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The NBA All-Star has grown very stale in recent years as players and fans seem uninterested and the game has not been the exciting culmination of a fun weekend that it used to be. The NBA is about to change that and is completely switching the manner in which teams will be made for the [...]

Chris Paul is probably disappointed Carmelo Anthony didn’t end up on the Houston Rockets, but he seems more annoyed that his friend isn’t viewed more favorably outside immediate NBA circles. Paul was asked about Anthony ahead of the Rockets’ matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, because, obviously. And, naturally, he jumped to Melo’s defense, per [...]

By the time Klay Thompson signs his next contract, he may be ready to follow Kevin Durant’s lead. Durant, last season’s NBA Finals MVP, accepted almost $10 million less than he was eligible to earn in 2017-18 so that the Golden State Warriors wouldn’t blink at bringing back their entire core. And it seems Thompson, [...]

Tristan Thompson appears to be taking the news that Kevin Love will replace him as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starting center really well. Like, really, really, really ridiculously well. His response to the move, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “I’m going to go for Sixth Man of the Year, put myself in position to do that,” Thompson [...]

Everyone entered the NBA preseason wondering how the league’s teams and players would handle the national anthem. The Association is explicitly against kneeling or sitting during it, but the NBA is the most progressive professional sporting entity in North America. Surely its players would do something. And some did. The Denver Nuggets, for instance, locked [...]

The New York Knicks’ $71 million man has high hopes for this season. And he might be the only one. From the New York Daily News‘ Justin Tasch: Returning Knick Tim Hardaway Jr.’s intentions are pure, but this comment immediately conjures up images of former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora’s famous playoffs rant from 2001. “My [...]

Tristan Thompson may want to get himself used to the idea of coming off the bench. In the aftermath of a wonky offseason, which ended, basically, with the arrival of Dwyane Wade, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue is considering using Kevin Love as the starting center, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: Kevin Love could be named [...]

Maybe we’ll get to see more than one season’s worth of this Oklahoma City Thunder squad after all. General manager Sam Presti has been rightfully lauded for piecing together a Big Three of Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook, seemingly on the fly. But this troika is viewed by many as a one-year placeholder. [...]

Kawhi Leonard will not take the floor with the San Antonio Spurs until the start of the regular season…at the earliest. The NBA’s preseason slate tipped off accompanied by some bad news coming out of Texas this past weekend, with the Spurs announcing their superstar forward would not participate in the team’s exhibition lineup as [...]

The reason why the NBA free agency market can be steaming hot like it was in 2016 when players like Timofey Mozgov were getting $16 million per season contracts, or frost bite inducing cold like it was in the 2017 off-season when Nerlens Noel could garner nothing more than the qualifying offer is pretty simple: [...]