National Basketball League News and Rumors
Hedo Turkoglu Tests Positive For Steroids, The Internet ReactsSean Newell, deadspin.com The Orlando Magic's Hedo Turkoglu was suspended 20 games for testing positive for methenolone, which is an anabolic steroid. He claims it was given to him by a trainer in Turkey helping him recover from a shoulder injury and that he failed to cross refe… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Vince Carter scored 26 points to pass Larry Bird on the NBA's career scoring list, and the Dallas Mavericks headed into the All-Star break with a 123-100 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. |
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Match Made In HoustonFeb 13
How are the rebuilding Rockets still in playoff contention in the Western Conference? Because the team has become an extension of newcomer James Harden, says Rob Mahoney. |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Is it a dunk? Is it just a really emphatic layup? It doesn't matter. It's Javale and that's all that ever matters. More » |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Joe Johnson scored 26 points, including five 3-pointers, C.J Watson added 25 points and five 3s, and the Brooklyn Nets avoided another second-half meltdown with a 119-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Anthony Davis had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets handed the Portland Trail Blazers their fifth straight loss, 98-63 on Wednesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Garnett scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics overcame poor shooting to beat the Chicago Bulls 71-69 Wednesday night. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Alan Anderson scored 26 points in one of the few good offensive performances for either team, and the Toronto Raptors beat the New York Knicks 92-88 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Kawhi Leonard's 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds remaining gave the San Antonio Spurs a 96-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. |
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NBA stars will face the media Friday, and fans will have a new way to watch. |
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Portland guard Wesley Matthews has left Wednesday night's game against New Orleans with a left ankle injury and Trail Blazers officials say he will not return. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Hornets say shooting guard Eric Gordon is sitting out Wednesday night's game against Portland with a sprained right hand. |
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NEW YORK (AP) After 17 years fighting for NBA players, Billy Hunter might be down to his last, most difficult battle. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got a smörgåsbord of NBA and college basketball action to keep you busy tonight, so enjoy that. We'll be back at it tomorrow. More » |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Brandon Jennings said Wednesday that he's not looking to leave the Milwaukee Bucks, despite an ESPN.com story that said he has "irreconcilable differences" with the club. |
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The Hawks could soon face a big decision with leading scorer Josh Smith, one of the most-discussed names in speculation leading up to the NBA trade deadline. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com LeBron James is playing at a record-setting level, and that only makes Kevin Durant want to get better at his own game. |
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Eric Bledsoe’s Top 10 DunksFeb 13
Matt Gibson, dimemag.com Eric Bledsoe is an absolute freak of nature. Maybe he hasn’t caught an alley-oop windmill in a game like Gerald Green and maybe he hasn’t put it in-between his legs from the free throw line like James White, but he’s the best little guy dunker since… |
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky received the news it dreaded Wednesday when freshman forward Nerlens Noel was declared out for the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com While others are busy arguing over who the best young point guard in the league is, we spend our time watching everyone because they all have something extra to offer. And while Stephen Curry and Jrue Holiday aren’t household names the way D Rose and CP… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com When the six competitors in the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend were announced last Thursday, the lion's share of NBA fans' attention went to the presence of Indiana Pacers wing Gerald Green, who won the 2007 competition and brought us… |
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Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo underwent surgery to repair a tear in his right ACL on Tuesday, according to Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Danny Granger's return to Indiana's lineup has been delayed by an illness. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Former Lakers coach Mike Brown says despite a slow first half, he sees a team in his old squad that can, with some work, turn its season around. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Over a week ago, the Houston Rockets demolished the Golden State Warriors by 31 points, winning 140-109 and tying an NBA record for 23 made three-pointers. The carnage was so bad that, deep into garbage time and with a bevy of Rocket bench players that … |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Early in the second quarter of the Denver Nuggets' 109-108 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night — a game decided in the closing seconds by Rudy Gay's second game-winning basket in the last three games for the Canucks — Nuggets forward/longtime… |
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-- NBA ALL-STARS SET TO DAZZLE IN THE LONE STAR STATE AS HOUSTON HOSTS THE NBA ALL-STAR GAME FOR A THIRD TIME -- |
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Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com With six consecutive basketball games in which he has scored at least 30 points and shot 60 percent or higher, LeBron James is on a great roll for any field. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Last Friday night, things broke a little differently. Rudy Gay was red-hot down the stretch, scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to erase what had been an 11-point Indiana Pacers lead; it seemed only fitting that he'd raise up and drain… |
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Finn Cohen, nytimes.com The Knicks convinced Tim Glover to become a basketball fan, but the atmosphere at Barclays Center has lured him and his son to Nets games this season. |
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HIDALGO, Texas (AP) - Royce White says he is ready to focus on basketball. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Chris Kaman wasn’t exactly enjoying an All-Star year for the Dallas Mavericks, and the team wasn’t playing exceptionally well when he went down with a concussion on Jan. 29. Still, the team would like its center back on the court as they make a desper… |
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When LeBron James first heard about the streak of NBA games with at least 30 points and 60 percent shooting, he did not immediately think about who was on the list. |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com While the Lakers second half play against Phoenix was sorry (check Smack for the gruesome details), the action off the court was pretty funny. Will Ferrell dressed up in a red coat, playing an arena security guard. He got so into it that he jokingly arr… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Tuesday night’s Lakers/Suns tilt was hardly a classic. Kobe Bryant was deep into the heart of his martyr-y, “look what happens to you losers when I don’t score”-nights and finished with four points, nine assists and eight turnovers. Dwight Howard,… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Timofey Mozgov, the man whose very name is synonymous with getting obliterated with highlight reel dunks, caught a real beauty last night from the Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan. As we said in Smack, “from now on, whenever Mozgov gets dunked on like this, sin… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Yep, that's Will Ferrell, decked out in the official uniform of a Staples Center usher, scanning the crowd and keeping the peace during last night's Suns-Lakers game. As is usually the case, we have no idea why Will Ferrell was doing this, or why he was… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com It's admittedly kind of a weird statistical achievement, an odd record to hold — "most consecutive games scoring 30 or more points while hitting at least 60 percent of your shots" isn't exactly going to replace "56-game hitting streak&quo… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com A jury has convicted a Chicago attorney of murdering former NBA center Eddy Curry's ex-girlfriend and infant daughter four years ago. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Dwight Howard had 19 points and 18 rebounds, Antawn Jamison added 19 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers survived Kobe Bryant's bizarre four-point performance for their eighth win in 11 games, 91-85 over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com We hate to keep leading Smack off with LeBron James, but it’s almost like we have to lock him in here on every night he plays. The dude is just too good. Check out some of these numbers. James was 11-for-15 shooting last night in the Heat’s 117-104 fl… |
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J.A. Adande, ESPN.com Kobe Bryant welcomes challenges, which explains why he chastised a fan on Twitter for using a homophobic slur. "It's the right thing to do," Bryant told ESPN.com. "I couldn't help myself. I saw it, I was like, 'I can't help myself. I have to respond.'" |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Paul Millsap had 18 and the Utah Jazz beat Oklahoma City 109-94 on Tuesday night to break the Thunder's four-game winning streak. |
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The Celtics have one game left before the All-Star break, and you gotta imagine it can't come soon enough. After playing the Bulls tonight, Kevin Garn... |
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The Mavs dropped to 22-29 after a crazy, last-second loss to Atlanta on Monday in Dallas, and they are in serious danger of missing the playoffs for t... |
