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Kawhi Leonard has yet to play both nights of a back-to-back this season, and it doesn’t seem like the Toronto Raptors are itching to bring him off said maintenance program. From the Toronto Sun‘s Ryan Wolstat: The Raptors will continue easing Kawhi Leonard into the mix, which likely means a night off on Monday in Utah. [...]

J.R. Smith wants off the Cleveland Cavaliers. This isn’t a rumor. It isn’t speculation. It’s what Smith himself told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Smith, unhappy with his playing time, was asked by a reporter Thursday if he hoped to be traded. “Yeah,” Smith said. “They know. They don’t want me here, so they obviously [...]

The Golden State Warriors signed DeMarcus Cousins this past summer knowing his would be a one-year stay. But could they maybe, possibly, potentially be holding out hope this is more than a single-season fling? Not according to head coach Steve Kerr. From Bay Area News Group’s Logan Murdock: Steve Kerr on DeMarcus’ 1-year deal with [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ season continues to get weird. Derrick Rose dropping a career-high 50 points on Wednesday was strange enough. Of course, though, no day would be complete without another wrinkle in the Jimmy Butler saga. The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski initially reported that Butler would miss the Wolves’ game against the Jazz [...]

If you started to wonder what Klay Thompson might look like running his own team following his 51-point detonation in under 27 minutes against the Chicago Bulls on Monday, we don’t blame you. It would be extremely interesting to see how he fares as the No. 1 option, outside the comfy confines of shadows cast [...]

Usually when drafting a player as high as No. 4 in any given draft, a team is expecting to get a perennial starter and foundational piece for their franchise moving forward. That has not been the case for the Suns and Dragan Bender. Bender has shown little in the way of progression or consistency at [...]

Kyle Korver may not be a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers much longer. As the team scrambles to figure out a longer-term solution to fill the head-coach vacancy created by the firing of Tyronn Lue, it’s also attempting to steer deeper into its youth movement by gauging Korver’s market value, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski [...]

Despite a sluggish 2-5 start to the season, the Los Angeles Lakers aspire to be one of the NBA’s 10 best defensive teams. Or so says Luke Walton. Here’s what the Lakers’ head coach had to say (h/t Silver Screen & Roll’s Harrison Faigen): “We have a goal to be a top-10 defensive team, which [...]

LeBron James is so excited to get Brandon Ingram back from his four-game suspension that he compared him to Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant. True story. Here’s what LeBron said of Ingram’s return, per Mike Trudell of Lakers.com (h/t Silver Screen & Roll’s Anthony Irwin): “There’s not that many guys with that length. You look [...]

Enes Kanter has been relegated to the second unit by New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale, and while he’s not being openly mutinous about the decision, he doesn’t exactly seem thrilled with it. From NorthJersey.com’s Chris Iseman: The usually outgoing and talkative Kanter gave short answers when he was asked about coming off the [...]