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Rockets unlikely to deal Omer Asik today

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Daryl Morey had set himself a deadline of December 19th (that’s today) to move his disgruntled backup center. There was speculation that he had a deal he liked in place and was giving everyone else until today to top it. Now it looks like that won’t happen. Here’s Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports: After failing to find a suitable deal for center Omer Asik before a self-imposed Thursday deadline, the Houston Rockets backed away from trade discussions, league sources told Yahoo Sports. … Asik has

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Fantasy Spin: Thursday, December 19, 2013

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An incredibly busy night in the NBA is behind us. Portland was in tough against the Wolves and as I expected, Kevin Love/MIN dominated the game and the Wolves won handily despite Damian Lillard’s/POR tremendous performance. The Heat rallied at home and beat the Pacers to avenge an earlier defeat. The Raptors blew another game, this time to the Bobcats, while the Knicks won in overtime over the Bucks. The Pistons overcame an early deficit to nip the Celtics, while the

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Rookie Rankings, Week 7: Trey Burke Takes Top Spot

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Utah Jazz

Back in October, our editor-in-chief asked the staff to make 10 fearless predictions for the 2013-14 season. One of the predictions I made was that Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke would win Rookie of the Year. Just as Damian Lillard was a season ago, Burke was ideally positioned to win the award. The Jazz acquired him with the express purpose of giving him the keys to the offense. They didn’t care how many times he wrecked it. [Read more…]

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LeBron James is still the king of jersey sales

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The NBA’s reigning MVP, LeBron James of the Miami Heat, retains the No. 1 spot on the league’s top-selling jerseys list. The list is based on overall sales from adidas and NBAStore.com from October 2013 through December 2013 and reflects record-breaking holiday season jersey sales. NBAStore.com had its largest Black Friday and Cyber Monday in history, with sales up double digits from 2012. Rounding out the top five are the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant (No. 2), the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick

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SH Blog: Celtics are favorites to land Asik, Paul George says his ceiling is higher than Reggie Miller’s

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Omer Asik has wanted out of Houston the moment Dwight Howard joined the team, and it appears he will soon get his wish. Much of the news from Wednesday was about all the trade discussions involving the coveted center, and the Boston Celtics are the front runners to acquire his services. As usual, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports was on top of the latest updates: The Boston Celtics have gained traction in trade talks to acquire Houston Rockets center Omer Asik, league sources told Yahoo

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Schayes: Pardon Me, But Miami-Indiana Meant Next to Nothing

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Today’s big story is last night’s game between the Pacers and Heat for early bragging/validation rights. And the boss was not happy with what went down at the end, with the officials swallowing their whistles as LeBron clearly fouled Paul George on a game-tying 3-point attempt by Paul George just before the final buzzer. The Joey Crawford conspiracy theories will only continue to grow from here. Those are the only viable teams with a chance of winning the Eastern Conference, and the media

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Editorial: NBA Needs to Admit Its Mistake on Non-Call

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That was a foul! Shame on the officiating crew of Joey Crawford, Josh Tivin and Derrick Collins for swallowing their whistles on the final play of last night’s Miami-Indiana game when Paul George was obviously fouled by LeBron James as he went up for a tying 3-point attempt in the final seconds of the Heat’s 97-94 victory. The NBA has a practice, only a few years old, of admitting its officiating mistakes through a news release. The person in the league office

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10 Fast Facts from Last Night’s Games — Heat Shock Pacers, Kemba Beats Buzzer, Tyson Chandler Returns

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Wednesday, December 18 provided the platform for the NBA to put forth some of its best action to date. There was a clash between top title contenders, a buzzer-beater in overtime, the meeting of former No. 1 overall draft choices, and a career performance by a standout rookie. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s games. [Read more…]

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