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Joe Ingles just earned himself a max contract. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes, the Golden State Warriors preferred to play the Los Angeles Clippers over the Utah Jazz in the second round, not because they felt Lob City was the easier opponent (they are), but because Hollywood’s night life is much better than that of [...]

Markieff Morris suffered a sprained ankle in the first half of the Washington Wizards’ Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. It was not a pretty injury, and Morris thought it was much worse, per NBA.com’s David Aldridge: Initial perception won’t stop Morris from playing in Game 2. He wanted to return in [...]

In something of an unexpected turn, Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird relinquished his post on Friday. The news came shortly after his team was swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, and at a time when the Pacers have to figure out what in the actual heck they’re going to do with Paul [...]

Paul Millsap won’t leave the Atlanta Hawks hanging. He has a player option for next season and, as expected, will decline it to enter free agency. The 32-year-old made that much clear, for the most part, during his end-of-season presser, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Chris Vivlamore: It took some doing, but Paul Millsap finally said what everyone [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 7 loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday didn’t just end their season. It marked the end of Paul Pierce’s career. After 19 seasons, the surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer is calling it quits. He leaves behind a complicated legacy, one that includes a championship, unsuccessful ring-chasing thereafter and a [...]

If Nate McMillan’s plans and inklings are correct, Indiana Pacers fans have nothing to worry about: Paul George will be back next season. As the head coach said, per Nate Taylor of the Indianapolis Star: McMillan didn’t share much of what George told him and Bird during their meeting. Yet McMillan, at several points Thursday, said [...]

There will be no relaxation on the Miami Heat’s watch, apparently. Dion Waiters and James Johnson, two newcomers to the team this past season, were in the best shape of their lives. They, in turn, became billboards for the Heat’s commitment to player conditioning, which, it seems, is psychopathic in nature, but kind of in [...]

When the first-ever NBA awards show airs on June 26, it won’t just be revealing which players won MVP, Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and all that good traditional stuff. There will be new titles doled out—including an award for Best Style, because, why not? AJ Neuharth-Keusch of USA Today has [...]

Denver Nuggets rookie Jamal Murray played in all 82 games this season…injured. That’s impressive. Perhaps reckless. But mostly impressive. Next season should be different, though. The 21-year-old underwent successful surgery to repair some core muscle injuries, per RealGM: Jamal Murray has undergone successful surgery to repair core muscle-related injuries. The surgery was performed by Dr. [...]

Gregg Popovich had some high praise for Kawhi Leonard following the San Antonio Spurs’ Game 6 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. The highest praise, actually. He called Leonard the best player “in my opinion”: What Popovich said isn’t egregious, but the best player in the NBA isn’t Leonard. It’s LeBron James, who remains superhuman. In the [...]