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Carmelo Anthony? Coming off the bench? Surely not. Except, apparently, maybe. Most expected Anthony would bristle at the idea of joining the Houston Rockets’ second unit after his reaction to doing the same for the Oklahoma City Thunder. At Monday’s media day, though, he sounded half-open to considering the transition, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “At [...]

Many around the league, including Lakers executives, are adamant that the Lakers aim is to beat the Warriors this season. While this is obviously true for all of the other 29 NBA teams, LeBron knows his new squad has a long way to go to get to that level. “We’re picking up from scratch. So, [...]

If you were thinking that Kristaps Porzingis might be able to shed light on whether he’d play this season during his appearance at New York Knicks media day, well, here’s the thing: You thought wrong. Although Kristaps didn’t rule out playing this year as he recovers from a torn left ACL, he wouldn’t commit to [...]

Hassan Whiteside entered the offseason firmly planted inside the Miami Heat’s doghouse. He will not begin the 2018-19 regular season there. Speaking on the eve of the Heat’s Media Day, head coach Erik Spoelstra told the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson he’s seen growth in Whiteside as both a player and person since the summer began: On [...]

Tanking, long a dirty little secret in the NBA dating back even to the 1990s (the 1996-97 Spurs tanked to get the No. 1 pick and draft Tim Duncan…) has became so egregious and thinly veiled over the past decade with the 76ers making it in vogue and doing it rather successfully that the cat [...]

Should we just pencil in Klay Thompson for an extension with the Golden State Warriors now? It sure sounded like we should during the team’s media day. Thompson is slated for free agency next summer, but the Warriors can sign him to an extension by the October deadline. He was naturally asked about it, and [...]

It appeared last season that we were headed for an era where the Lakers were Lonzo, and let’s be honest, LaVar’s team. Insert LeBron James and a veteran point guard like Rajon Rondo and not only are the Lakers no longer Lonzo’s team, he apparently isn’t even a starter… Per Dave McMenamin of ESPN: “Luke [...]

It is no secret that Shaq has never been the biggest fan of Dwight Howard (few are these days it seems). From the time that Howard exploded on to the scene as the best center in the NBA about a decade ago and started running with the Superman gimmick, Shaq didn’t seem to be amused [...]

Kawhi Leonard appeared at the Toronto Raptors’ Media Day full of awkward laughs, smiles and, relative to his typical demeanor, candor. This is to say, he wouldn’t commit to staying with the Raptors beyond this season, but he also said he’s looking for reasons to remain. From The Athletic’s Eric Koreen: No one in the [...]

Let the conjecture and rumor mill for Anthony Davis’s future begin. The 25-year-old superstar announced that he signed with Rich Paul and Klutch Sports (the agency that LeBron James has a business stake in which kind of feels like a conflict of interest) over the weekend. While not necessarily a dead ringer, a star athlete [...]