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2012 NBA Mock Draft: Breaking Down Ideal Fits for Every 1st-Round Team As the NBA regular season winds down and the playoffs are set to begin, the NBA draft is the next thing on the schedule for the NBA fan. June will be here before you know it, and there will be an opportunity for [...]

(The Nets) want to leave here and go to Brooklyn? Good riddance. I think there'll be some other NBA team who may be looking to relocate and they might look at that arena and the fan base in the New Jersey and New York area and say, 'This is an opportunity to increase our fan [...]

Fraidycat NBA team thinks it's cursed The Portland Trail Blazers believe they're cursed. That's what veteran center and consummate pro Marcus Camby said in a recent interview. -now.msn.com/now-plus/0422-trailblazers-cursed.aspx Bobcats could end up as worst NBA team ever – WBTV 3 News … By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Bobcats must [...]

NBA quick shots: Spurs' game against Blazers has high stakes; Jazz and Suns … An NBA era ends tonight when the Nets play their final game in New Jersey. The New York Times' Harvey Araton looks back at some of the Nets' nuttier moments, including a great story about a commemorative giveaway that involved supposed [...]

NBA@2: 2012-13′s Most Improved NBA Team? By Bill Ingram While a little more than half of the NBA's 30 teams are currently either fighting for playoff position or fighting for the chance to extend their seasons, there are quite a few teams for which reality has already set in.See all stories on this topic » [...]

Like it or not, Mark Cuban right to rail on Olympics If a player is injured during international competition, it's the NBA team, its fan base and the owner's pocketbook that pays the price. Whatever your take is on the Olympics — and I'm a fan although I'm not quite sure why winning a gold [...]

Jazz in words — Utah discusses playoff play-in game vs. Suns Teams like that are really difficult to guard, because you've got four guys who can basically shoot 3s and a guy rolling down the middle. They're going to score. They're an NBA team. They run good stuff. It's hard to guard. It's just a [...]

SMU introduces Brown amid immediate fanfare Larry Brown was introduced Monday as the next basketball coach at SMU, taking his first college coaching job in nearly a quarter century. Connecticut grants releases for Smith, Bradley Connecticut has confirmed that basketball players Michael Bradley and Roscoe Smith have both been granted releases from their scholarships, a [...]

Vitale: Preseason Top 40 for 2012-13 With most of the early entry and transfer decisions made, Dick Vitale takes an early look at his preseason top 40 for the 2012-13 season. Sources: Fraschilla a strong candidate at UNT ESPN analyst and former college head coach Fran Fraschilla has emerged as a strong candidate for the [...]

NBA AM: Tanking Isn't All Bad By Steve Kyler Tanking Isn't All Bad: A lot has been made recently about the decision some NBA teams make to lose games rather than win them, and last night's elimination of the Houston Rockets is a great case study in the virtues of being average in …See all [...]