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Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Play a ton of minutes in the regular season, like Stephen Curry, and injuries are common. A while back I found that players who play a ton of minutes don't win NBA titles anymore. It used to happen all the ti...

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Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY SportsGeorge Karl won coach of the year, but ESPN Forecast's panel says Gregg Popovich is better.The NBA sent around the most interesting list: George Karl 404 Erik Spoelstra 190 Mike Woodson 127 Gregg Popovich 120 ...

The Knicks are hung up on the Celtics. Bomani Jones is hung up on how tough this all is for Knick fans. ...

Getty Images Even on teams with great scorers, "just get it to that guy" is bad strategy. It's late in a close game, your team has the ball, and they need to decide what to do. Pick and roll? Isolation? Drive and kick? This shooter? That one? ...

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We have had Marc Stein on the show. We have done rapid fire on the show. But somehow this is the first time we have done rapid fire with Marc Stein. He got himself on rapid fire probation with one incredibly un-rapid answer, but all in all, of cou...

On Land O' Lakers, Brian Kamenetzky learns interesting stuff about Pau Gasol's mindset: "'I'm reading books about the Zen philosophy and mindset. Zen's Mind, Beginner's Mind,' Gasol said. After Sunday's loss, I asked Pau what motivated him to start e...

NBA hopefuls, and LaMarcus Aldridge, take note: An above average NBA 3-point shooter is far more valuable to his team than an above average 2-point shooter. Ian Levy writes for Hardwood Paroxysm about how we are funny in how we perceive 3s: "Corey B...

Danny Ainge does things unconventionally -- and they often work out. That's always fun. But how does the Celtics' front office really work? It's hard to say, because it's a small team, and generally a tight-lipped one. (It's tough to find mor...

Danny Ainge does things unconventionally -- and they often work out. That's always fun. But how does the Celtics' front office really work? It's hard to say, because it's a small team, and generally a tight-lipped one. (It's tough to find more ...

They're lurking. This time of year strategy can get really weird, with all kinds of stuff happening besides every team trying to win every game. Some teams are out of the playoffs and tanking. Some teams are trying like hell just to make the playo...

Issac Baldizon/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Heat could lose at any time. Who they're playing is secondary. The Heat's winning streak -- 23 and counting, second longest in NBA history -- has touched off a parlor game for NBA fans and Vegas bettors. Which ...

Brian Robb of CelticsHub: "The C's are taking better care of the ball than ever which leads us to an important question ... was Rondo the C's biggest turnover problem? The short answer is yes, yes he was. Outside of Pablo Prigoni and Earl Watson, Rondo...