Indiana has held down the fort all season without its superstar and is in position for a playoff push.
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There was a welcome sighting, and an unnecessary sighting, in American Airlines Arena involving a pair of Heat players at important junctions in their careers.
Well, if you stick around the game long enough, anything is bound to happen. It did Sunday for Tim Duncan.
Rose, Durant among many out as season winds down.
Is James lost in the mix with Curry, Harden, and now Westbrook?
Oklahoma City rebuilding roster to give Durant, team best chance.
Swirl of point guards change teams on trade deadline day.
Only players in certain situations are likely deadline bait.
Shorter preseason, tweaks to playoff format could be a start.
NEW YORK — It is the city that never sleeps, supposedly anyway; tell that to bored and snoozing basketball fans that have been starved for high-level entertainment all season.
NEW YORK– The Big Apple is Atlanta North for the weekend with Hawks all over the place, competing in events on Friday, Saturday and finally Sunday when four players and the entire coaching staff will represent the East in the All-Star Game.
As he did during his playing days, Steve Kerr has maximised his strengths to become a success as an NBA coach.
Kyle Korver will showcase his long-range shooting in the 2015 Foot Locker Three-Point Contest.
For both Jeff Teague and the Hawks, it's been a long time coming in solving Atlanta's point guard conundrum.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Mike Budenholzer's pop, Vince, inspired the 2015 coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Jacque Vaughn, Brett Brown and Monty Williams all have ties to Gregg Popovich, but haven't been as successful as coaches.
Lost in the Kyrie Irving double-nickel game was this little tidbit of a question: LeBron James won’t be out for long, will he?
Not that anyone expected Kobe Bryant to lace them up again in 2014-15 unless he wanted to shoot with one arm. But word is starting to filter down through the Lakers organization, per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN, that the rotator cuff tear he suffered Wednesday will indeed shelve him for the season.
It’s good news/not so good news for Los Angeles basketball: The Lakers are valued at $2.6 billion and the Clippers, who sold last year for $2 billion, are “just” $1.6 billion.
Atlanta and Golden State have reason to be proud of their 2014-15 to date. Some other teams, however, can't wait for the summer.
There hasn’t been a father-son duo in the NBA from a coach/player standpoint, but the Celtics and Clippers are working furiously to make it happen.
Phil Jackson's plan to tear down New York to the studs and rebuild will benefit it in the long run.
New York (and others) can't wait for Memphis' big man to hit the free-agent market.
If another team from the East won nine straight against the West, folks would be pushing them as title contenders. Heck, if a team from the West won nine straight against the West, folks would be pushing them as title contenders.
A trade might serve Cleveland well as it enters 2015 with high expectations.
A series of front-office missteps hasn't stopped Atlanta from thriving early in the 2014-15 season.
Taking a fresh gander at the offseason's trades and signings.
Nagging injuries of years past no longer an issue for these All-Stars.
As Cavs, Bulls struggle, Toronto jumps out with vengeance.
Dwight Howard complained of a sprained right knee and sat out Thursday’s rematch against Kobe Bryant, which of course only means two things are now inflamed: the knee, and the “soft” rap against Howard which came courtesy of Kobe.
If another title means that much, why doesn't he ask for a trade?
People still approach and ask him about the moment almost every day and almost everywhere he goes. Some do it with a bit of sadness, others with regret, some with a cantaloupe still stuck in their throats after all these years. All are sympathetic about the biggest missed shot in college basketball history.
When Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett reached the ripe age of 21, two predictions seemed safe: Greatness and multiple championships. Although their careers had barely begun, there was so much to savour, even then.
If you can’t see straight, how can anyone expect you to shoot straight?
The Pacers play the Jazz on Tuesday and it’s interesting that it’s Utah, because the last time these teams met, all was well with Indy.
The best way to judge a draft is to wait a few years and see who gets paid the most and the quickest. Which means we know a lot more about the first round of the 2011 class, now that the deadline for contract extensions has passed.
