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Chris Paul, James Harden, LeBron James, Kenneth Faried and Joakim Noah. Would make sense as a most entertaining team, but it's actually presented as a guess at the NBA's smartest players. Kind of like the honor roll students who are also fun at a par...

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 is a great credit to the incredibly skilled players of the NBA that games essentially never end eighth-grade style, with somebody dribbling the ball off his foot and out of bounds. But nobody's perfect, right Paul Pierce? In the most fun thing y...

Just finished listening to a news conference about the New Orleans Pelicans and their new name. If I were to summarize the nation's reaction to the Hornets becoming the Pelicans, in a word, I'd say: bemused. It's happening right now on Twitter (no...

Streeter Lecka/Getty Images NBA players remember -- or in some cases, don't remember -- suffering concussions. Medical science suggests that blows to the head have potential to cause harm in ways we are only just beginning to understand. This is a ...

Question on Twitter from Ross Siler. On the anniversary of Kobe Bryant's 81-point game, "name the three players (not Kobe) who have scored the most points in a game since then." We've launched a series called Working Bodies which is about keeping N...

David Thorpe and Kevin Pelton (Insider) have been digging into the best NBA players under 25. ...

David Thorpe breaks down the rookie of the year race in an Insider column, which we get into on TrueHoop TV....

The Nets have been playing lots of Hero Ball late in games, and it's not working. So far Jeremy Lin has been far better without James Harden on the court. How much time is the right amount of time to give them to work things out? Tom Haberstroh say...

Blazer rookie Damian Lillard drained a 3, with the final seconds ticking off the clock, for the win. About six weeks into his NBA career Lillard's on video doing something most NBA players never do. Just like that he is a made man in the NBA's cru...

Jerry West says that "in terms of talent" Kobe Bryant is the greatest Laker ever. So what are the non-talent qualities essential to hoops greatness? Potentially related, here's former Laker assistant coach and current CSKA head coach Ettore Messina...

It has been speculated about for some months on the TrueHoop Network blog that has long been called Hornets247 (but is now considering new avian-type names). Reportedly the New Orleans Hornets will indeed change their name to the Pelicans. Pel...

Nate Silver on the B.S. Report suggesting kids should learn math by doing fun stuff like playing fantasy sports. The Hawks' defense is wonderful and here's why. Celtics, meet the 3-point line. Hornets247 has a cool new design, and mad insight i...

Amin Elhassan has a fascinating discussion of Austin Rivers' game. A lot of people say things about Rivers related to his dad ... as if being the son of Doc Rivers would make Austin better at things like defense, moving the ball or picking good shots...

A dozen contests into the NBA's 1,230-game regular season, a few things worth noting: There does seem to be less flopping since the NBA's new rule, even though to my knowledge the rule has not yet resulted in any penalties. Did anybody else notic...

In deference to Hurricane Sandy's aftermath and the mayor of New York, the league has postponed Brooklyn's first regular-season home game. Undoubtedly a good and safe call -- the stadium was built where it is because that's where all the subway lines...