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Marcin Gortat is sorry—or at least that’s what he told his Washington Wizards teammates at the behest of head coach Scott Brooks. From The Washington Post‘s Ava Wallace: After Gortat proclaimed the team’s reserves “one of the worst benches in the league right now” following Washington’s seventh loss in nine games Saturday against Chicago, Brooks [...]

Draymond Green has a hot take that isn’t all that hot. He thinks that he is one of the best players in the NBA, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “I think I’m one of the best players in the NBA,” Green said to ESPN. “Am I going to go out and score 30 every night? Absolutely [...]

For a second, it looked like Omri Casspi put himself on the trade block. But he pumped the brakes on those rumors very quickly. From CSN Bay Area’s James Ham: The rumor mill is never kind to the Sacramento Kings. On Friday it was Willie Cauley-Stein’s name who came up in potential moves. And on [...]

What was it we were saying about the Utah Jazz finally getting healthy? Alec Burks remains out indefinitely after having ankle surgery; Boris Diaw is still sidelined with a leg injury; George Hill, their offensive lifeline, has missed the last few tilts with a thumb issue; and now Derrick Favors, who already missed the start [...]

UPDATE: It is safe to stay that Dwight Howard enjoys playing for the Atlanta Hawks, the fourth team he has represented in his NBA career. Howard communicated as much following the Hawks’ Saturday night beatdown of the Philadelphia 76ers, complimenting Atlanta’s training staff and coaching staff and everything in between, per Chris Vivlamore of the [...]

Patrick Beverley is well on his way to making his 2016-17 season debut for the Houston Rockets. Though the point guard is still supposed to miss at least one more game, head coach Mike D’Antonio indicated he has made encouraging progress, per Calvin Watkins of ESPN.com: Beverley, in fact, has already returned to the practice [...]

It doesn’t sound like the Dallas Mavericks will have to slog through the schedule without Dirk Nowitzki for much longer. The 38-year-old, who has missed each of the team’s last three games while dealing with an Achilles injury, is nearing a return to the lineup, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, [...]

On Thursday night, with the Golden State Warriors up big, Kevin Durant was pulled from the game by head coach Steve Kerr having scored just 18 points. And just like that, Durant’s streak of consecutive 20-point outings was over. It had been 72 games since Durant last failed to clear this 20-point plateau, tying him [...]

Evan Turner’s absence is being felt by the Boston Celtics. Few worried about Turner leaving Beantown to join the Portland Trail Blazers on a four-year, $70 million deal. I entertained the idea that the Celtics would struggle, they signed Al Horford, the second-best free agent of the 2017 class. They were clearly going to be [...]

Prior to the Miami Heat’s Thursday night victory over the Chicago Bulls, two things became clear. First, Dwyane Wade and Heat president Pat Riley, despite not talking since their basketball partnership dissolved, are totally cool. Second, both dudes need to beef up their email skills. Riley apparently sent Wade an email the morning of the [...]