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J.R. Smith's whole career -- all he's done, all he's self-inflicted -- can be condensed to this moment. It's almost as if he were predestined to find himself in this exact place at this exact time.

Bill Simmons leads off our Five for Friday with a sentiment that we at HoopIdea strongly endorse. This edition also includes HoopIdeas from an NBA player and the Wall Street Journal, as well as a new mobile phone app that allows viewers to call ou...

It's time once again for Bill Simmons's annual ranking of the NBA's top 50 most valuable assets.

What, you thought the Sports Guy would let this one go?

Kareem and Atari Bill Simmons: I've always had a vague memory of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appearing in an Atari commercial in the late-1970s — a mental image of him sadly slumped on a seat as a little kid played Atari next to him, only he was d...

Day 11: The Day After the Day the Market Crashed

Day 6: When Chris Paul let us know David Stern had stayed too long.

The thrill of Week 7 in the NFL isn't enough to keep the Sports Guy's disappointment in a vanishing NBA season at bay.

Our NBA experts go team-by-team determining whose contract should be paid for and forgotten.

Bill Simmons learned over lunch that mentally and physically, Phil Jackson is done with the NBA.

Bill Simmons bangs out Part 1 of his NBA Power Poll.

Bill Simmons hands out his report card for the NBA's trade deadline, giving kudos to the Knicks but worrying about Kendrick Perkins' departure from the Celtics.

Bill Simmons and Joe House deliver over/unders for the 2010-2011 NBA season.

This most eventful of NBA offseasons has given rise to question after question after question. It's time for the answers. So let the games begin!

Why would Shaquille O'Neal sign with the Celtics? Bill Simmons has a theory ... and a few others about Nolan Ryan, Jennifer Aniston and James Dolan.

Who is the 6-foot-7 Russian billionaire who purchased the New Jersey Nets? Bill Simmons presents the Idiot's Guide to jumping on the Mikhail Prokhorov bandwagon.