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The NBA's Board of Governors is meeting today in Dallas, likely to finally close this chapter of uncertainty about the Sacramento Kings. If you've been following the news you probably know there's an aggressive push to move the team to Seattle, wh...

Can't decide if the Clippers really have any chance of hanging with the Thunder and the Spurs in the West. One unknowable is to what extent Chris Paul has been holding back, waiting for the playoffs. To that end, in Game 1 he busted out 23 points on ...

We have had Marc Stein on the show. We have done rapid fire on the show. But somehow this is the first time we have done rapid fire with Marc Stein. He got himself on rapid fire probation with one incredibly un-rapid answer, but all in all, of cou...

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...

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images Chris Hansen aims to heal Seattle fans' broken hearts by breaking more in Sacramento. Let's agree: Seattle got screwed. That the Sonics left, in 2008, was the big thing. Another thing was how it happened: Li...

Issac Baldizon/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Heat could lose at any time. Who they're playing is secondary. The Heat's winning streak -- 23 and counting, second longest in NBA history -- has touched off a parlor game for NBA fans and Vegas bettors. Which ...

Last time we caught up with Thomas Robinson he was in Central Park, about to be drafted, telling the tragic story of his family, and his young sister Jayla. Nine months later he has drafted to the Kings and traded to the Rockets all while learning hi...

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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...

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...

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...

James Surowiecki of the New Yorker says it's time to legalize sports gambling: "The leagues insist that legalized betting will make people suspect that games are fixed, thus harming their brands. Yet in Vegas billions are wagered legally on sports ev...

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...

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Steve Novak's elite NBA skill is shooting and his defense is a joke. Right? Digging around Synergy Sports' advanced statistical service, I noticed something surprising: Steve Novak has the same overall defensive rating as...