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Starting 5: Problems in Big D?

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Brand, Collison come off the bench, fails to jump start Dallas Dallas does not have Dirk Nowitzki, and so any thoughts of making final statements or analysis of the team is likely incomplete. O.J. Mayo […]

Shootaround: Battle of Disappointment

Indiana Pacers (6-8) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (7-7) 10:30 p.m. There was a time this offseason when Indiana was thought to be the second best team (at least for the regular season) in the Eastern Conference. This was a young team, committed to defense and able to find scoring from just about anywhere. David West, […]

D’Antoni plans no changes to staff

The Lakers are still in upheaval and getting used to their new coach. The last thing Mike D'Antoni probably wants to do at this point is make things worse and bring more change. D'Antoni has no plans for any more changes to the Lakers coaching staff. He said last week that he plans to keep […]

Starting 5: Kings of New York

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Brooklyn's town The long-awaited Knicks-Nets game lived up to its billing in the way only a game in New York could. The two teams from the City that Never Sleeps went back and forth and […]

Shootaround: New York rivalry born

New York Knicks (9-3) vs. Brooklyn Nets (8-4) 7 p.m./TNT At long last, the Knicks and Nets will meet in the battle of New York. A new rivalry is born and the excitement in The Big Apple is pretty palpable. TNT reported on its pregame show that Raymond Felton compares the excitement for this rivalry […]

Starting 5: No Apologies

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Jrue Holiday makes up for ET's missed FTs Evan Turner stepped to the line late in Sunday's 104-101 win over Phoenix with a chance to send everyone home happy not only with a win, but […]

Shootaround: Happy Homecomings

Boston Celtics (7-6) vs. Orlando Magic (5-7) 6 p.m. Glen Davis has been looking forward to this game for a while now. Not only are the Magic in the midst of a five-game home stand, one that could very well set their season in one direction or another. OK, maybe most people expect it to […]

Starting 5: Flying Death Machine

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Heat get hot The Miami Heat are affectionately known as the Flying Death Machine on the Twitter-verse. Simply because when the Heat are at their best, they come at you from all sides at blazing […]

Shootaround: Is ATL for real?

Los Angeles Clippers (8-4) vs. Atlanta Hawks (7-4) 7 p.m. The Clippers lost last night to the Nets, getting "overrated" chants rained down upon them from the hipster-y crowd in Brooklyn. Los Angeles is most likely not overrated. This team is very very good and very very deep. The Clippers are not going away any […]

Starting 5: Issues

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Problems with Los Angeles? Things seemed very peachy. Mike D'Antoni's offense was taking hold, Los Angeles was scoring and everything seemed to work. Memphis has a way of changing that. The Grizzlies are looking like […]

Shootaround: Class of the Southeast?

Atlanta Hawks (6-4) vs. Charlotte Bobcats (6-4) 7 p.m. What is It old you the matchup above had Playoff implications and meant something in the Southeast Division? OK, so maybe it is too early to be talking about such things considering it is still late November and so many things can and will change before […]

Darko Milicic leaves the NBA

The Boston Celtics announced they have waived Darko Milicic, likely ending one of the oddest and most disappointing careers in the NBA's history. Milicic started his career as the second pick in the celebrated 2003 Draft. The expectations that came from being that pick in that draft. He could never live up to Carmelo Anthony, […]

Starting Five: Happy Thanksgiving!

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: So Close In a trio of overtime games, three different teams came extremely close to scoring pretty substantial wins. Unfortunately the three underdogs with the chance to get those wins failed to do so despite […]

Shootaround: Thunder Clip

Los Angeles Clippers (8-2) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (8-3) 7:30 p.m./ESPN The Clippers and Thunder figure to be a big part of the Western Conference race this year. So an early season battle between these two young squads figures to be a preview of a deep Western Conference battle. It has all the makings of […]

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