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Is Phil Jackson Really Done Coaching in the NBA?

Is Phil Jackson really done coaching in the NBA? It did not appear so earlier this year when it looked as if he was clearly interested in coming back to coach the Los Angeles Lakers after they fired Mike Brown five games into the season. But now, after turning down the Brooklyn Nets job earlier [...]

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2013 NBA Mock Draft : The Cellar Dwellers

2013 NBA Mock Draft : The Cellar Dwellers

It is a bit early to project the draft order for the upcoming NBA draft. First, we don’t know which players will come out early and which won’t. Unlike football, every player in college basketball is eligible to enter the draft at the end of the season. So predicting who will and who won’t is [...]

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What NBA Coaches are on the Hot Seat?

What NBA Coaches are on the Hot Seat?

As the NBA regular season winds down, we know there will be coaching change made. There are every year. So let’s take a look at ones who likely won’t be back for the start of next season: Doug Collins, Philadelphia 76ers- The Sixers were a playoff team a year ago. They won’t be this year. [...]

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Lakers Snap Losing Skid with Win Over Jazz 102-84

Lakers Snap Losing Skid with Win Over Jazz 102-84

The Los Angeles Lakers got a much needed win on Friday night when they beat the Utah Jazz 102-84. The Lakers displayed a balanced attack with Ron Artest and Dwight Howard leading them with 17 points each, Pau Gasol and Steve Nash with 15 and Kobe Bryant with 14.  Artest hit five three point shots [...]

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Clippers Top Mavericks While Lakers Lose Again

Clippers Top Mavericks While Lakers Lose Again

This Los Angeles Clippers/Los Angeles Lakers is just good TV. You have the Lakers, who were supposed to walk away with the whole thing this year with their new superstar studded lineup of Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest and perhaps the game’s best player in Kobe Bryant. The Lakers have all the [...]

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NBA Monday: Upsets Everywhere! OK Not Everywhere…

NBA Monday: Upsets Everywhere! OK Not Everywhere…

We didn’t get an upset in the big college football game on Monday night. In fact, that game was over right after the opening kickoff. If you were tuning in hoping for an upset, then you were disappointed indeed. But if you flipped the channels to find an NBA game, you saw upsets all over [...]

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Knicks Thump Spurs 100-83; Wolves Top Nuggets 101-97

Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points and J. R. Smith had 20 as the New York Knicks scored a surprisingly easy win over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night in the NBA. The loss snapped a seven game Spurs win streak to drop them to 26-9 while the Knicks improved to 22-10. The Knicks stopped [...]

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Nuggets Stop Clippers Streak 92-78

The Los Angeles Clippers ended 2012 with a 17 game winning streak. But it is now 2013 and the Clippers are 0-1 in the new year. The Denver Nuggets, who were run out of the gym on Christmas at the Staples Center by the Clippers, got even on New Year’s Day by holding the “Showtime [...]

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Clippers win 16th Straight in Utah 116-114

Clippers win 16th Straight in Utah 116-114

The Los Angeles Clippers have showed they can come from behind and can win a close game now. In their 15 game win streak, most of the wins have been rather easy ones for the Clippers. Many have wondered how the Clippers would respond to getting punched in the mouth. Well, the Clippers were punched [...]

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Nuggets Snap Lakers Streak

The Denver Nuggets snapped the Los Angeles Lakers five game win streak on Wednesday night. The Lakers Dwight Howard just snapped. Howard was ejected after a flagrant foul on the Nuggets Kenneth Faried. A call that Kobe Bryant admitted after the game was a good call. Corey Brewer led the Nuggets with 27 points in [...]

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