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For those of you wondering how life is treating Ray Allen down in sunny Miami, here’s last night’s game recap from the Miami Herald: WORST OF LAST NIGHT: Ray Allen off his game Allen went 3 of 11 from the field and 1 of 5 from three-point range. He had seven points in 22 minutes. [...]

That’s a fan’s video of Kevin Garnett’s pregame routine from a couple of years ago.  It has remained largely unchanged and, from beginning to end… that is to say, from the head-butting, shorts tying bit at the basket support to getting in position after pointing to all 3 refs… takes about two minutes. Well, that’s [...]

Oops. I’m sure there are a bunch of Heat “fans” wondering “When did we trade Ray Allen?” [...]

Despite having LeBron James and Chris Bosh around to pick up some of his burden, Dwyane Wade isn’t feeling so hot and some officials in the Miami organization are concerned about his long-term prognosis. From the Miami Herald:  The knee has taken longer to heal than Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat or anyone else would [...]

A lot of people are making Philly out to be more than they are.  They are a totally re-vamped team, returning five players from last year’s team that took the Celtics to the limit in the playoffs.  The key acquisition walking through this summer’s revolving door, of course, is Andrew Bynum. He’s the reason some [...]

Ray Allen said ankle issue likely will be ongoing throughout the season, something he will have to manage. He said he never wanted to let on publicly how serious it was last season in Boston. Ira Winderman (via PBT) Well, well, well… “ongoing throughout the season,” huh? That doesn’t sound very good for the Miami [...]

The NBA says it wants to stop flopping, but its actions say otherwise: Spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday the league is finalizing procedures to deal with flopping, the art of falling down when little or no contact was made in an effort to trick referees into calling a foul. Frank said the competition committee met [...]

That would be one helluva front line for 2001. File under: the Knicks being the Knicks. [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.  “No truth!” Dooling wrote in an email to FOX Sports Florida. “I will never play NBA ball again.” After he was waived by the Celtics, Dooling’s agent, [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.  Former Magic G Keyon Dooling announced he was retiring — at least for a few minutes. Word is he’d be interested in joining the Heat. Who isn’t? … Orlando [...]