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Are you ready for a perfect Gregg Popovich anecdote that is perfect? Mike Sorensen of the Deseret News has you covered: When asked Tuesday if he’s seen improvement from Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn’t know because he doesn’t watch much film, something he learned from former Jazz coach [...]

Following the New York Knicks’ 118-99 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night, Courtney Lee offered some thoughts about the way his team practices. Per Ian Begley of ESPN.com: Courtney Lee says the Knicks should “practice against more game-like situations” rather than practicing against the triangle offense. “We run the triangle, we practice against [...]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off a gutsy 109-100 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night—half of which came without starting point guard Jeremy Lin. Lin did not return to play the second half after suffering a left hamstring injury: Head coach Kenny Atkinson didn’t have any immediate updates on Lin’s hamstring following the game, [...]

The Boston Celtics’ 107-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night didn’t come without collateral damage. Jae Crowder suffered a sprained left ankle and did not return to the game. He won’t be returning, in fact, for at least a week, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe: Quite clearly, this isn’t ideal. Crowder [...]

Myles Turner has some lofty hopes for the Indiana Pacers. Unreachable ones, if you ask me. From Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: “I think we can be a top-four seed in the East,” Turner told Basketball Insiders. “We can challenge Cleveland and I think we can make a big push to be in the Eastern Conference [...]

Last night quickly turned into a very frustrating night for the ever ornery DeMarcus Cousins as his Kings lost a hard fought game 108-96 in overtime in Miami. Cousins entered the 4th quarter with the Kings facing a six point deficit and zero fouls. Let me repeat that, Cousins fouled out of a game in [...]

No matter what might be said, or written, or assumed, Kevin Durant has a soft spot for Russell Westbrook. The new Golden State Warriors forward sat down with the Bay Area News Group’s Anthony Slater to discuss the state of his relationship with his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate. Durant was honest, sometimes brutally so, [...]

As the New York Knicks gear up to play the Chicago Bulls on Friday night, you could understand if Derrick Rose was nervous, excited and/or hell-bent on sticking it to his former team. But he is none of those things, at least not visibly, per the New York Post’s Marc Berman: “I haven’t been thinking [...]

We have our first trade of the 2016-17 NBA season. And, surprise surprise, it involves the Philadelphia 76ers. As first reported by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Philly is sending Jerami Grant to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Ersan Ilyasova and a future pick: The pick in question, per ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe and the Norman Transcript‘s [...]

The Utah Jazz just can’t seem to reach full strength. Derrick Favors only recently returned from a left knee injury, and Gordon Hayward won’t play until late November at the earliest after breaking his finger. Now the Jazz have lost Alec Burks for an undisclosed period of time, per a team announcement: Following multiple medical [...]