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LaVar Ball totally called it. He said the Los Angeles Lakers would keep their top-three pick, which they did. And then he said they’d use it to draft his son, Lonzo Ball, which they might. Armed with the second-overall selection in this year’s draft, the Lakers are in prime Lonzo territory. Markelle Fultz is expected [...]

Paul George hasn’t talked to Kobe Bryant about what it would be like to join the Los Angeles Lakers. But it sounds like he’s going to. George made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night, so naturally, the Lakers chatter came up. Jimmy Kimmel asked him if he’s spoken with Kobe about donning purple and gold, to [...]

Tom Thibodeau, head coach and president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is no softy—unless you compared him to Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Okay, fine. That’s not exactly what Karl-Anthony Towns told CBS Sports’ Reid Forgrave. But he did say that Coach Cal has was much harder on him than Thibs is now: Q.Who’s tougher on you, [...]

Nike is releasing yet another dope iteration of the PG 1 this month. The Nike PG 1 Glacier Grey makes its debut on the 19th. The Nike PG 1 Glacier Grey is very simple in its design, yet its fashionable. The upper is done in grey with contrasting Armory Blue accents. Additional details include speckles [...]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers rampaging through the playoffs, it’s easy to forget that the Boston Celtics wrapped the regular season with the better record. It is them, not the Cavaliers, who will have home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals, which tip off on Wednesday. And yet, the Celtics aren’t operating under any delusions. They [...]

Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin continues to operate without a contract extension, which is weird. The Cavaliers won a title last season, and he’s responsible for many of the savviest post-LeBron James moves this franchise has made, despite its glaring lack of flexibility. The Orlando Magic, who remain in the hunt for a successor [...]

The Atlanta Hawks’ search for a new general manager appears to be leading them to some expected faces. Like Chauncey Billups, among others, for instance. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Magic are competing with the Atlanta Hawks, who have a general manager opening. Atlanta is considering a number of candidates, including Griffin, Joe Dumars, Houston vice [...]

Gregg Popovich, as it turns out, won’t be taking the high road in light of Kawhi Leonard’s latest ankle injury. Midway through the third quarter in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Zaza Pachulia closed out on a Leonard three-pointer, invariably hopping his way into the All-Star forward’s landing space. Leonard turned his left [...]

Teams which continually fail to make the playoffs and/or contend for the CHIP, year over year, tend to turn to using draft lotteries to get ahead. This gives them a chance to choose players that are slam dunk to turn the franchise fortunes. This is a much preferred way because those players who are at [...]

Would Mike Brown be an assistant coach-turned-interim-head coach with the Golden State Warriors without Gregg Popovich? The short answer: Nope. Here’s Anthony Slater of the Bay Area New Group with the extended explanation: A year ago around this time, Steve Kerr was in the market for a new lead assistant and Mike Brown was a target. But [...]