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  1. Ranking Damian Lillard's Rookie of the Year Season with Best of Last 20 Years

    Damian Lillard is your unanimous 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year, a well-deserved honor for one of the promising young players in the league. When you look back over the past 20 years, we've seen a number of standout rookie seasons...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 23 days ago 4,645 reads 23 comments

  2. Postgame Fight Shows How Much Boston Celtics, NY Knicks Hate Each Other

    You have to love the hate that exists between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks . It's just the kind of hate the Eastern Conference needs...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 23 days ago 9,678 reads 12 comments

  3. 2013 NBA Playoffs: Updated Grades for Every Team Still Standing

    The 2013 NBA playoffs are finally heating up—and not a moment too soon. With long series have come the usual adjustments, trends and tensions associated with familiarity...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 23 days ago 135,234 reads 18 comments

  4. Introducing the Top 10 International 2013 NBA Draft Prospects

    I've got a feeling it's going to be a big draft year for the international prospects. Considering the weak field of American talent, teams will be willing to draft-and-stash rather than waste a roster spot on someone who won't play anyway...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 23 days ago 11,886 reads 32 comments

  5. NBA Injury Report: Updates on Blake Griffin's Ankle, Jeremy Lin's Chest and More

    The story of the 2013 NBA playoffs so far has been comebacks. Whether it's the Celtics coming back "Boston Strong" to force a Game 6 against the Knicks at TD Garden or the Grizzlies ...

    Will Carroll Written by Will Carroll about 23 days ago 16,937 reads 31 comments

  6. NBA Playoff Youngsters Finding Their Big Boy Pants

    Kobe Bryant says the darnedest things. Earlier this year, when Pau Gasol was struggling to perform and adapt to new coach Mike D'Antoni's system, Kobe had some advice: "Put your big-boy pants on," said Bryant, according to ESPN Los Angeles ...

    Jared Wade Written by Jared Wade about 23 days ago 4,317 reads 14 comments

  7. Updated 2013 NBA Title Odds for Every Playoff Team Entering May

    The crystal ball is shattered. Anyone’s predictable image of an NBA Finals rematch between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat mutated into a tempestuous spin of the roulette wheel...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 23 days ago 35,380 reads 217 comments

  8. Why You Can Never Count Boston Celtics out of the NBA Playoffs

    What a mistake. Kenyon Martin had some grave advice for his teammates. “Wear black,” the New York Knicks forward taunted before Game 5, a game that could have put the Boston Celtics away...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 23 days ago 23,759 reads 151 comments

  9. 2013 NBA Mock Draft: Complete 2-Round Predictions Post-Eligibility Deadline

    With the field set in terms of American prospects, we can now do a better job of projecting the 2013 NBA draft. We've seen a number of probable first-rounders decide to return to school...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 24 days ago 134,387 reads 282 comments

  10. Jason Collins Comes out as Gay: A Timeline of Athletes and Homosexuality

    Jason Collins is the first openly gay male athlete in any of the four major professional sports leagues in North America to come out while still active, as he did with an eloquent piece in Sports Illustrated ...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 24 days ago 3,356 reads 3 comments

  11. Shaqtin' a Fool: Hard Fouls and Harmless Punches

    Cheap shots and hard fouls are becoming a more infrequent occurrence in today's NBA game. As the latest installment of Shaqtin ' a Fool shows us, that's probably a good thing...

    Joel C. Cordes Written by Joel C. Cordes about 24 days ago 23,862 reads 43 comments

  12. LA Clippers' 1st-Round Survival Guide for Worst-Case Blake Griffin Scenario

    A fortuitous turn of his right ankle in practice left Blake Griffin with a painful sprain that had him shuffling between the court, the bench and the locker room during the Los Angeles Clippers ' 103-93 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 5...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 24 days ago 26,116 reads 79 comments

  13. Can the Denver Nuggets Win in Oracle Madhouse to Force Game 7?

    Cue up the Brothers Gibb —the Denver Nuggets are stayin' alive. The Nuggets held serve at home, holding off the hard-charging Golden State Warriors to pull out a 107-100 win and force a Game 6 at Oracle Arena...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 24 days ago 7,425 reads 90 comments

  14. Will Flip Saunders Be Able to Keep Kevin Love in Minnesota?

    Update: May 2, 4:00 PM ET By Ethan Norof The Minnesota Timberwolves have fired GM David Kahn, and a new deal for Flip Saunders to replace him is expected to be finalized by Friday, according to the Associated Press...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 25 days ago 8,072 reads 90 comments

  15. What to Do About Silent Minority of the NBA in Jason Collins Discussion

    Silence can be deafening. The NBA was anything but passive when Jason Collins , a 12-year veteran of the league, admitted that he was gay in a heartfelt essay for Sports Illustrated ...

    Dan Favale Written by Dan Favale about 25 days ago 5,047 reads 53 comments

  16. Which OKC Teammates Can Kevin Durant Trust Down the Stretch?

    The imminent fear engulfing the Oklahoma City Thunder is what can the team accomplish without its other star, Russell Westbrook. Nothing could have been more emblematic of that worry than the last 12...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 25 days ago 11,266 reads 92 comments

  17. Chicago Bulls Need More Than Hero Ball to Close Out Nets

    Unless his name is Derrick Rose —or better yet, Michael Jordan—the Chicago Bulls need much more than a solitary, heroic performance to succeed in the postseason...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 25 days ago 5,972 reads 33 comments

  18. Will Dwight Howard Bolt Los Angeles Lakers After Nightmare Season?

    Dwight Howard 's first (and, perhaps, only) season with the Los Angeles Lakers came to an abrupt and all-too-fitting end during his team's 103-82 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of their 2013 NBA playoff series...

    Josh Martin Written by Josh Martin about 26 days ago 43,785 reads 236 comments

  19. Players React on Twitter to Jason Collins Coming Out

    Jason Collins , most recently of the Washington Wizards, has openly admitted that he is gay. Through an article he wrote for Sports Illustrated Monday, Collins became the ...

    Dan Favale Written by Dan Favale about 26 days ago 126,346 reads 324 comments

  20. Stephen Curry: The NBA's Newest Superstar

    OAKLAND, CALIF.—More than an hour prior to the Golden State Warriors ’ Game 4 showdown against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, the darling of this NBA postseason sat in a mostly deserted Warriors home locker room...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 26 days ago 56,101 reads 152 comments

  21. What's Next for Los Angeles Lakers After 2013 NBA Playoff Exit?

    The 2012-13 Los Angeles Lakers rolled the dice and lost big. The team’s attempt to resurrect aged talent without depth culminated with the inevitable disappointment of an opening-round sweep to the San Antonio Spurs ...

    Jimmy Spencer Written by Jimmy Spencer about 27 days ago 46,647 reads 239 comments

  22. Under-the-Radar 2013 NBA Draft Sleepers Guaranteed to Make an Impact

    There are some guys out there you just know are going to make an impact. Many of them have produced better results than some of the most sought-after prospects in the nation, but aren't considered must-watch prospects because they lack NBA upside...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 27 days ago 21,371 reads 39 comments

  23. Kobe Bryant's Nike Spread Inspires Fan-Made Video Montage to Black Mamba

    If you thought Nike would abandon or in any way distance itself from Kobe Bryant after the Los Angeles Lakers superstar ruptured his Achilles, you were wrong...

    Dan Favale Written by Dan Favale about 27 days ago 32,938 reads 85 comments

  24. NBA Rookie Stock Watch: How Top Youngsters Are Faring in Round 1

    You won't find too many coaches who trust their rookies during the NBA playoffs. But some of them don't have a choice. There's only a handful of rookies out there making an impact in the postseason...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 27 days ago 3,372 reads 2 comments

  25. NBA Draft Lottery 2013: Updated Odds and Projected Order

    The NBA draft lottery is scheduled for May 21. The odds have been set and the teams should be in the process of putting together their draft boards. Some team needs are tough to assess without knowing how free agency will play out...

    Jonathan Wasserman Written by Jonathan Wasserman about 28 days ago 22,341 reads 15 comments