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Miami Heat forward LeBron James, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant highlight the 2012-2013 All-NBA Team, which was released on Thursday.

Mike Brown has reach an agreement, in principal, for him to return as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Los Angeles Lakers' star Kobe Bryant says he would have "smacked the hell" out of former Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice, had Rice abused him.

The New Orleans Hornets competed Tuesday night, but were ultimately out dueled by the Los Angeles Lakers 104-96. Rookie Anthony Davis balled, finished with...

Adrian Dantley, a six-time NBA All-Star, two-time scoring champion, and the 1997 NBA Rookie of the Year, is now making $17,000 a year, working as a school crossing guard, just outside of the Washington, D.C. area.

The New Orleans Hornets were playing in front of a full house Wednesday night at the Hive. For three quarters, they gave their fans plenty of reasons to smile. In the fourth quarter, they gave their fans plenty of reasons to puke. In the most embarrassing, disappointing collapse of the season, the Hornets blew a 25 point lead, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 108-102.

The New Orleans Hornets began a stretch of 4 road games in 5 days on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Things looked bleak with 5:30 minutes to go in the fourth quarter versus the Lakers, but New Orleans put together a 21-4 run in a remarkable 3 minute stretch, cutting the deficit to 1 with...

We all remember when Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) thanked his therapist after winning an NBA championship with the Lakers. What we didn't know is that his therapists are children. Okay, so maybe they're not, but this video is hilarious.

Now that's how you throw it down! Gerald Henderson of the Charlotte Bobcats looks like he uses a trampoline to sky about Dwight Howard and slam it down. The Lakers Center wanted no part of this.

On Wednesday night, Los Angeles Lakers' guard Kobe Bryant became only the fifth player in NBA history, and the youngest ever, to reach 30,000 career points.

In front of a sold out New Orleans crowd, Los Angeles Laker superstar Kobe Bryant became the 5th player in NBA history to score 30,000 career points. Unfortunately for the home fans, the Hornets struggled mightily in the second half, falling to L.A. 103-87. Ryan Anderson was...

Just a few days ago, Los Angles Lakers star Kobe Bryant told teammate Pau Gasol to "put your big-boy pants on", when he obviously became annoyed with Gasol's whining.

Over the last several years, the Taiwanese animation studio NMA began releasing strange (yet funny) videos of major NBA stories. Check out this one about L.A.'s hiring of Mike D'Antoni. An angry Ron Artest, a nursing home, a despised Jim Buss...what more could you want in an animated video? (tongue firmly planted in cheek)

In a somewhat surprsining move, the Los Angles Lakers named Mike D'Antoni as their new head coach on Sunday night.

The disgruntled Magic Center has wanted out of Orlando since last year. Could a deal finally be in place that would send him to the West Coast? Two new teams have entered the Howard trade talks. Those teams are...

This is video of a bunch of Los Angeles Lakers' fans showing their appreciation to newly acquired guard Steve Nash by handing him a beer. There is one small problem though. They did it in a moving vehicle, on the road! Nash was in Los Angeles last week for the ESPY's...

When the Los Angeles Lakers season ended after getting pummeled by the Thunder in the playoffs, many NBA pundits thought the Lakers title window had slammed shut. Reports of either Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum being traded have littered the headlines. Then the Lakers landed Steve Nash, and suddenly...

2001 LAKERS Arguably the most dominant team ever to compete in the NBA playoffs, the 2001 Lakers knocked out the 76ers in five games in the Finals. That was the lone defeat issued to the Lakers in the entire postseason, as they marched to a total of a 15–1 record. Portland,...

Despite 42 points from Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers' season ended Monday night in Oklahoma City. The hometeam Thunder got 70 points from their big three of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden, garnering a raucous ovation from the OKC fans after their 106-90 series sealing victory. Durant finished...

The Oklahoma City Thunder seemed "dead in the water" in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Facing a 7 point deficit with less than 2:00 in regulation, the Lakers turned the ball over and the Thunder ended the game with a 9-0 run to steal the win from L.A. 77-75. Thunder forward Kevin Durant said...