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If Devin Booker had his way, the Phoenix Suns would keep interim head coach Jay Triano as Earl Watson’s permanent replacement. Unfortunately, though, he doesn’t have a say in these matters. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Only a handful of franchise stars do. But that hasn’t stopped him from campaigning on Triano’s behalf, per AZCentral.com [...]

Add another player to the list of mid-season retirements after failing to be able to catch on with an NBA team. Carlos Boozer has announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the NBA and a season playing in the Chinese Basketball Association. Boozer averaged 16.2 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in his NBA career [...]

Jabari Parker is close to a return for the Milwaukee Bucks. Parker suffered the second ACL tear of his young career this past February and was slated for a return next February, but because of his rapid recovery (he apparently has looked pretty good for months) Parker could be on the fast track for a [...]

Could you imagine a prime Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal and Tracy McGrady playing together on the same team? Of course you can’t. The notion is ludicrous. The world would have exploded with all of those egos in one place. And yet, before Kobe was Kobe, or T-Mac was T-Mac, the Los Angeles Lakers apparently tried [...]

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is selling the franchise amid alleged misconduct, and, well, two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry wants in on the purchase. So long as P. Diddy’s the one leading the charge. Diddy tweeted the following on Sunday night: He spent the rest of the evening campaigning for this to happen and rapidly [...]

Vince Carter will not retire from the NBA without signing one more contract with the Toronto Raptors. It may not be a real contract. It may be one of those one-day deals that Paul Pierce and other stars have inked with teams just before walking away. Whatever the contract is, though, he’s sure it’s coming. [...]

Unions from the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL came together last week and unveiled a new universal declaration of player’s rights. The document is meant to establish a new approach to governing sports leagues and protecting its players. There were 17 articles laid out in the declaration in total (from the Associated Press): -Every player [...]

While it doesn’t really show up in the box score, Luc Richard Mbah A Moute is a very useful NBA player that provides value to the Houston Rockets. Mbah a Moute averages 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 25 minutes per game for the Rockets on 45% shooting, but the skill he provides the Rockets [...]

As you know, the NBA switched to Nike as its major apparel sponsor this past off-season and a series of new uniforms have been unveiled for all 30 NBA teams, there are four jerseys for each franchise: Swingman, Association, Statement and Icon. These include the normal home white and team color away jerseys, along with [...]

It has been a rough few months for Mirza Teletovic and it just got worse. While team doctors were examining Teletovic during his recovery from arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage in his knee, pulmonary embolisms were discovered in both of Teletovic’s lungs. This essentially is a result a blood clotting, usually from the legs and [...]