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New York Knicks unrestricted free agent big man Jared Jeffries confirmed to ESPN New York on Tuesday that he underwent Orthokine therapy in Germany in late May to treat his sore right knee, which caused him problems all last season.

The NBA season will be fast, furious and frenetic. (Beautiful? Maybe not so much.) And as it opens, the spotlight shines on LeBron James (doesn't it always?) and the Heat. Again.

The NBA will finally open, two months later than usual, to which we say: Season's Greetings! Christmas Day is the right time to tip off the season.

If the NBA wants to save its season and its own dignity instead of trying to push the players to the wall, it needs to consider a serious downsize.

There will be an upset. Maybe two. It just feels like something special is going to happen in these NBA playoffs, or even something crazy, like the Spurs losing in the first round.

This most eventful of NBA offseasons has given rise to question after question after question. It's time for the answers. So let the games begin!

Many fans have high hopes for Tracy McGrady in Detroit, even if plenty of NBA teams have decided he's not worth the risk.

The Lakers and Celtics have taken early leads. Can the Suns and Magic even things up? Hear it all on 1050am and ESPNNewYork.com.

He's out of the game for now and the near future, but Gilbert Arenas can look to others who fell from NBA grace to find hope for his basketball future.

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Brian Windhorst sees the Lakers sink to 9-14 with no end in sight

Mike D'Antoni says coming to New York in 2008 to coach the New York Knicks wasn't a bad thing -- but leaving Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns was.

Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle isn't one bit happy that the preseason West favorite Los Angeles Lakers fired his former assistant Mike Brown after five games.

In Marc Stein's Power Rankings, the defending champs remain No. 1.

In ESPN The Magazine's NBA Preview, ESPN experts and Basketball Prospectus project each NBA team's season. The consensus? A Heat-Nuggets Finals. The winner? Let's just say, not one, not two ...

The Dallas Mavericks' point guard priorities are now shifting to 39-year-old and former Mav Steve Nash and one-time Mavs Summer League hand Jeremy Lin, sources told ESPN.com's Marc Stein.