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Video: Even in high school Blake Griffin was tearing the rim

When it comes to one of the best dunkers in the NBA, Blake Griffin is tops. Since joining the Los Angeles Clippers, Griffin has treated fans to some awesome dunks including some dunks that can only be best described as absolutely, down right nasty. Case in point – Griffin's annihilation of Thunder's Kendrick Perkins. But […]

Shootaround: So you want to stay unbeaten?

New York Knicks (5-0) vs. San Antonio Spurs (7-1) 8:30 p.m. The New York Knicks are the lone undefeated team remaining in the NBA. What is most impressive is that they have won every by 10 points or more and have not really been challenged — even against the Heat.  In fact, Tuesday's win over […]

Magic not a fan of the D’Antoni hire, Jim Buss in general

Magic Johnson is no longer a part owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, but he's still an influential figure in LA and the NBA community in general.  When Mike Brown was fired, Johnson went on the most public of public crusades to get Phil Jackson hired.  When that didn't work out, Johnson took to Twitter […]

Timberwolves hit with numerous injuries; sign Josh Howard

No team has been hit harder by the injury bug than the Minnesota Timberwolves. In last night’s game against the Charlotte Bobcats, they only had nine guys available. To add insult to injury, they lost the game at home on Kemba Walker’s game winning shot with less than a second left. Both Kevin Love, who’s […]

Video: Jeff Green obliterates Al Jefferson

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. They call him "Big Al" but on this particular play during last night's Celtics-Jazz game, Al Jefferson was reduced to "Little Al" by Jeff Green. Let's set it up… The scene: TD Garden, Boston, MA. The […]

Shootaround: Western Conference Showdown

Memphis Grizzlies (5-1) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (6-2) 8 p.m./ESPN The Grizzlies and Thunder appear to be the future of the Western Conference, at least by age. These two teams recognize that their time to win a championship is now even with the presence of the Lakers and Heat in the picture. These teams are […]

Rasheed Wallace is the master of trash talk

With the amount of microphones they put on the court these days, NBA viewers are subjected to a new level of intimacy with the players, coaches and even the refs. You get the occasional “F-Bomb,” some insight into coaching strategy and, best of all, some trash talk. Rasheed Wallace has a big mouth, that’s nothing […]

Phil Jackson wanted too much?

On Sunday night it seemed sure that Phil Jackson would return to coach the Lakers. The 11-time champion seemingly could not pass up the opportunity to coach a superstar-laden team with his familiar charges of Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol along with newly acquired center Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. A chance for a championship […]

Starting 5: Green party

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: Green > Gasol? The Spurs matchup with the Lakers came down to two deciding plays. A 48-minute game and rivalry came down to the very end. The way you would expect. San Antonio, trailing by […]

Taiwanese animators decimate Jim Buss, Lakers

We love it when the Taiwanese animators put their spin on the NBA.  The Buss family, however, might not share our enthusiasm for this particular video.   Jim Buss is flat-out called an idiot (he drives around in a "short buss" and wears a bucket on his head).  And the Lakers are a bunch of […]

Harden after shocks

Three weeks ago, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook were taking in Notre Dame's win at Oklahoma in nearby Norman, Oklahoma, when news began to travel across Twitter and across the wire that Oklahoma City traded James Harden to Houston. The news shocked the Thunder, especially so close to the beginning of the season, providing the […]

Bulls’ Rose takes big step in road to recovery

It has been a while since we heard about Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose and his road to recovery after suffering a horrific left knee injury during last season's playoffs. He has been documenting his recovery through some adidas ads and now it seems he has begun to cut on his surgically repaired knee which should […]

Del Negro not worried by Odom’s slow start

After failing to make a decent contribution to the Mavericks, Lamar Odom has to be out to prove that his time in Dallas was just a fluke and he can return to form with the Los Angeles Clippers. So far, that’s not going so well. Odom is only playing 11 minutes a game, averaging 1.6 […]

Starting 5: Free basketball!

Every morning, we will give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day. 1: It keeps going… and going… It was an unlikely hero in regulation that sent the game to overtime. And into the rabbit hole we went. Al Jefferson hit a 3-pointer that hit just about every […]

Shootaround: Not quite the rematch

Boston Celtics (3-3) vs. Chicago Bulls (4-2) 8 p.m. Echoes of that epic 2009 first round Playoff series still resound whenever these two teams get together. Sure Ben Gordon has moved on, Derrick Rose is hurt and Ray Allen is in Miami. These are two completely different teams than those. And in Celtics-Bulls lore, Jordan's […]

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