 106 Pace: 96.7 109.6 52.5 18.4 9.6 64.4 Orlando 97 Final 89.7 45.2 27.7 11.6 34.4 Dwight Howard (LAL) — 39 pts, 16 rebs, 25/39 FTs Tobias Harris (ORL) — 17 pts, 15 rebs  Los Angeles Lakers (33-31) vs. Orlando Magic (18-46) 7 p.m. Whoever makes the […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: King of the hill The Spurs came into the game with a one-game lead over the Thunder and a last opportunity to hold on to their perch atop the Western Conference. It seems like San […]

Starting 5

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Back at it The Lakers have restarted their season about a half dozen times already. Everyone has already been disappointed with the Lakers season. But none of it matters if the team can win 16 […]

Sunday standings watch: Lakers tie it up

The Lakers have done it. They are back in the Playoff race and the conversation about getting into the field finally is a little more real. With the Jazz's blowout loss to the Knicks on Saturday night, the Lakers tied the Jazz for the eighth spot in the West at 32-31 entering today's home game […]

Shootaround: Heating up

  Score Time Off. Rtg. eFG% O.Reb.% TO% FTR Brooklyn 93 Pace: 92.7 100.4 47.0 22.5 8.9 26.5 Atlanta 80 Final 90.9 44.8 27.7 16.8 20.8 Brook Lopez (BKN) — 18 pts, 9 rebs Al Horford (ATL) — 15 pts, 12 rebs  Brooklyn Nets (36-26) vs. Atlanta Hawks (34-27) 7 p.m. The Eastern Conference suddenly has […]

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