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Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can’t be expected to become the next Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars. Yet one of the most encouraging things late in the Pistons’ season, which includes four consecutive wins going into a 6 p.m. game against the Miami Heat, has been how their young backcourt has jelled late in the […]
“We’re not as good of a team [without (Kevin) Durant], but we’re still a good team,” (Thunder coach Scott) Brooks said. “When you lose KD, Serge (Ibaka), Andre (Roberson), Nick (Collison), you’re not a better team overnight, but you still have to work on ways you can put yourself in position to win and our […]
After clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs for only the second time in their Atlanta franchise history, the Hawks were left to contemplate the remainder of the regular season. DeMarre Carroll scored 24 points and the Hawks never trailed in beating the Miami Heat 99-86 on Friday night. Minutes later, the race […]
Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas is experiencing low back pain and tightness and was evaluated at the Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine Institute by team doctors today. Motiejunas has been removed from basketball activities for the next one to two weeks and will be reevaluated at that time. via NBA.com/Rockets
Even Shaquille O’Neal wonders, “What if?”What if, after spending the first four seasons of his NBA career with the Orlando Magic, he hadn’t signed a free-agent deal to join the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996? “Knowing what I know now, I would’ve stayed,” O’Neal said. “I would’ve stayed and fulfilled my seven years and then […]
It’s criminal how Monta (Ellis) doesn’t get calls. Pushed.Hit in face.Hit on arm.Im tired of turning in calls.Fans need to post video to wake NBA up. via Mark Cuban on Twitter
University of Nevada-Las Vegas freshman guard Rashad Vaughn has plans to enter the 2015 NBA draft, league sources told Yahoo Sports. A formal announcement is expected in the near future, sources said via Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports
There is no timetable for (Hassan) Whiteside’s return, but Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the team’s center likely would be back for the playoffs. The injury currently is too painful for Whiteside to catch a basketball, according to Spoelstra. via Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald
According to Team Argentina head coach Sergio Hernandez, San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili will not play for his home country at the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship this summer in Monterrey, Mexico. “Ginobili is not going to be in Monterrey. I have the authority to say that he will not be part of this tournament. He […]
The Nets on Friday announced the signing of former Louisville star forward Earl Clark to a 10-day contract. via NBA.com/Nets
