LAS VEGAS -- It would be a nice tribute to the NBA Summer League to say it played a part in helping the Los Angeles Lakers reach the NBA Finals this past season.But general manager Mitch Kupchak wasn't ready to make that leap. He said the summer league's role in his team's run to the Finals was   more...
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I did some research on the traffic ranking of Streetball.com compared to the other websites in the video and the scary thing is, they might be right.
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The Boston Celtics have their comeback. They likely will be headed to yet another championship, and the title cements the Hall of Fame credentials for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. The real question is, what of these Lakers? Perhaps the only thing more amazing than their Game 4   more...
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This game is probably the best thing about the entire weekend. No defense and lots of dunks. The Rookies will take on the second year players on Friday night of All-Star weekend.
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After defeating the Lakers, the team that was tied with them, the Rockets stand alone at the top of the west, winning 104-92. "Skip to my Lou" Rafer Alston was amazing dropping career highs of eight 3 pointers and 31 points while Bobby Jackson came off the bench for 19 points and 6 rebounds.   more...

Over the next five weeks, I will go position by position and rank the top 30 players by total value. The NBA is a business, so it doesn't make sense to purely rank the players only by their talent or stats, or by some other qualitative measure (though those factors do matter). We must also look at   more...
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We figured it was time to get back to our roots here at R & R, so we're going to be doing weekly updates on all the major rumors circulating in the world of sports. We figured this was the perfect time to get back into rumor-mongering, since the NBA free agent period is here and the baseball   more...
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If you don't have Insider, Chris Sheridan breaks down 6 possible trade scenarios for the the Grizzlies' lone All-Star. He actually breaks down 9, but a few of them are completely asinine and I won't waste your time or insult your intelligence by repeating them here: Here's a recap, in decreasing   more...
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If you don't have plans for bringing in the New Year, you can party with Kwame Brown.
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10. Chuck Norris will be in attendance for each game at the Staples Center. 9. Kobe's other 'Black Mamba' will stay in his pants and keep him out of trouble. 8. Jack Nicholson will convince Curt Rambis to come out of retirement. 7. In this series, Phil Jackson will get off his 'booster' chair and   more...

Since the beginning of the Howland Era, UCLA Basketball has had the privilege of having the nation's best……guards. Just guards. Jordan Farmar, Arron Afflalo, Russell Westbrook, Darren Collison and the incoming Jrue Holiday, Malcolm Lee, and Jerime Anderson are all of some of the nation's best   more...
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Throughout the Kobe/Lakers summer drama, we've all just been waiting for L.A. to rope a star, a perfect running mate for Bryant to make a move on another championship with. Well, I'm sure the Lakers most recent move will totally placate their temperamental star. Early this afternoon the Lakers came   more...
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Just finished watching the Suns v. Lakers, and it was obvious that this game meant everything to the Suns. If it wasn't obvious in the two losses they had at the hands of the Lakers, it was ever so clear in a win over L.A. . While the Lakers went deep into their bench the entire game, playing   more...
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44 Games, 252 points scored, and 38 three pointers is the start to this NBA guard's illustrious career. Not to mention one DUI. I'll say this; J.J. Redick is light years ahead of Greg Oden right now. Unfortunately the Orlando Magic guard, the 11th overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft, is   more...
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After some lackluster match-ups in recent years there will finally be a glamour series in the NBA finals: the Los Angeles Lakers versus the Boston Celtics. The two classic rivals each completed shocking turnarounds from just a year ago to reach this point, but only one team will be crowned   more...
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