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Okay, so let’s all get caught up on this beef between James Harden and former Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale. McHale, who coached Harden for three seasons and change, doesn’t think the runner-up MVP is a leader. Harden, by comparison, disagrees. The end. (We jest.) Here’s what McHale initially said about Harden during an [...]

As a basketball fan in my late 20s, there was no player in my formative years in the early 2000s that had a greater affect on me and entertained me more than Tracy McGrady. While he had his moments in Houston (13 points in 35 seconds to beat the Spurs anyone?), he was never more [...]

Gary Harris is about to get paid. For real this time. The fourth-year combo guard/safety-net 3 is eligible to sign an extension before the start of the regular season, at which time, if he hasn’t inked one, he’ll gear up for restricted free agency next summer. The general consensus all summer has been that the [...]

We were treated to some positive Joel Embiid news on Thursday: Though the big man hadn’t been cleared for full-court 5-on-5 drills, he was doing more than head coach Brett Brown expected by this point. He was also spotted playing tennis and jogging around Philadelphia. Well, now, we’re being gifted some even better news: Joel [...]

Mike D’Antoni has no illusions about the Golden State Warriors. He knows their offense cannot be stifled. The catch: He doesn’t believe they can slow down the Houston Rockets’ offense either, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Nothing unfair here, and the Rockets-Warriors matchups should most definitely be fun. That said, in theory, if there’s a team [...]

It turns out the rumors regarding LaMarcus Aldridge’s unhappiness with the San Antonio Spurs were true. Not only that, he expressed his frustration to head coach Gregg Popovich. From ESPN.com’s Michael C. Wright: Having already stomached the uneasy feeling of not being used in San Antonio’s system the way he’d envisioned, a disastrous showing in [...]

Looking back to July, at the start of free agency, most of us could not imagine offering Stephen Curry anything less than a max deal. But Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob did. According to The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson: Curry went from on top of the world to second fiddle in the very franchise on [...]

The Charlotte Hornets had a disappointing season in 2016-17. A year after being a surprise 48 win team that was tantalizingly close to winning their first playoff series in franchise history in 2016 (remember these are the former Bobcats), they took a huge step back last season winning only 36 games and finishing 11th in [...]

Norman Powell has been a pleasant surprise for the Toronto Raptors in the 2nd round of the 2015 NBA Draft. He is a solid athlete with the capability of knocking down a corner three and provides good depth for the Raptors on the wing, the team is rewarding him for it with a four-year, $42 [...]

Joakim Noah’s production and perception around the league has fallen off a cliff the past few seasons because of a slew of injuries and his body breaking down. The process started a few years ago but that didn’t stop the Knicks from offering what at the moment is a horrific four-year, $72 million contract last [...]