Community Picks: Brooklyn Nets 0% vs Philadelphia 76ers 0%

The Philadelphia 76ers have too many young, highly drafted big men, and not enough minutes to go around. The Sixers' other promising bigs, Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor, started Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers and played 28 and 23 minutes, respectively. Noel, making his second appearance of the season because of knee and ankle issues, played eight minutes off the bench and finished with two points, five rebounds and a blocked shot. Continue to Article

December 17, 2016 4:00:pm EST

The NBA world was buzzing at Brook Lopez's expense Wednesday night. Lopez was the unfortunate soul caught in the wake of the oncoming storm Larry Nance Jr. was bringing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Nance came crashing through the lane on the break and rose up over the 7-foot Lopez for a monstrous one-handed jam that even had the home Brooklyn Nets bench jumping in shock. Continue to Article

December 15, 2016 8:36:pm EST

Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers is proud to have a stat line like he had Wednesday night in any arena. ''It's great to have a good game anywhere but I'd be lying to you if I said that it's a little bit more fun to do it here,'' said Rivers, who starred at Winter Park High School before going on to Duke. Rivers, coming off missing a game due to the NBA concussion protocol, made his biggest long-range shot with 2:18 left to give the Clippers a nine-point lead that proved too much for Orlando to overcome. Continue to Article

December 14, 2016 11:39:pm EST

When news first circulated that Phil Jackson had referred to LeBron James’ friends and associates as his “posse” during an interview with ESPN last month, James’ longtime pal and business partner Maverick Carter decided to express his displeasure with what he and others felt was disrespectful diction by reaching back to a line from a 2010 Jay Z track titled “Most Kingz”: Continue to Article

December 13, 2016 1:55:pm EST

The Houston Rockets overcame their inability to make defensive stops by running over the Brooklyn Nets on the offensive end. James Harden had 36 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Rockets to their seventh straight win, 122-118 over the Nets on Monday night. Eric Gordon scored 24 points on 6-for-10 shooting on 3-pointers, and Ryan Anderson added 19.for the Rockets. Continue to Article

December 12, 2016 11:56:pm EST