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The NBA playoffs are upon us, with 16 teams competing for the Larry O'Brien Trophy. But what about the other guys? What about the teams we wish were in the playoffs? We may know, in our heads, that they didn't do enough to get into the postseason, bu...

1. JaVale McGee and Anthony Randolph, Together Injuries to Danilo Gallinari and Kenneth Faried have George Karl understandably scrambling for healthy rotation parts, but I'm not sure the world is ready to watch the Wild Child front line play heavy...

Before the All-Star break, Rick Carlisle's team was as good as done — now it's suddenly back in the playoff chase.

So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. Pure and Easy Today marks ...

The Mavs dropped to 22-29 after a crazy, last-second loss to Atlanta on Monday in Dallas, and they are in serious danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since 1999-2000 — Dirk Nowitzki's second year in the league. Dallas has known no...

In case you were busy hunting for valuable royal bones in a local parking lot, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Tyson Chandler secured his third straight 20-rebound game, becoming the first New York Knick to do so since Willis Reed in...

The Dallas Mavericks' surprising 27-year-old draft pick has been in the trenches before.

So much amazing is happening in the NBA Playoffs this year, and Grantland is here to help you keep track of it all. Check this space for our takes on moments you might've missed, along with ones you will remember forever. (Click the links for full Sh...

Rust versus rest! You would be right to forget about the pregame narrative after watching the Thunder wax the Lakers last night, but outside of the Metta World Peace vs. James Harden story line, the dominant discussion leading into (and through the e...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. A chestnut colt named I'll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Nobody was happier about the win than Rex Ryan, who celebrated de...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Clippers finished with a 28-3 run to stun the Grizzlies 99-98 in Memphis and take a 1-0 lead in the first round of the NBA playoffs. It didn't ...

Everyone is talking about Lamar Odom. Mark Cuban, the man who just released him from the Dallas Mavericks, said he was "negative energy." Charles Barkley, unfiltered sayer of things on his mind, thinks that Odom receiving the money that he is contrac...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Steve Nash said that he wouldn't be coming back to the Suns next season if there wasn't some improvement in the roster, and that he'd be willing to talk...

The night the Nets turned Ersan Ilyasova into Kevin Love.

Who's the better fit: Lamar Odom in Dallas or Tyson Chandler in New York?

Kobe Bryant is sitting on five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVP awards, a regular season MVP award, 13 All-Star game appearances and two scoring titles. He's played with some of the best players to ever walk onto a basketball court and he's punc...