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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...

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...

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...

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Jalen Rose says the Spurs must deal (Insider): "I don't believe the Spurs will win the West with [Tiago] Splitter as their second-best big man." Don't count on a big San Antonio move, however. The Clippers were just 6-6 without Chris Paul, which do...

Dirk Nowitzki to Grantland's Zach Lowe: "I'm such a dork, still. This is my 15th year and I still sit, when my wife's asleep, I sit there and watch League Pass. I do it from sometimes 9 p.m. till 12:30 a.m., until the West Coast games are over. I was...

Doug Pensinger/Getty ImagesThe NBA isn't doing everything it could to prevent blows like this one. For a "noncontact" sport that allegedly doesn't have a concussion problem, basketball sure does feature a lot of blows to the head. A partial list ...

It's not going to be simple for a major pro athlete to come out of the closet. Strong stuff from Kevin Arnovitz in The Advocate: "The world is never entirely prepared for social change. When our gay player comes out, there will be no parades, no plen...

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Garbage Time Ghost is a new tumblr blog that marks the return of the NBA-themed cartoons of JF Frankel. In Frankel's latest work, David Stern gets a lovely head of hair and a slap on the wrist for being schoolmarmish with players. Kevin Durant almo...