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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.

With the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement in full swing, it's all about the contracts.

Our NBA experts try to figure out how a team full of All-Stars can end up being so terrible.

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

Bill Simmons: I'm ashamed to admit that I watched some of VH1 Classic's 30th anniversary celebration of MTV two weekends ago. OK, I watched most of it. Fine, fine, I DVR'ed all 12 hours and ripped through those 12 shows like a fat kid plowing through...

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

In honor of the 3.2 million children who have never experienced a mailbag, Bill Simmons delivers one.

Orlando looked rusty in Game 1. That happens. But the Magic's season was arguably on the line for Game 2. Time for a retro-diary.

• Colin Cowherd thinks the Celtics will beat the Magic. Boston might be old, but that makes Orlando uncomfortable. The Magic must earn every basket and can't handle the Celtics' bench. Listen • ESPN.com's Bill Simmons and Colin Cowherd ...

We're back on a Monday and talking about the NBA playoffs. Which team has the best roster? Vote in our poll on the right side of the page and let us know. We'll be joined by Kings owner Joe Maloof (11:10 a.m. ET), ESPN.com's Bill Simmons (11:40 a.m....

Three sweeps? What kind of second round of the playoffs was this? This only can be reconciled by handing out some awards.

With LeBron James' MVP award a foregone conclusion, Bill Simmons takes on the rest of the NBA season and the playoffs.

With LeBron James' MVP award a foregone conclusion, Bill Simmons takes on the rest of the NBA season and the playoffs.

In the December 28, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Bill Simmons reveals 15 nuggets that didn't make it into his best-selling "The Book Of Basketball."

In Part 2 of his ode to "Almost Famous" and the unpredictable NBA offseason, Bill Simmons rolls out 25 more movie quotes.

Did Kobe Bryant really change between 2008 and 2009? Bill Simmons puts the Lakers star under his microscope.