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Things have gone south in South Beach for Hassan Whiteside and the Miami Heat. After a career year in 2016-17, Whiteside saw his minutes and numbers decrease across the board this season as he dealt with injuries and fell out of favor with a Heat team that is preferring smaller lineups. He has oscillated between [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is hoping Jimmy Butler can carry his team to victory—both in the playoffs and over the offseason. Speaking on WCCO Radio ahead of the Timberwolves’ Monday night loss to the Houston Rockets (via The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski), Taylor said the organization will lean on Butler to convince free agents to [...]

Thon Maker once again has the look and feel of someone trying to establish himself as the Milwaukee Bucks’ secret weapon. And, for the time being, his quest is panning out. Why, you ask? Well, thanks to an Instagram video posted by none other than Kevin Garnett, of course. From ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Maker mentioned the [...]

Hassan Whiteside remains unhappy with how the Miami Heat are using him. He made that much clear following their Game 5 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday, in which he logged just over 10 minutes. Here are the greatest hits from his postgame availability, courtesy of the Sun-Sentinel‘s Ira Winderman: Asked specifically what stood as [...]

The San Antonio Spurs season ended Tuesday night with a 99-91 loss to the Warriors in Game 5 of their 1st round series. Now comes a whole series of questions including: Will Manu Ginobili and/or Tony Parker retire? Will Danny Green and Rudy Gay opt into the final years of their deal or test the [...]

Manu Ginobili may have played his last game in the NBA. But not if Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has his way. Following the Warriors’ Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, TNT’s camera’s caught Kerr delivering a pretty straightforward message to the 40-year-old Ginobili: If you don’t share [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans are the NBA playoff team no one saw coming. They weren’t supposed to be the first squad that secured entry into Round 2. Few people picked them to beat the Portland Trail Blazers at all. They sure as hell weren’t supposed to complete a sweep—and be the only team to do [...]

DeMarcus Cousins’ season-ending Achilles injury greatly changed the complexion of his impending free agency. Where he was a max-salary lock before, he’s now the league’s biggest question mark. Will the New Orleans Pelicans match other offers from rival teams? Will he even have substantial offers elsewhere? Do the Pelicans even want to pay him after [...]

Amir Johnson is one of the few veterans over the age of 30 on the team of the future, the Philadelphia 76ers. There was a time when he was a rookie straight out of high school and the youngest player on a veteran Detroit Pistons team that had won an NBA title a few years [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers are relatively young. They have the NBA’s 10th-youngest team by average age, according to Basketball-Reference. And what they lack in birthday youth, they make up for with general inexperience. Joel Embiid is 24 and in his fourth season, but he’s yet to play in 100 games. Ben Simmons missed his rookie campaign. [...]