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Sigh, Enes. During the New York Knicks’ Monday night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Enes Kanter did a good thing: came to the defense of rookie Frank Ntilikina, who found himself in the middle of a miniature scuffle with LeBron James—no doubt the result of lingering tension following the latter’s sentiments on Dennis Smith Jr. [...]

Good news for people who don’t want Dirk Nowitzki to retire after this season: The Dallas Mavericks’ record won’t have any bearing on whether he hangs it up for good this summer. As he told ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Year 20 could potentially be it for Nowitzki, who has matched Kobe Bryant’s record for longest career [...]

Chris Paul hasn’t played since the Houston Rockets’ opening-night victory over the Golden State Warriors, and though he’s expected to return sometime this week, the team isn’t making any promises. From the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen: With the Rockets hoping to have guard Chris Paul ready to play Thursday in Phoenix, Paul ramped up his workouts [...]

Rudy Gobert still isn’t happy with Dion Waiters. Not only did the Miami Heat guard collide with his right knee, an incident that will cost the big man four to six weeks of basketball, but he sounded less than sympathetic afterward, telling reporters, per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: “I’ve never been a dirty [...]

Aaron Gordon is game for a third shot at the NBA’s slam-dunk title. He indicated as much to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: Magic forward Aaron Gordon told ESPN’s The Undefeated he would accept an invite to the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk contest if asked by the league. Gordon’s return to the Slam Dunk Contest [...]

LeBron James will never let Phil Jackson live down his “posse” comments from last season. If that much wasn’t clear before the Cleveland Cavaliers’ come-from-behind victory over the New York Knicks on Monday night, it was abundantly evident afterward while he was commenting on the state of the Orange and Blue. Here were his parting [...]

The Cavaliers have struggled mightily this season and at times have frankly looked disinterested. They were in the midst of another malaise on Monday in Madison Square Garden against the Knicks as they had a paltry and frankly embarrassing 50 points with 2 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and were trailing the Knicks 73-50. [...]

Having confidence is a good thing, and it is absolutely essential when attempting to succeed as a professional athlete when you are playing against the very best competition in the world. Willie Cauley-Stein, the No. 8 pick of the Sacramento Kings in the 2015 NBA Draft and their starting center, has confidence, apparently to the [...]

Nikola Mirotic is back with the Chicago Bulls in some capacity. But that doesn’t mean he’s buried the hatchet with Bobby Portis. K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune brought word on Monday that Mirotic, who suffered facial fractures and a concussion after a physical altercation with Portis, is back hanging around with the team: Don’t take [...]

Malcolm Brogdon didn’t sound too excited at first when the Milwaukee Bucks traded for Eric Bledsoe. Sure, the reigning Rookie of the Year and the inbound floor general play the same position, so there was that to consider. But he was also close with Greg Monroe, who was flipped to the Phoenix Suns as part [...]