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Before re-signing with the Toronto Raptors on a three-year, $100 million deal over the summer, Kyle Lowry showed some love for the San Antonio Spurs. They did not reciprocate. From the San Antonio-Express News‘ Jabari Young: But one of the many NBA rumors floating around over the offseason was Lowry, a free agent at the time, [...]

Imagine your favorite NBA team spending the offseason peddling visions of investing in a young core only to then begin the schedule by benching a 23-year-old big who’s considered an integral part of the future. Granted, if you’re a New York Knicks fan, you don’t have to imagine anything. Because this is exactly what’s happening [...]

So much for the Houston Rockets being able to limit James Harden’s minutes. Part of what made Chris Paul’s arrival so appealing is what it meant for the team’s floor balance. Harden looked gassed by the end of Houston’s second-round loss to the San Antonio Spurs last year. Teaming up with Paul meant he wouldn’t [...]

Ban. Injuries. Perhaps we say this every year, but for the life of me, I cannot remember a more brutal opening week in the NBA than the one we’re still living through. Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Lin are done for the season. Draymond Green was/is dealing with some knee problems. Andre Iguodala couldn’t play in the [...]

It seems like J.R. Smith is coming around on this whole “playing off the bench” thing. Though he, unlike Tristan Thompson, first bristled at losing his starting job, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ sometimes-sharp-shooting guard is singing a different tune these days: He now believes the bench that he’s a part of is the best in the [...]

Andrew Wiggins is a party pooper…if you’re an Oklahoma City Thunder fan. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 22-year-old ruined a magnificent fourth quarter from Russell Westbrook on Sunday night, as well as what should have been a game-winner by Carmelo Anthony. And how: by sinking an actual game-winner just inside half-court. Here’s a video of the play: [...]

Has there ever been a point guard in the NBA as good at blocking shots as John Wall? John Wall doesn’t think so. From NBC Sports Washington’s Chase Hughes: Seriously. Wall staked his claim after Friday night’s win over the Pistons, one in which he had two jawdropping blocks; one against a power forward and the other [...]

LeBron James is ready to start playing with Isaiah Thomas. Though the 5’9″ point guard has become something of a forgotten commodity from the Kyrie Irving trade, the Cleveland Cavaliers know what they have in him—James included. Thomas has no timetable for his return from a hip injury, but he and James have, per Cleveland.com’s [...]

LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs are a weird pairing. First it seems like he’s unhappy. He didn’t show up in the Western Conference Finals after Kawhi Leonard went down, and his name was bandied about the trade rumor mill over the offseason. So, naturally, the summer ended with the Spurs giving him a [...]

Carmelo Anthony has some advice for Kristaps Porzingis as he slides into his role as the face of the New York Knicks franchise: Embrace it. Anthony said other stuff too, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: Carmelo Anthony tried to groom Kristaps Porzingis the past two years, knowing that he someday would replace him as the Knicks’ franchise [...]