Video game losses motivate Kevin Durant

Darnell Mayberry of the Oklahoman reports: If you had one guess, what would you say is driving Kevin Durant this season? The scoring title

NBA: Nash dishes 20 assists, Mavs trounce Lakers

NBA roundup of the NBA’s international player performances during the first few days in the NBA. Discuss the NBA in our forum . Pau Gasol watched from the bench with a strained right hamstring  as the Dallas Mavericks trounced the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80

The Whiny Face of Frustration

By now, you should know that when NBA announcers keep saying, “Kobe is really frustrated,” it’s actually code for, “Kobe is playing like crap and won’t stop whining to the refs.” And when one of them does fix his mouth to call Kobe out on his antics, they never actually say his name; it’s more

Two Games In and What We Learned About The Raptors

 By RaptorTalk:  It’s two games in and we already know this new Raptor team will frustrate us to no end – just like the old Raptors.

Suns exercise options on Jared Dudley, Robin Lopez

The Phoenix Suns today announced that the club has exercised the team options on the contracts of third-year forward Jared Dudley and second-year center Robin Lopez for the 2010-11 season.   The Suns have declined the 2010-11 team option on the contract of third-year swingman Alando Tucker. Dudley, 24, enters his first full season with the Suns

Rockets exercise Aaron Brooks option

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has picked up the option on the contract of guard Aaron Brooks.

Reebok Still Talkin’ Quote of the Day – 10.30

If you were 6-7, 277 pounds and had a 7-3 wing span, you would probably believe you had a chance to be drafted in the first round. If you were 6-7, 277 pounds, had a 7-3 wing span AND were the Big East Player of the Year, that averaged a double-double and brutalized the eventual

Wizards exercise options on Nick Young and JaVale McGee

Washington Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld announced today that the team has exercised their options on both guard Nick Young and center/forward JaVale McGee.  Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not released. Under the terms of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, the first two years of a first round draft pick’s contract are guaranteed while

Don’t believe the hype: 6 hopefuls who won’t be All-Stars

Every NBA season begins with a bloated numbers of players dreaming All-Star dreams. Over the summer and in the preseason, you hear guys with All-Star talent promising this will be the year they break through, or guys who are barely impact players vowing to make the leap to All-Star status

Jerry Sloan Has A Job Forever With The Jazz

In a sports world where a coach can endure a couple of bad weeks and lose his job, Jerry Sloan has job security like Steve Jobs. Sometime in the next week or two, NBA.com is reporting that the Jazz will once again extend the legendary coach’s contract for at least one more season

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