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This is not a flex, nor an attempt to drop coal in the NBA’s Christmas stocking. Tanking is…

Album of the Week: “ A Very Special Christmas,” Jimmy Iovine (1987) It may seem like we are…

NBA trade season is here. As of Monday, most players in the league are eligible to be traded…

The New Orleans Pelicans are bringing Zion Williamson off the bench against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night,…

Houston Rockets (16-7, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (5-22, 15th in the Western Conference)…

As we wait for the No. 23 Virginia Cavaliers to return to action this Saturday against Maryland, it’s…

The Milwaukee Bucks are nowhere close to giving up on their marriage with superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, and a…

It’s trade season! Dec. 15 marks the point in the NBA calendar at which most contracts signed in…

The Brooklyn Nets (6-17) have had a few days off thanks to the NBA Cup changing the schedule…

Luka Doncic. Image via: Kelsey Grant/ Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers, standing at 17-6 and eyeing the…

This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices,…

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NBA’s latest idea to fix the lottery continues to ignore the problem: the lottery