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James Harden is playing out of his mind, and he knows it. Asked for his own MVP pick by SI.com’s Ben Golliver, the 2014-15 MVP runner-up didn’t hesitate to name himself—in a manner of speaking: Harden didn’t pause or blink when asked for his own MVP pick. He simply nominated himself. “The Beard,” Harden told [...]

Donatas Motiejunas’ foray into restricted free agency didn’t go as planned. Not only did the Houston Rockets fail to offer him a contract he deemed acceptable, but he hasn’t gotten one from another team, otherwise, you know, he’d be playing in the NBA. But that seems like it’s about to change. According to the Houston [...]

Four years with LeBron James apparently wasn’t enough for Dwyane Wade, so he’s open to coming back for more. When LeBron James first left the Miami Heat in 2014, that was supposed to be it. He and Wade spent four seasons together. Made it to four NBA Finals. Won two championships. They played together, in [...]

Watching Giannis Antetokounmpo play, there is really only one glaring weakness to his game: the absence of an outside shot. And he may be prepared to change that. Fielding questions after the Milwaukee Bucks’ 111-93 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, Antetokounmpo got nuanced when talking about his shooting form. Then someone mentioned [...]

Don’t feel bad about firing up the trade machine and sending DeMarcus Cousins all over the NBA. He doesn’t mind. This isn’t to say he wants to leave the Sacramento Kings—though, let’s face it, he probably, if secretly, does. At any rate, he doesn’t mind the rumors, the ones he hears but doesn’t actually address. [...]

We may not have seen the last of Sam Hinkie in an NBA front office. The former Philadelphia 76ers president/general manager/author of The Process has become something of a cult hero for his extremist approach to rebuilding the team he has since left behind. Whether or not you agree with him, you know him. And [...]

Joakim Noah is injured again. The 31-year-old missed a chunk of the preseason with ankle and hamstring issues. Then he missed a pair of games last week while recovering from the flu. Now he has a sprained ankle, and it’s unclear how much time he’ll need to recuperate, per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: [...]

Joel Embiid is so close to being able to play 30 minutes in an NBA game. Check this out: Embiid didn’t get to test out his increased minutes limit against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. The game was postponed because the floor at Wells Fargo Center was deemed too slippery/unsafe to play on. (Seriously.) But [...]

The wave of injuries continues to hit an already strapped for talent and depth Miami Heat team. An MRI showed that Dion Waiters suffered a slight Pectineus tear in his groin during the November 28th game against the Boston Celtics, and now doctors say he will miss at least two weeks of action. The Heat [...]

Sometimes, in sports, questions with obvious answers need to be asked. That’s the nature of the business—especially when it comes to free agency. Which brings us to Stephen Curry, who will be a free agent at season’s end, and who was recently asked by the Charlotte Observer‘s Scott Fowler whether he would consider signing with [...]