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Michele Roberts, the executive director of the National Basketball Player Association, still isn’t cool with how New York Knicks team president has treated Carmelo Anthony. Like, she’s not even a little bit over it. In an interview with Harvey Araton for The Vertical, she accused Jackson of trying to purposefully run the All-Star forward out [...]

In taking over for Larry Bird as the Indiana Pacers’ team president, Kevin Pritchard is not inheriting an enviable position. Yes, there’s Paul George’s future to consider. But the roster in general is woefully imbalanced. There’s likely no getting out from under the Monta Ellis and Al Jefferson deals, which aren’t terrible, but are just bad [...]

How much did the 27-point drubbing the San Antonio Spurs suffered at the hands of the Houston Rockets in Game 1 stick with Gregg Popovich? So much so, he didn’t have a glass of wine afterward…apparently. Coach Pop was in prime form while speaking with reporters on Tuesday, a day after his Spurs imploded against [...]

When the Boston Celtics signed Al Horford to a four-year, $113 million contract over the summer, it was considered a no-brainer. Very rarely do you get a chance to add an All-Star in the NBA without coughing up significant assets. They were able to land while sacrificing only cap space (and perhaps Jared Sullinger’s return). [...]

Markieff Morris played through a sprained ankle in the Washington Wizards’ Game 2 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. That pain didn’t stop him from turning in perhaps his best performance of the postseason. He tallied 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals while generally playing tough defense before fouling out in the [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers shot their shot, and they missed. After Andrew Bogut suffered his season-ending leg injury less than one minute into his Cavs tenure, head coach Tyronn Lue apparently tried coaxing Kevin Garnett out of retirement. Here’s what Lue told Dave McMenamin on ESPN’s NBA Lockdown podcast (via Dan Devine of Yahoo Sports): McMenamin: After Bogut [...]

Steve Kerr is out indefinitely while tending to his recurring back problems. Though this doesn’t technically mean he’s done for the season, the Golden State Warriors are moving forward as such. From CSN Bay Area’s Monte Poole: “The way we look at it is, plan on him not coming back,” Draymond Green said after practice [...]

Marcus Smart didn’t have a terrible outing in the Boston Celtics’ Game 1 victory over the Washington Wizards. He shot 2-of-5 from the floor, which is on par for him, while dishing out four assists, forcing three steals, racking up three blocks (seriously) and playing generally suffocating defense. All told, he was a plus-12 for [...]

Andre Roberson is going to be one of this summer’s most fascinating restricted free agents. Unlike Otto Porter and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, he doesn’t have a defined max-contract value. He’s more Tim Hardaway and Tony Snell, only more so, because he’s elite in one area (defense). Will that be enough to land him near-max offer sheets [...]

Blake Griffin is officially on the mend. The All-Star power forward underwent surgery for a right big toe injury that prematurely ended his season. There is still no timetable for his full recovery, per the Los Angeles Times‘ Broderick Turner: Clippers forward Blake Griffin had successful surgery Monday in Charlotte, N.C., to address an injury to the [...]