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Even though the Portland Trail Blazers are 10 games under .500, the notion of tanking remains a foreign one. That record is good enough for ninth place in the Western Conference, a mere 2.5 games behind the eighth-place Denver Nuggets. Sure, the Blazers win a first-round date and exit against the Golden State Warriors or [...]

Remember how so many complained about LeBron James’ open distaste for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ “top-heavy” roster? And how many more assume the team, specifically general manager David Griffin, would be unhappy with his demeanor? About that: The Cavaliers are actually happy LeBron said what he said, even if they weren’t thrilled in the moment, according [...]

Steph Curry, by his own standards, had a bad outing in the Golden State Warriors’ Thursday night loss to the Chicago Bulls, going for 23 points on 10-of-27 shooting, including a 2-of-11 clip from downtown. He is now 4-of-31 from deep over the last three games, through which the Warriors are 1-2. If you think [...]

The Bucks got another talented, young forward to add to their collection on Thursday by signing recently waived Pelicans power forward Terrance Jones. With the proliferation of injuries that have rocked the Bucks at the forward position this season with Jabari Parker tearing his ACL, Khris Middleton missing the first two-thirds of the season with [...]

Derrick Rose is averaging barely one three-point attempt per game this season. Which is fine. Because he’s shooting under 23 percent on those attempts. The problem? New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek wants him to shoot more threes. The other problem? Rose is hoping to shoot said threes in the playoffs. Per the New York [...]

Late February has turned into March, which, in the NBA, means crappy injury announcements just keep on coming. Joel Embiid has been shut down by the Philadelphia 76ers. Ben Simmons won’t be making his debut until 2017-18. Kyle Lowry is out for an extended period with a wrist injury. The Golden State Warriors will push on [...]

Joel Embiid is less than 40 games into his NBA career, and the Philadelphia 76ers already have to start thinking about paying him more money. Though the team shut him down for the rest of the season due to swelling in his knee, Embiid will be extension eligible this summer. Conventional wisdom suggests the Sixers [...]

Much like some others players in recent NBA history, Michael Beasley, Wilson Chandler, J.R. Smith, Stephon Marbury (he never left), Jimmer Fredette has used a stint in the Chinese Basketball Association to rejuvenate his career. Fredette was a national sensation in college at BYU, averaging 29-4-3 his senior season and winning the National Player of [...]

Isaiah Thomas dropped 31 points in the Boston Celtics’ Wednesday night win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, but “only” six of those points came during a pivotal fourth quarter, through which the point guard shot 1-of-4. This naturally led to questions about what the Cavaliers did to shut down Thomas, and the floor general was none too happy [...]

Great news, rational New York Knicks fans: Derrick Rose wants to sign with a winner in free agency this summer. Which, by default, should definitely remove the Knicks from his list of potential landing spots. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Still, as he enters free agency, Rose admitted he wants to sign with a winner [...]