Ty Lawson The Denver Nuggets have been humming along over the last couple of weeks, in no small part to the diminutive Tywon Ronnell Lawson running the show beautifully. While his coach Brian Shaw seems to want to ruin many a fantasy season (finally Timofey Mozgov getting some burn!), the

Jimmy Butler If ever there was a call for evidence to see how a player plays in a contract year, it was Trevor Ariza last year. Jimmy Butler is doing the exact same thing this year, except he’s on his way to a deal likely doubling what Ariza scored from

Reggie Jackson Everyone knew Reggie Jackson as Russell Westbrook’s back-up who had some potential as a scoring combo guard, particularly excelling in last year’s playoffs while starting alongside Westbrook against the Spurs in their last two games (sure, both losses!). With a plague of Thunder injuries – including a minor

The Bucks’ Knight Rises Brandon Knight has been killing it in the early goings of this NBA season. Not only has he been scoring at a very good clip (20.5 pts per), he’s been rebounding (6.8), assisting (7.3) and knocking down the three ball (2.0) and his free throws (88%

The silly/awesome season is nearly at hand, we’re mere hours away from the start of the 69th NBA season. Here’s the final preseason wrap-up of box scores, with a few tidbits and stats to note as the season kicks off tonight. Changing of the Guard? Kobe Bryant. Dwyane Wade. Derrick

The emergence of Steven Adams as a legit force down-low is at hand. Scott Brooks can’t play the ‘he makes us better’ card anymore with Kendrick Perkins, nor can he deny that Adams is a legit double-double threat – something Perkins has never really come close to approaching in his 12 seasons.