What Bill Russell, Abdul-Jabbar other greats see in MVP LeBron James

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James is one of 12 NBA players to win more than one MVP, and at 28, he became the fifth to win four MVPs, joining Abdul-Jabbar (six), Russell (five), Michael Jordan (five) and Wilt Chamberlain (four)....

Kobe Bryant Season Over Out 6-9 Months, Live Instagram's Achilles Surgery

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The Los Angeles Lakers star joined Instagram prior to his surgery, and since then, he has been giving fans a behind-the-scenes look as he goes under the knife. Kobe has posted two pictures so far, ...

Hip Hop Artist Lil Wayne Kicked Out Of Heat/Lakers Game For Gun Gesture

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"So I'm @ da Heat game right, rootin 4 da Lakers kuz dats my team & would u believe they got police 2 make me leave?! Wow!" Lil Wayne tweeted at 5:01 p.m. ET. Random guy yelled at Lil Wayne at ...

James Harden, Kyrie Irving lead six All-Star first-timers

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We are witnessing the change of the Guard. The NBA has nnounced the reserves for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game in Houston, Texas. Six of the 14 players were first-time selections, including high-scori...

Nicolas Batum living up to contract with Portland Blazers

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"He's still developing that. It's wrong for people to expect that that's going to change overnight just because he signed a contract." The progress is evident in certain areas of Batum's game – a c...

ESPN Analyst Jay Bilas rips NCAA for Myck Kabongo suspension

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"I think it was excessive and unnecessary," Bilas said of the suspension during the first half of the live broadcast. "I wind up asking, what are we really accomplishing here? What the NCAA did was su...

Top three questions facing the Los Angeles Lakers: Can Steve Nash Be The Savior?

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Can Nash be the savior? D'Antoni, starting with his introductory news conference, insisted that the Lakers would turn things around just as soon as Nash, who suffered a small fracture in his left l...

Sixers took risk on Bynum, now face tough decisions

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The Sixers took a chance and now have decisions to make that will impact the franchise for years. "At the time of the trade we had four doctors look at his MRI. We knew it was a calculated risk. We...

Andrew Wiggins: "I want to be the best player in the world"

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"I just try to kill whoever is guarding me," Wiggins said. "I don't practice to play against people in high school like Julius Randle and Jabari Parker. I practice to play against guys in the NBA beca...

Swoosh! Reggie Miller Enters Basketball Hall of Fame

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The Villian, The Assassin, The Sniper, The love affair with Spike. The four-point play, the push off on Jordan for the game-winner....And the list goes on. After 18-years of swishing jumpers around...

Dwight Howard, Nash, Jamison, Meeks Make Lakers Big Winners Of 2012 NBA offseason

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The Lakers are the big winners of this NBA offseason, adding a superstar center, two-time MVP point guard and two high-volume bench scorers without losing much of the team's core. After consecutive di...