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The Knicks seemed to finally be turning the corner this off-season, they decided to move on from Phil Jackson and they drafted a great defensive point guard of the future in Frank Ntilkina, they even traded Carmelo Anthony and got some value in return. But they also did one very Knicks thing: sign Tim Hardaway [...]

The Nuggets chances to return to the playoffs in 2018 just took a big hit. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nuggets veteran power forward and big-time free agency acquisition is expected to miss 3 months of actions after undergoing surgery on his injured wrist. Paul Millsap suffered the injury in the 2nd quarter of [...]

Hassan Whiteside doesn’t agree with Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. Or Dion Waiters. Or Goran Dragic. Sensing a pattern here? Coach Spo and Waiters recently riffed on the Heat’s screen-setting issues, a direct form of commentary on Whiteside’s play. And now Dragic has come out with similar sentiments, per the Palm Peach Post‘s Anthony Chiang: [...]

Ready for the non-surprise of the year? Okay, here it goes: LaVar Ball isn’t happy with how the Los Angeles Lakers are coaching his son, Lonzo Ball. Totally shocking, I know. Like, completely out of left field. No one saw this coming. (Note: Everyone saw this coming.) Consider what Papa Ball said, per Bleacher Report’s [...]

So many things are behind the Boston Celtics’ sweltering defensive start. Better defensive rebounding. The ability to dissuade shots at the rim. Scores of similarly sized wings who are able to switch across almost every position with each other. Al Horford doing a ton of switching himself. Marcus Smart’s capacity to, as a point guard, [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the NBA’s most bizarre team. They have the league’s sixth-best net rating, behind only the Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors, according to NBA.com. They have three stars in Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Russell Westbrook. They rank third in points allowed per [...]

If you’re a member of the Los Angeles Lakers and you want to shoot threes during games, head coach Luke Walton is officially going to make you work for it. For now, at least. The Lakers, collectively, are shooting under 30 percent from long range–by far and away the worst mark in league. The Memphis [...]

Ben Simmons has a pretty good, verging on great, chance to become the first NBA rookie since Blake Griffin to earn an All-Star nod. The Eastern Conference is thin on superstar clout, and he’s playing out of his mind, averaging a patently absurd 18.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game on [...]

Jusuf Nurkic has found new life as a member of the Portland Trailblazers. Nurkic had a very impressive rookie season for the Denver Nuggets in 2014-15 before dealing with injuries in his sophomore season and struggling to re-establish a role before being traded during the 2016-17 season. Since joining the Blazers last season, Nurkic has [...]

The Phoenix Suns are clearly in the middle of their first complete rebuild in franchise history and are in the process of extricating all of their veteran players for more youth and potential as they re-construct their team moving forward. Now that Eric Bledsoe is gone, the next step is to move one of their [...]