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The Wizards never looked better than they did on Jan. 15, when the Miami Heat came to Verizon Center a day after a White House visit and Nene promptly greeted LeBron James with a vicious blocked shot, Trevor Booker plowed over Dwyane Wade and the team lead by 34 points in the first half.

The Washington Wizards appear poised to end a five-season drought without a postseason appearance.

Part of the allure of Allen Iverson, and the reason the diminutive, dynamic guard became such a cult figure among NBA fans, the complex package he came in.

Matt: You know what I'm sick of right now? Winter. Well, let me add one thing. LeBron "please get off my television" James.

Former NBA coach Phil Jackson discusses the Los Angeles Lakers, the league and what he would like to do as far as being involved.

Michael Jordan last played in the NBA in 2003 for the Washington Wizards, but he had one heck of a career, and it's still showing.

This edition of "Fo' with the Foes" - Philadunkia's advanced scouting series which with the help of an accomplished journalist from around the NBA beat or blog world, previews key upcoming 76ers games - features tonight's opponent, the much improved Washington Wizards who are playoff bound in 2013-14.

Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com --- Saturday, March 01, 2014Amidst chants of "MVP," the 76ers honored their all-time great Allen Iverson by retiring his jersey.

Philadelphia 76ers retire Allen Iverson's number 3 in a halftime ceremony at the Wells Fargo Center, Saturday, March 1, 2014.

If you ask anyone who they think is the greatest player in Philadelphia 76ers history.

His size-19 shoes are slightly ripped along the sides, and it would appear that Myles Turner is ready to grow and break through just about everything, from his clothes up to and including high school basketball.

When I heard the story that the NBA had had discussions about making some radical changes to its game, my first thought was "Why?!" The pro game is polarizing enough - it seems fans either love or hate the NBA - that tinkering with the game just for the sake of tinkering would be a huge mistake.

Change is coming to the NBA's Mount Rushmore. The mythical monument will eventually become two-faced, featuring only Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

IVERSON FRENZY: Robert Trader, 16, stands on the sidelines of a Capitolo Playground basketball court in the late afternoon light of South Philadelphia waiting for the next pickup game to start.

The two favorites for Rookie of the Year square off Wednesday in Philly. Fans ought to direct their attention to their performance, not what it augurs for their award chances.

The vice president made the remark, an apparent reference to the 1992 film "White Men Can't Jump," before turning to the more serious subject of voting rights at a reception hosted at his residence marking African-American History Month.

Scottie Pippen has filed a countersuit against a Malibu man who alleged the former NBA All-Star assaulted him at a restaurant last year.

A significant event in Dennis Rodman's life is about to inspire a new film, but it has nothing to do with basketball, Carmen Electra, or Double Team 2 , much to our chagrin.

Ernie Grunfeld did it again. The Wizards general manager used his shovel and broom to clean up his own mess.

The question every NBA fan has heard and analyzed since Durant entered the league in 2007.