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Lawrence Frank blames Andre Drummond’s limited playing time on things ‘the general public isn’t’ aware of

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Detroit Pistons coach Lawrence Frank is in a bit of a pickle. He took his hits working under Bob Knight during the famed coach’s years at Indiana. He took over the New Jersey Nets when the team was still considered a championship contender. He grabbed t…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Back in February, Chicago Bulls power forward and noted bald man Carlos Boozer spray-painted his head, which was monumentally weird and amazing: Then, shortly after being absolutely hammered for it online, he stopped, which was in the best interests of …

ESPNChicago.com, ESPN.com

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Thursday that Derrick Rose is doing great in his rehab from ACL surgery, and he's hoping Rose will return in the second half of the season.

CNNSI.com

The holidays are here, and we know what that means -- it's time to start paying attention to the NBA. Ian Thomsen looks at burning questions for every team playing on Christmas.

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

The holidays are here, and we all know what that means: It's time to start paying attention to the NBA. Here are five questions to keep in mind if the TV happens to be on in your household for any of the five nationally televised games -- Celtics-Nets, …

nba.com

There was no one happier to see Milwaukee reserve forward Mike Dunleavy return to the court this week than Bucks coach Scott Skiles.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

They say the only certainties in life are death and taxes. After watching the action Wednesday night, we can add one more: Carmelo is gonna give Brooklyn buckets. Three times Brooklyn and New York have matched up to battle for the rights to Gotham, and …

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Zach Randolph had 15 points and 17 rebounds, Marc Gasol added 12 points and 12 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Milwaukee Bucks 90-80 on Wednesday night.