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Chris Paul cares not for salary-cap gymnastics. He’s trying to recruit LeBron James to the Houston Rockets anyway. Consider what Adrian Wojnarowski said during ESPN’s Monday draft special (via NBC Sports’ Dan Feldman): Chris is going to return there. And listen, right now, Chris Paul’s focus isn’t so much on his own free agency. He’s [...]

With the 1st pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns select … no, this is not another mock draft. Instead, we are going to take a behind the scenes look at what an NBA franchise goes through in preparation for the announcement by Adam Silver. Technology has certainly changed how teams are able [...]

With the NBA draft on Thursday, the New York Knicks are still trying to figure out who they’ll take—a testament to the depth of this incoming class, and how hard it can be to project who will be available when they’re on the clock. Parsing the tealeaves doesn’t gives us too much to work these [...]

If you haven’t already heard, the first bomb of the 2018 NBA off season was officially dropped Friday afternoon: Kawhi Leonard wants out of San Antonio. Everyone and their mother (seriously your mom probably is aware of this) is penciling in a super trio of LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the Lakers [...]

The Memphis Grizzlies might be willing to trade out of the fourth-overall pick in this year’s NBA draft—provided, it seems, they get rid of Chandler Parsons’ deal in the process. From The Athletic’s Michael Scotto: The Memphis Grizzlies have gauged the trade market on a package of Chandler Parsons and the No. 4 overall pick, [...]

The Nuggets have virtually no cap space or ability to improve their roster this season with their current $106 million payroll already being over the salary cap of about $102 million. That means the Nuggets want to shed some salary, and there is one guy on their roster who has seemingly been on the trade [...]

Most oddsmakers view the Los Angeles Lakers as the singular favorites to land LeBron James (player option) this offseason. LaVar Ball is right there with them. Speaking on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, the father of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball talked about the possibility of LeBron sporting purple and gold—a scenario he all but deemed a formality: Here’s a [...]

Hurricane Maria caused mass destruction and damage and was catastrophic for Puerto Rico when it made landfall on September 20. The island is still recovering in the aftermath of the storm and one NBA player and native Puerto Rican has done whatever he can to help his people recover from the catastrophe: J.J Barea. Barea [...]

The Golden State Warriors remain on top of the basketball world after another championship triumph in 2017-18. As is customary at this time of year, stories about the champs over the past year are leaking out. One humorous one is Andre Iguodala apparently pranked Steve Kerr by telling him that he was signing with the [...]

Unlike Kevin Durant before him, and potentially unlike Klay Thompson this summer, Draymond Green has no plans to give the Golden State Warriors a discount. But only because he’s been there, done that. Green is eligible for an extension with the Warriors this summer. As ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes notes, though, he has no plans to [...]