Hardwood Hype - NBA Report

The NBA season is almost at the mid season break and the playoff picture is starting to pan out. In the east, early season darlings have faded back to midway busts. In the west it's business as usual, with the same big teams, amongst the top of the standings. In case you've missed any of the action we got you covered.

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JAM OF THE WEEK - Blake Griffin certainly has held the honor of JAM OF THE WEEK many times. In this case he reminded former Kim Kardasian love interest Kris Humphries that LA is not for the faint of heart.

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Kevin "Not So In" Love - ESPN reports Minnesota big man Kevin Love blasted some of his teammates after loosing at home to the Suns Tuesday.

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The Bynum Saga -  He still mot playing and Cleveland still hasn't been able to move him. Andrew Bynum has however stated he prefers to be traded to Miami or LA.

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NBA Tweet Of the Week

#TBT... 1991 #NBAAllStar MVP Charles Barkley pic.twitter.com/BIjlO4Xl5f

— NBA All-Star (@NBAAllStar) January 9, 2014

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NBA ALL STAR VOTES

Just twelve days remain, for you to vote your favorite players to the all star game. No surprise Lebron James & Kevin Durant are among the top players in votes.  Below are the current voter outcomes.

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According to NBA.com
Eastern Conference

Frontcourt:

1. LeBron James (Mia) 1,076,063
2. Paul George (Ind) 899,671
3. Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 702,869
4. Roy Hibbert (Ind) 385,964
5. Chris Bosh (Mia) 304,986
6. Kevin Garnett (BKN) 164,021
7. Joakim Noah (Chi) 128,201
8. Andre Drummond (Det) 120,844
9. Tyson Chandler (NYK) 101,637
10. Jeff Green (Bos) 96,336
11. Luol Deng (Cle) 90,730
12. Carlos Boozer (Chi) 80,271
13. Paul Pierce (BKN) 72,581
14. David West (Ind) 61,612
15. Brook Lopez (BKN) 58,477

Backcourt:

1. Dwyane Wade (Mia) 718,109
2. Kyrie Irving (Cle) 652,522
3. Derrick Rose (Chi) 323,099
4. John Wall (Was) 278,516
5. Ray Allen (Mia) 190,086
6. Rajon Rondo (Bos) 133,448
7. Deron Williams (BKN) 95,309
8. George Hill (Ind) 89,428
9. Lance Stephenson (Ind) 77,364
10. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 68,985

Western Conference

Frontcourt:

1. Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,054,209
2. Dwight Howard (Hou) 509,116
3. Blake Griffin (LAC) 500,964
4. Kevin Love (Min) 483,031
5. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 404,793
6. Tim Duncan (Por) 385,342
7. Anthony Davis (NO) 223,956
8. Pau Gasol (LAL) 207,213
9. Andre Iguodala (GS) 192,616
10. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 156,792
11. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 148,604
12. David Lee (GS) 141,509
13. Chandler Parsons (Hou) 135,387
14. Omer Asik (Hou) 101,372
15. Kawhi Leonard (SA) 91,859

Backcourt:

1. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 844,538
2. Stephen Curry (GS) 677,372
3. Chris Paul (LAC) 651,073
4. Jeremy Lin (Hou) 471,980
5. James Harden (Hou) 338,788
6. Russell Westbrook (OKC) 260,499
7. Tony Parker (SA) 195,328
8. Damian Lillard (Por) 162,363
9. Klay Thompson (GS) 108,404
10. Ricky Rubio (Min) 97,265

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