Moscow, Russia February 04 2012: Russian billionaire and presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov

The Nets’ Sunday morning massacre starts — and ends — at the top

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The Brooklyn Nets’ future is as dark as their road uniforms and the outer border of the parquet floor at Barclays Center. Sunday morning, owner Mikhail Prokhorov decided to do something about it… but the damage has already been done, and will be difficult to repair anytime soon. It’s not as though head coach Lionel […]

MIAMI, FL – DECEMBER 25: Anthony Davis #23 of the New Orleans Pelicans reacts during the game against the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena on December 25, 2015 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images)

The Pelicans Are Running Out Of Time

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On Wednesday, the New Orleans Pelicans, then 11-22, played the Dallas Mavericks, a team they had beaten twice this season and played three times overall. Dallas elected not to play four starters — Deron Williams, Wes Matthews, Zaza Pachulia, and the wizard Dirk Nowitzki — as their old legs were still reeling from a comeback […]

December back-to-back splits: Western Conference

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With the season closer to its numerical (41-game) midpoint, let’s see how the West fared in back-to-backs over the course of December. * 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 […]

December back-to-back splits: Eastern Conference

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We did this for November, and we’ll do it for every full month this season. Here are the back-to-back splits for the month of December in the NBA: * Reference Guide: B2B = back-to-back 45 = a “4 in 5” game sequence, referring to four games in five nights W = win L = loss […]

during the preseason NBA game at Talking Stick Resort Arena on October 7, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

The Phoenix Suns Are Not Close to Trading Markieff Morris

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The Phoenix Suns saw a lot of drama happening with power forward Markieff Morris this past offseason, and trade rumors have surrounded him for quite some time. At this point, however, it doesn’t sound like the Suns are close to trading Morris. Ryan McDonough, the Suns’ general manager, talked about not being close to trading […]

Denver takes a ragged fourth… and Minnesota fans want to drink a fifth

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It was — and will likely remain — the worst fourth quarter of NBA basketball this season. In 12 minutes of professional hoops, two teams combined to produce 21 points. It’s one thing when such a retina-searing sequence emerges in the first quarter of a game, in a half-empty arena, between two teams playing the […]

Two nights, two Knicks, and several Eastern crosscurrents

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The past two nights in the NBA have shown a new side of the New York Knicks. They’ve shown a familiar side of the upper half of the Eastern Conference. If you wanted clarity and separation in the East, you have been sorely disappointed, but if you wanted to see the Knicks announce their presence […]

Eastern Conference check-in: still no compelling alternative to Cleveland

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Let’s be candid here, everyone: We know that the Cleveland Cavaliers remain the overwhelming favorite to win the Eastern Conference this season. If a clear alternative, a compelling contender, should emerge in this half of the NBA, you’ll know about it. You’ll get a resounding moment laden with clarity and resonance. Obviously, we haven’t arrived […]

The Clippers create new possibilities, even as they wait to shed old labels

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It’s time for another check-in with the NBA’s most mysterious team, the Los Angeles Clippers. Where does Doc Rivers stand after the first weekend of the new year? It’s definitely a much better place than two weeks ago, when this team was barely over .500 and languishing in the mushy, broad middle section of the […]

One cannot escape the irony that on a day when Yahoo! Sports reporter and columnist Adrian Wojnarowski wrote about LeBron James’s desire to bring Mark Jackson to Cleveland, the Cavs and general manager David Griffin did something which eerily mirrored the Warriors’ dismissal of Jackson at the end of the 2014 season. Hiring a man without previous NBA head-coaching experience in the attempt to maximize a window of opportunity is exactly what Griffin is trying to do in Cleveland. It’s what the Warriors did a year and a half ago, with great results.

New Year’s Resolutions: Western Conference

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The calendar has turned to 2016, and “resolution season” is in full swing. The theme is no different for multiple teams across the NBA, especially in the Western Conference, as teams look to finish the first half of the regular season in strong fashion. So, what resolutions should some of those teams make? We break […]

Watch: Top 100 NBA Plays of 2015

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To celebrate the new year, the NBA has loaded up their YouTube page with some new content including “best of 2015’s” including this one with the top 100 plays of the last year….

at Pepsi Center on November 5, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. The Jazz defeated the Nuggets 96-84. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

The wayward West: The No. 8 seed might not win 40 games

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The 2015 portion of the current NBA season has reached the end of the line. The Roman god Janus looks back at the year which is in the history books, and forward to the coming 365 days. As January arrives, the All-Star break comes into distant view. We are confronted with the reminder that as […]

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