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A survey of the players and coaches making moves last night in Brooklyn. 1. Joakim Noah There will be a lot said about grit and heart and all that today, and while a good portion of the praise heaped on Noah this morning will really be subtweets ...

This concludes our look at the sets and actions integral to each NBA playoff team's success. Read about the Knicks, Celtics, Heat, and Bucks here; read about the Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Warriors here. Brooklyn Nets: Deron Williams and the UC...

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. Sleeping With the Lights On ...

A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night's NBA action. 1. Reggie Jackson Robert Mays: Because Russell Westbrook was playing in a basketball game last night, the broadcast team was contractually obligated to engage in the Mos...

On the November 7, 2012, episode of Pardon the Interruption, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon interviewed Dork Elvis, a.k.a. Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. During the interview, Kornheiser asked Morey the following questions: "Is there a specific sta...

Going into last night's mondo-hyped inter-borough showdown, the Brooklyn Nets boasted an 8-4 record — an admirable start for any team, but especially impressive for one that finished 22-44 last season. Nevertheless, the New York Knicks have cap...

In previewing the Nets' season, I focused on their lack of a plus defender on the front line, especially on Brook Lopez — his limitations as a defender, his history as a shaky rebounder, and how teams would exploit his tendency to defend the pi...

On Saturday night, a national television audience watched the Brooklyn Nets defeat the Toronto Raptors in the transplanted franchise's new home. From your soiled barcalounger, you may have heard the "Brooooooooooklyn" chants and seen Brook Lopez draw...

No. Literally. It's a picture of them rolling. Okay, not literally. This is more the moment before the rolling. This is another Team USA production of a film by Deron Williams (a.k.a. the Annie Leibovitz of the United States Men's Basketball Team). ...

This is a picture of the USA men's basketball team at dinner. It's from Deron Williams's Instagram feed. The photographer may or may not be Tyson Chandler. While there are many questions that can be raised from this photo (why is Tyson the photogr...

The Olympics are coming, and here to get us all giddy is the USA Men's Basketball Team. While it's been enjoyable to see the 12 men spending time together with "USA" written across their chests, one conversation has dominated much of the dialogue sur...

Three ways New York's newly relocated NBA franchise botched its big move.

Oh, what's up, Expendables? This is a still from Wednesday night's ESPYS broadcast. One by one, shall we? Kobe. Like, did all those guys say, "We're all gonna wear sunglasses. Wear your sunglasses, man"? And then they took them off at the last sec...

The initial collective reaction to the Joe Johnson–to-the-Nets trade was laughter. The Nets are taking on one of the worst contracts in basketball while seemingly limiting their chances of landing Dwight Howard. Let's look at how Johnson can fi...

With the 2012 season winding down, the list of NBA free agents is here, and, well, it sure isn't 2010 anymore. With enough Diet Coke and backroom talks to fill a lifetime, the biggest prize of this year's free agent crop elected to stay at Disney Wor...

On today's show, The Basketball Jones discuss Dwyane Wade, Ray Allen, and the Olympics pay-for-play brouhaha; why the Grizzlies are the best playoff bandwagon team; and the Nets' "top secret" plans to re-sign All-Star Deron Williams this summer. A...